The purpose of this article is to prohibit the
feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other
property owned or operated by the Township of Hillside, 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 chapter 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, entity or political subdivision of this state subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human or domesticated, and shall
include mammals, reptiles and/or birds.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $500 for each occurrence.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this article is declared to be an independent section, 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.