[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Little
Egg Harbor; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park, beach, place or resort, or on any other property
owned or operated by the Township of Little Egg Harbor, so as to protect public
health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
A.
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.
B.
FEED
PERSON
WILDLIFE
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:
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, beach, place of resort, or
on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Little Egg Harbor,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks, or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers).
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any other
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a
fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,250, by imprisonment not to
exceed 90 days, or by community service of not more than 90 days, or any combination
of fine, imprisonment and community service, as determined in the discretion
of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for each
successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as
provided above for each separate offense.
B.
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall
be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued
by a court of competent jurisdiction.