An article to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Pohatcong, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[Adopted 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-19]
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.
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 Township of Pohatcong, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers).
[Amended 5-19-2009 by Ord. No. 09-6]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Township of Pohatcong Police Department and/or the Township of Pohatcong Code Enforcement Officer.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this chapter is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this chapter to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this chapter.