[Adopted 7-10-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
As used in this article, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
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 person, firm or partnership, corporation, association,
club, society or any other form of association or organization, both
singular and plural, subject to the jurisdiction of the Borough.
All undomesticated animals.
[Amended 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
A.
No person
shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by the Borough, any unconfined wildlife. Examples of confined wildlife
include wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers,
wildlife held at environmental education centers, and feral cats detained
as part of an approved trap-neuter-release program.
B.
No person
shall purposely or knowingly, as said terms are defined in Title 2C
of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, feed wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus) on lands either publicly or privately owned within the
Borough of Pennington.
Any person observed to be feeding wildlife in violation of this article shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately, and such person shall be subject to a fine as set forth in § 67-23 of this chapter. A fine not to exceed $50 for the first offense is recommended, in the absence of aggravating circumstances.
