[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Edgewater Park as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Title 9, Ch. 9.16, of the 1998 Township Code]
[Amended 11-6-2001 by Ord. No. 20-2001]
In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1988, c. 44 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7), the Drug-Free School Zone Map dated on or about September 1, 1988, as modified on or about February 17, 1998, by the Township Engineer, is approved and adopted as an official finding and record of the location and areas within the Township of property which is used for school purposes and which is owned by or leased to an elementary or secondary school or school board, and of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of such school property, or within 500 feet of real property comprising a public housing facility, a public park or a public building. In a prosecution pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7 and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1 this map shall, upon proper authentication, be admissible and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the location and boundaries of school property used for school purposes which is owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board, or within 1,000 feet of such property; or within 500 feet of a public housing facility which is owned by the Township or owned by or leased to a housing authority pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," N.J.S.A. 40A:12-A et seq., the area in or within 500 feet of a public park, or the area in or within 500 feet of a public building.
[Amended 11-6-2001 by Ord. No. 20-2001]
The drug-free school map approved and adopted pursuant to § 223-1 shall continue to constitute an official finding and record as to the locations and boundaries of school property used for school purposes which is owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board, or within 1,000 feet of such property or within 500 feet of a public housing facility which is owned by the Township or owned by or leased to a housing authority pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," N.J.S.A. 40A:12A et seq., the area in or within 500 feet of a public park, or the area in or within 500 feet of a public building.
The school board, or the chief administrative officer in the case of any private or parochial school, is directed and shall have the continuing obligation to promptly notify the Township Engineer and the Township Solicitor of any change 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 Clerk of the Township is directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to § 223-1, 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 a copy is a true copy of the map approved and adopted herein and kept on file. It is further directed that a true copy of such map and of this chapter shall be provided without cost to the Clerk of Burlington County and to the office of the Burlington County Prosecutor.
The following additional matters are determined, declared, recited and stated:
A. 
It is understood that the map approved and adopted pursuant to § 223-1 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 within the Township;
(2) 
The boundaries of the real property which is owned by or leased to such school or a school board;
(3) 
That such school property is and continues to be used for school purposes; and
(4) 
The location and boundaries of areas which are on or within 1,000 feet of such school property.
B. 
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 was being used for school purposes as of July 9, 1987, that being the effective date of P.L. 1988, c. 101 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7).
C. 
Pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1988, c. 44, a prosecutor is not precluded from introducing or relying upon any other evidence or testimony to establish a violation of the offense defined in that statute, including use of a map or diagram other than the one approved and adopted pursuant to § 223-1. 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 by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board, 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 school or school board, or that such property is not used for school purposes.
D. 
All of the requirements set forth in P.L. 1988, c. 44[1] concerning the preparation, approval and adoption of a Drug-Free School Zone Map have been complied with.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.
[Adopted 7-26-2000 by Ord. No. 13-2000]
In accordance with the Code pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1999, c. 185,[1] the following is a list of school crossings, which have been so designated by the Township of Edgewater Park:
A. 
Cooper Street and Blossom Lane.
B. 
Cooper Street and Hendrickson Avenue.
C. 
Cooper Street and West Franklin Avenue.
D. 
East Franklin Avenue and Cherrix Avenue.
E. 
Cherrix Avenue and Carl Avenue.
F. 
Cherrix Avenue and Washington Avenue.
G. 
Cherrix Avenue and Hendrickson Avenue.
H. 
Hendrickson Avenue and Coolidge Avenue.
I. 
North Garden Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue.
J. 
North Garden Boulevard and Adams Avenue.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.
[Amended 11-6-2001 by Ord. No. 20-2001]
In accordance with the Code pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1988, c. 44 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7), P.L. 1997, c. 327 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1), and P.L. 1999, c. 185,[1] the Drug-Free School Zone Map produced on or about July 26, 2000, by the Township Engineer, during that time period, as amended from time to time, is hereby approved and adopted as an official finding and record of the location and areas within the municipality of real property which is used for school purposes, which is designated as a school crossing, which is owned or leased to an elementary or secondary school or school board, on school land and of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of such property.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.
A. 
The Township Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to § 223-7 of this article and the list of school crossings, and to provide at a reasonable cost a true copy of the map approved and adopted herein and kept on file. It is hereby further directed that a true copy of this map and list shall be provided without cost to the Burlington County Prosecutor.
B. 
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited and stated:
(1) 
It is understood that the map and list 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 and list 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.