The purpose of this article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in the Township of South Hackensack, so as to protect the health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply. It has been well established that the feeding of wild animals is both detrimental to the animals and causes a public health nuisance and safety hazard that is detrimental to the health and welfare of the general public.
Any person that shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, for each offense, pay a penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first offense and a penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $1,500 for second and subsequent offenses, or imprisonment or community service for a period not exceeding 90 days.
Each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this article is declared to be an independent subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this article to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this article.