[Adopted 7-2-1990 by Ord. No. 16-1990]
[Amended 5-20-2003 by Ord. No. 7-2003]
Pursuant to the authority of P. L. 1988, c. 44 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7) and Chapter 83 of the Logan Township Code, the Drug-Free School Zone Maps dated 2003 by JCA Associates, Inc., Township Engineer, are 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 or school board and of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of such school property. This map shall replace any and all maps previously adopted by the Township of Logan for drug free school zone purposes.
The Drug-Free School Zone Maps approved and adopted pursuant to § 83-1 of this chapter 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 boundaries of school property and Drug-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 Municipal Engineer and the Municipal 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 Clerk of the municipality is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the maps approved and adopted pursuant to § 83-1 of 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. A true copy of such maps and of this article shall be provided without cost to the County Clerk and to the office of the Gloucester County Prosecutor.
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited
and stated:
A.
It is understood that the maps approved and adopted pursuant to § 83-1 of this article were prepared and are intended to be used as evidence in prosecutions arising under the criminal laws of this state, and that pursuant to state law, such maps shall constitute prima facie evidence of the following:
(1)
The location of elementary and secondary schools within
the municipality.
(2)
The boundaries of the real property which is owned by
or leased to such schools or a school board.
(3)
That such school property is and continues to be used
for school purposes.
(4)
The location and boundaries of areas which are on or
within 1,000 feet of such school property.
B.
Except as is otherwise expressly noted on the face of
the approved and adopted maps, 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 L. 1987, c. 101 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7).
C.
Pursuant to the provisions of 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 § 83-1 of this article. The failure of the maps 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 advertent 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.
