[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Ho-Ho-Kus 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. 831. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1999,
c. 185, the following is a list of school crossings which have been
so designated by the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus:
The School Zone Map prepared on or about July 28, 2000, by David
A. Hals, P.E., L.S., P.P., the Borough Engineer, is hereby approved
and adopted as an official finding and record of the location and
areas within the municipality of property which is used for school
purposes and which is owned or leased to any elementary or secondary
school on school land and of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of
such school property.
The School Zone Map approved and adopted herein shall continue
to constitute an official finding and record as to the location and
boundaries of areas on or within 1,000 feet of property owned by or
leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board which
is used for school purposes until such time, if any, that this chapter
shall be amended to reflect any additions or deletions with respect
to the location and boundaries of school property and drunk-driving-free
school zones. The list of school crossings designated above by the
Borough Council shall continue to constitute an official finding and
record of the location of school crossings within the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus
until such time, if any, that this chapter shall be amended to reflect
any additions or deletions with respect to school crossings in the
Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
The school board, or the chief administrative officer in the
case of any private or parochial school, is hereby directed and shall
have the continuing obligation to promptly notify the office of the
Borough Engineer and the Borough Attorney of any changes or contemplated
changes in the location and boundaries of any property owned or leased
to any elementary or secondary school or school board and which is
used for school purposes or of any additions or deletions to school
crossings.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep
on file the original of the map approved and adopted herein and the
list of school crossings and to provide at a reasonable cost a true
copy thereof to any person, agency or court which may from time to
time request such a copy, along with a certification that such copy
is a true copy of the map approved and adopted herein and kept on
file. It is hereby further directed that a true copy of such map and
list and of this chapter shall be provided without cost to the Bergen
County Clerk and to the office of the Bergen County Prosecutor.
It is understood that the map and list approved and adopted
pursuant to this chapter was prepared and is intended to be used as
evidence in prosecutions arising under the criminal and traffic laws
of this state and that, pursuant to state law, such map and list shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the following:
A.
The location of elementary and secondary schools within the Borough.
B.
The boundaries of the real property which is owned by or leased to
such schools or a school board.
C.
That such school property is and continues to be used for school
purposes.
D.
The location and boundaries of areas which are on or within 1,000
feet of such school property.
E.
The location of all school crossings in the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
