The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned, controlled or
operated by the City of Rahway and to protect the public health, safety and
welfare and to prescribe the penalties for failure to comply therewith.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
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, such as the legal baiting 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,
controlled or operated by the City of Rahway, any wildlife, excluding confined
wildlife (e.g., wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers
or unconfined wildlife at environmental educational centers).
Any person(s) found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.