[Adopted 12-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-013]
An ordinance to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by Liberty Township, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of fish and/or game.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by Liberty Township, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers, or feral cats as part of an approved trap-neuter-release program).
A. 
This article shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer or such other official as may be authorized by the Liberty Township Committee.
B. 
Any person found to be in violation of this article shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 per day that the violation continues.
If any section or portion of this article shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other provision of this article.
All ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with this article are repealed to the extent of any inconsistency.
This article shall take effect upon its final passage and publication as provided by law.