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 Cedar Grove, 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 or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated. The definition of "wildlife" shall include, but not be limited to, the following: exotic animal, nondomesticated animal and nondomesticated farm animal as set forth in Article
IV above.
[Amended 5-5-2014 by Ord. No. 14-770; 6-16-2014 by Ord. No. 14-777]
No person shall feed, in any public park or
on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Cedar Grove,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers, or feral cats as part of an approved trap-neuter-release
program).