74D WILDLIFE FEEDING ORDINANCE
Be it ordained by the Township Council of the Township of Gloucester in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey, as follows:
§74D-1. Purpose:
An Ordinance to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Gloucester, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
§74D-2. Definitions:
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this Chapter 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. The definitions below are the same as or based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
- Feed is 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 is any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal jurisdiction.
- Wildlife is all animals that are neither human or domesticated.
§74D-3. Prohibited Conduct:
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Gloucester, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfirmed wildlife at environmental education centers).
§74D-3. Penalties:
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90 days or both.
§74D-4. Repealer:
All Ordinances and provisions thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
§74D-5. Severability:
If any section, subsection, part, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid by judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection, part, clause or phrase shall be deemed to be severable from the remainder of this Ordinance.