The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Borough of Woodstown to protect the environment, public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodstown 5-27-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-12. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When consistent 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.
Means to distribute or scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding or attracting wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of fish and/or game.
Means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
Means any undomesticated animal and includes all organisms that live wild in an area.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Borough of Woodstown, any wildlife.
Exemptions include unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers and 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 chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this chapter is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this chapter to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this chapter.