[Adopted 9-26-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-20]
This article prohibits the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Eagleswood, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and prescribes penalties for the failure to comply.
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. 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.
FEED
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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Eagleswood, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers).
A. 
This article shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Eagleswood.
B. 
Any person found to be in violation of this article shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
A. 
Any person who shall violate any of the terms or provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty as stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Eagleswood.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
The violation of any provision of this article shall be subject to abatement summarily by restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.