[Adopted 9-22-2005 by Ord. No. 05-44]
[Amended 4-20-2006 by Ord. No. 06-30]
It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the registration requirements
set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 et seq., to reside within 2,500 feet of any public
or private primary and/or secondary school or educational facility, church,
playground, child-care facility, day camp, public or commercial recreational
facilities designed to attract children, commercial recreational facilities
frequented by young people, such as bowling alleys, sports fields, exercise
or sporting facilities, the public library and firehouse, and any school bus
stop or school crossing manned by a crossing guard within the Borough as delineated
on the then-approved Borough of Carteret's Sex Offender Free Zone Map.
A person who resides within any prohibited area established pursuant
to the provisions of this article shall have 60 days from the effective date
of this article, or upon the termination of any residential lease entered
into prior to the effective date of this article and the term of which is
not longer than one year, whichever is later, to relocate outside the prohibited
area. Failure to move to a location which is in compliance with this article
within the prescribed time period shall constitute a violation of this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any person who has
purchased property to be used as his/her primary residence prior to the effective
date of this article.
Any violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,250.00; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.