[Adopted 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-31]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by the Borough of Westwood so as to protect public health, safety
and welfare and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
A.
FEED
PERSON
WILDLIFE
For the
purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their
derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use
in the text of this article 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.
B.
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.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Borough of Westwood, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or
rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education
centers).
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.