§ 300-9. Feeding prohibited.

A. 

The keeping, maintenance and/or feeding of stray cats or wild animals is prohibited. The maintenance and/or feeding of privately owned cats and/or dogs in such a manner as to create unsanitary conditions, attract vermin, or be potentially detrimental to health or create a public health nuisance is hereby prohibited.

B. 

No person shall feed on any private property or in any public park, or any other property owned or operated by the Borough of Fanwood, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife.

[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord. No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]

(1) 

No person shall feed on any public or private property deer or any other wildlife.

(2) 

Feeding of other songbirds and backyard birds shall be permitted outdoors at such times and in such numbers that:

(a) 

Such feeding does not create an unreasonable disturbance that affects the rights of the surrounding property owners and renders other persons insecure in the use of their property; and

(b) 

Does not create an accumulation of droppings on the property and surrounding properties; and

(c) 

Does not become an attractant for rodents or other wildlife animals; and

(d) 

Bird feeders are placed at least five feet above the ground.

Added 12-1-2011 by Ord. No. 11-09-02 (Board of Health)