An article to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by Township of Bridgewater, 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 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.
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 Township of Bridgewater,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers or unconfined wildlife at
environmental education centers or 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 article shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed $500 or 90 days' imprisonment, or both.
