[Adopted 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 39-2005]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or any other property owned or operated
by the Borough of Spring Lake, so as to protect public health, safety
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
A.
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.
B.
FEED
PERSON
WILDLIFE
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.
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.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm association,
or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
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 the Borough of Spring Lake, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or
rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education
centers).