[Adopted 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 593]
[Amended 7-17-2017 by Ord. No. 712]
The purpose
of this article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife
on any property within the Borough of Harrington Park, private or
public, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to
prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and derivations shall have the meanings stated
herein unless their use in the text of this article 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 division of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
All animals that are neither human or domesticated.
[Amended 7-17-2017 by Ord. No. 712]
No person shall feed, on any property within the Borough of Harrington Park, private or public, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined to zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers, or feral cats as part of an approved trap-neuter-release program). Such activity shall be subject to the same enforcement as otherwise provided in § 291-21; and by way of example and not by limitation, includes the feeding of deer, geese, rodents, swans, or birds, but shall not apply with respect to private property the feeding of birds by way of a bird feeder.
[Amended 4-18-2011 by Ord. No. 658]
Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this article, after being duly notified, shall be subject to the penalties as set forth in Chapter 164, Fines and Penalties.
