[Adopted 1-7-1997 as § 4-17 of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances (Ord. No. 3741)]
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 City Engineer
and the Corporation Counsel 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 City Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to §
145-1 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 Hudson County Prosecutor.
The map approved and adopted pursuant to §
145-1 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:
A. The location of elementary and secondary schools within the City.
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.
All of the requirements set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7 concerning
the preparation, approval and adoption of a Drug-Free School Zone
Map have been complied with.