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 City of Paterson, so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
the 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 article 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 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 the City of Paterson, any
wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at
environmental education centers.)
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed $1,250.
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.