An ordinance to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife
in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by Bethlehem
Township, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and
to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
For the purpose of this Part 3, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this Part 3 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 Bethlehem 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).
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this Part 3 shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $50 per occurrence.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this Part
3 is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this Part
3 to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this Part
3.
This Part 3 shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption and any publication as may be required by law.