Fort Lee restricts deliberate feeding of wildlife such as deer, raccoons, and feral cats when it creates nuisance conditions, attracts vermin, or interferes with neighbors and public sanitation.
Fort Lee's animal and nuisance provisions discourage feeding wild animals that congregate around food sources, including pigeons, geese, and raccoons. The borough relies on its general nuisance authority and property maintenance code to abate situations where food on porches, lawns, or fire escapes attracts rats and other vermin. State law (N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.24) regulates feeding of black bears statewide, though bears are uncommon in Fort Lee. Songbird feeding via traditional bird feeders is generally permitted if maintained.
Continuing to feed wildlife after notice can lead to citations, daily fines, and orders to remove feed. Property maintenance violations from attracted vermin may add separate fines.
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