[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Board
of Health as indicated in article history. Subsequent articles adopted
by the Township Council acting as the Board of Health as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-18-1954 as part of Ord. No. H-4[1]]
All that certain code entitled the "Public Health
Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)," approved September 16, 1953,
by the State Department of Health for adoption by reference by local
Boards of Health be and the same is hereby adopted and established
in and for said Township of Moorestown by reference to said code pursuant
to the N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6. A copy of said code, annexed
hereto, be and the same is hereby made a part of this article without
setting forth at length herein the text of said code.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 1464-89]
Three copies of said Public Health Nuisance
Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of
the Township Clerk in the Town Hall of said Township of Moorestown
upon the introduction of this article and shall remain on file therein
for the use and examination of the public as long as this article
shall be in effect. Printed copies of this chapter and said code shall
be made available to citizens upon request.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 1464-89]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply
with any provision of this article or the above-mentioned code established
herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.
[Adopted 2-9-2004 by Ord. No. 3-2004]
This article shall be known as "Feeding of Waterfowl."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes the provision or dissemination of food in any manner
in the vicinity of waterfowl.
A general term referring to all undomesticated birds commonly
known as "geese," "ducks," "brants," ”swans," "river and sea
ducks," "gulls" and similar species.
A general term referring to lakes, ponds, streams, creeks
and stormwater basins.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to feed waterfowl
on any publicly owned land or waterways within the Township.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to feed waterfowl
on any privately owned/nonresidential land or waterways which are
publicly accessed within the Township.
C.
It shall be unlawful to refuse to post a sign on any
privately owned/nonresidential property which is publicly accessed
if so directed by the Township Manager or Police Department.
A.
When directed to post signs by the Township Manager
or Police Department, signs must be conspicuously placed, at the property
owner’s expense, and be constructed not less than 12 inches
by 18 inches in size, bearing the words: “WARNING: FEEDING OF
WATERFOWL PROHIBITED.”
B.
Defacing, tampering, moving or damaging such signs
shall constitute a violation of this article.
A.
Any person violating this article shall be subject
to a warning for the first violation. It is not the intent of the
Township to penalize people for feeding waterfowl but to discourage
people from doing so.
B.
A person violating this article for a second and subsequent
time shall be subject to fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100,
or a period of community service, within the meaning and limits of
and as referred to in N.J.S.A. 40:69A-29, as amended and supplemented,
and other applicable law; or both a fine and community service.
[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 5-2006]
