[Adopted 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 10-98]
In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1988, c. 44
(N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7) and P.L. 1997, c. 327 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1), the Drug Free
School and Public Area Zone Map produced on or about March 26, 1998, by Victor
L. Woodhull, P.E., L.S., the Borough Engineer, is hereby approved and adopted
as an official finding and record of the location and areas within the Borough
of Mendham of property which is owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary
school or school board and the areas on or within 1,000 feet of such properties
and property used for a public park, public building or public housing facility
as those facilities are defined in the above-referenced statute and of the
areas on or within 500 feet of such properties.
The Drug Free School and Public Area Zone Map approved and adopted pursuant to §
97-1 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 and on or within 500 feet of such property owned by or leased to a public entity which is used for a public park, public building or public housing facility until such time, if any, that this article shall be amended to reflect any additions or deletions with respect to the location and boundaries of such properties and the Drug Free School and Public Area Zones.
The school board, or the chief administrative officer in the case of
any private or parochial school, and the municipal governing body or the entity
responsible for the operation of any public park, public building or public
housing facility are hereby directed and shall have the continuing obligation
to promptly notify the Borough Engineer and the Borough Attorney of any changes
or contemplated changes in the location and boundaries of any property owned
by or leased to any elementary or secondary school board and which is used
for school purposes and of any public areas designated on said Map.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the Map approved and adopted pursuant to §
97-1 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 of this article shall be provided without cost to the County Clerk and to the office of the Morris County Prosecutor.
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited
and stated:
A. It is understood that the Map approved and adopted pursuant to §
97-1 was prepared and is intended to be used as evidence in prosecutions arising under the criminal laws of this state and that, pursuant to state law, such Map shall constitute prima facie evidence of the following:
(1) The location of elementary and secondary schools and
of public parks, public buildings and public housing facilities within the
Borough of Mendham;
(2) The boundaries of the real property which is owned by
or leased to such schools or a school board or to a public entity;
(3) That such property is and continues to be used for school
purposes or public purposes; and
(4) The location and boundaries of areas which are on or
within 1,000 feet of such school property or on or within 500 feet of such
public property.
B. Except as otherwise expressly noted on the face of the
approved and adopted Map, all of the property depicted on the Map approved
and adopted herein as school property was owned by or leased to a school or
school board and all of the property depicted on the Map approved and adopted
herein as public areas was owned by or leased to a public entity and was being
used for public purposes as of the effective date of P.L. 1988, c. 44 with respect to school property and as of the effective date of
P.L. 1997, c. 327 with respect to public areas.
C. Pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1988, c. 44 and P.L. 1997, c. 327, a prosecutor is not precluded from introducing or relying upon any other evidence or testimony to establish a violation of the offenses defined in those statutes, including use of a map or diagram other than the one approved and adopted pursuant to §
97-1. The failure of the Map approved herein to depict the location and boundaries of any property which is, in fact, used for school purposes and which is owned or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board or used for a public park, public building or public housing facility and which is owned by or leased to any public entity, whether the absence of such depiction is the result of inadvertent omission or the result of any changes in the location and boundaries of such property which have not yet been incorporated into a revised approved map, shall not be deemed to be an official finding and record that such property is not owned by or leased to a public entity or that such property is not used for public purposes.
D. All of the requirements set forth in P.L.
1988, c. 44 and P.L. 1997, c. 327 concerning the preparation, approval and
adoption of Drug Free School and Public Area Zone Maps have been complied
with.