Borough of Dumont, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 442 Wildlife Feeding
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Campaign and Political Party Reports
- Ch 11 Claims Approval
- Ch 13 Contracts and Services, Award of
- Ch 16 Court, Municipal
- Ch 21 Traffic and Parking
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 28 Emergency Management Council
- Ch 31 Ethics
- Ch 36 Fire Department
- Ch 41 Health, Board of
- Ch 45 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 47 Mayor and Council
- Ch 52 Officers and Employees
- Ch 57 Payroll
- Ch 63 Pensions
- Ch 69 Personnel Policies
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 81 Public Works, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 98 Affordable Housing
- Ch 102 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 114 Amusements
- Ch 119 Animals
- Ch 125 Autobuses
- Ch 128 Bicycles
- Ch 132 Bill Posting
- Ch 139 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 148 Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 149 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 155 Car Washes
- Ch 161 Cell Phones
- Ch 167 Checks, Returned
- Ch 182 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 188 Contractors
- Ch 193 Laundromats
- Ch 196 Dumpsters
- Ch 203 Entertainment Licensing
- Ch 209 Fees
- Ch 213 Filming
- Ch 216 Fire Prevention
- Ch 222 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 228 Fuel Delivery, Emergency
- Ch 235 Hazardous Waste Cleanup
- Ch 245 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 250 Library
- Ch 256 Littering
- Ch 257 Memorial Benches and Trees
- Ch 270 Noise
- Ch 277 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 283 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 289 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 295 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Pesticides
- Ch 306 Property Maintenance
- Ch 317 Recreational Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 322 Rent Control
- Ch 327 Sales, Special
- Ch 333 Secondhand Jewelry Dealers
- Ch 339 Sewers
- Ch 342 Sex Offenders
- Ch 344 Shade Trees
- Ch 345 Shopping Carts
- Ch 350 Signs
- Ch 355 Site Plan Review
- Ch 360 Smoking
- Ch 362 Soil Removal
- Ch 368 Solid Waste
- Ch 372 Storm Drains
- Ch 374 Stormwater Management and Control
- Ch 380 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 386 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 392 Swimming Pools
- Ch 404 Taxation
- Ch 409 Taxicabs
- Ch 416 Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 423 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 436 Vending Machines
- Ch 442 Wildlife Feeding
- § 442-1 Purpose.
- § 442-2 Definitions and word usage.
- § 442-3 Prohibited conduct.
- § 442-4 Enforcement.
- § 442-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 455 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 469 Administration
- Ch 474 Air Pollution
- Ch 480 Animals
- Ch 486 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 491 Fees
- Ch 497 Garbage Collection
- Ch 514 Multiple-Family Housing Standards
- Ch 520 Nuisances
- Ch 526 Plumbing Standards
- Appendix
- Ch A546 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A547 Board of Health Rules and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Dumont 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. 1295. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the
feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other
property owned or operated by the Borough of Dumont, County of Bergen
and State of New Jersey, so as to protect public health, safety and
welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, 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 Borough of Dumont,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at
environmental education centers).
A.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Property Maintenance
Officer of the Borough of Dumont and/or other municipal officials
as may be deemed necessary for the safety and well being of the public.
B.
Any person found to be in violation of this chapter
shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed $1,000.
