The purpose of this article is to amend the Code of the Township
of Old Bridge in order to establish drug-free school zones as the
laws of the State of New Jersey provide for increased penalties for
drug offenses when such offenses are committed within 1,000 feet of
property which is used for school purposes and which is owned by or
leased to any elementary school or secondary school or school board.
[Amended 7-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-17]
The Drug Free/Drunk Driving Free School Zones Map dated May
2018 and prepared by Nicole Shapiro, Township 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 by 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 Drug Free/Drunk Driving Free School Zones Map approved and
adopted pursuant to this article 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 article shall be amended to reflect
any additions or deletions with respect to the location and boundaries
of school property and drug-free/drunk-driving-free school zones.
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
Township Engineer and the Township 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 or school board and which
is used for school purposes.
The Township Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep
on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to this
article 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
article shall be provided without cost to the Middlesex County Clerk
and to the office of the Middlesex County Prosecutor.
It is understood that the map approved and adopted pursuant
to this article 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 shall constitute prima
facie evidence of the following:
A. The location of elementary and secondary schools within the municipality.
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.