Township of Washington, NJ
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2023-08-14
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 137 Animals
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Article VII Feeding of Wild and Stray Animals
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 13 Contracts
- Ch 15 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 33 Firemen's Benefits
- Ch 47 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 60 Payroll Account
- Ch 65 Personnel Policies
- Ch 72 Police Department
- Ch 81 Records, Public
- Ch 87 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 96 Volunteers
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 120 Air Pollution
- Ch 124 Alarm Systems
- Ch 128 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 133 Amusements
- Ch 137 Animals
- Ch 137 Art VII Feeding of Wild and Stray Animals
- § 137-43 Definitions.
- § 137-44 Feeding prohibited.
- § 137-45 Violations and penalties; enforcement.
- Ch 142 Antennas, Commercial
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 184 Curfew
- Ch 194 Signs
- Ch 206 Excavations
- Ch 212 Fees
- Ch 217 Fences, Bushes and Shrubs
- Ch 223 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 237 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 244 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 252 Games of Chance
- Ch 270 Hours of Operation for Retail Businesses
- Ch 276 Hunting and Discharge of Weapons
- Ch 285 Library Rules
- Ch 291 Littering
- Ch 296 Loitering
- Ch 307 Noise
- Ch 312 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 330 Parking Regulations
- Ch 337 Parks
- Ch 342 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 348 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 360 Property Maintenance
- Ch 373 Sanitation
- Ch 379 Secondhand Precious Metals and Goods
- Ch 385 Sewers
- Ch 391 Shopping Carts
- Ch 402 Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Ch 407 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 415 Solid Waste
- Ch 426 Stormwater Quality
- Ch 433 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 438 Swimming Pools
- Ch 446 Taxicabs
- Ch 461 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 465 Trees
- Ch 471 Vehicles, Abandoned; Display of Vehicles
- Ch 488 Water
- Ch 499 Weed Control
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 505 General Provisions
- Ch 513 Development Fees
- Ch 520 Historic Preservation
- Ch 540 Land Development
- Ch 548 Official Map
- Ch 553 Planning Board
- Ch 565 Soil Removal
- Ch 574 Stormwater Management
- Ch 580 Zoning
- Ch 585 Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Appendix
- Ch A605 Communications Facilities Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-07 (Ch. 97, Art. V, of the 1985 Code)]
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any dog, cat, feral cat or other domesticated animal that
is not licensed to a Township resident, pursuant to the Code of the
Township of Washington, and kept and maintained on the resident's
property.
Any species of animal whose natural or usual habitat within
the State of New Jersey is either in the wild or in a zoo, as opposed
to a domesticated environment, regardless of whether such animal poses
an actual or apparent threat to persons, other animals or property.
This definition shall include, but not be limited to, pigeons, deer,
waterfowl, squirrels, raccoons, skunks and groundhogs.
A.
No person shall place food intended or suitable for consumption by
a wild animal or a stray animal on any property, public or private,
in the Township, other than for the purposes of feeding a domesticated
animal owned and/or licensed by said person.
B.
This prohibition shall not apply to enclosed, elevated bird feeders.
A.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or who shall fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof shall be punishable as provided in § 1-1 of Chapter 1, General Provisions. Each day that such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Health Officer
of the Township, such other personnel of the Health Department as
may be directed to enforce this article by the Health Officer, the
Animal Control Officer of the Township and the police officers of
the Township.
