[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of New Hanover 12-12-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as follows:
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor, or an aggravated offense, sexually violent offense, or other relevant offenses that involved a minor, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2.
RESIDENCE
The place where a convicted sex offender sleeps, which may include more than one location and may be mobile or transitory.
A. 
No convicted sex offender shall be permitted to live or establish residence within 2,500 feet of the property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a child-care facility, a bus stop, or a park or playground in the Township.
B. 
A convicted sex offender who resides within 2,500 feet of a property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a church or other place of worship, a public or nonpublic cemetery, a child-care facility, a bus stop, a park or a playground commits a Township Code offense.
A. 
The residency limitations set forth in § 145-2 shall not apply to any convicted sex offender who has established residence prior to enactment of this chapter.
B. 
A convicted sex offender who establishes residence within 2,500 feet from a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a church or other place of worship, a public or nonpublic cemetery, a child-care facility, a bus stop, a park or a playground after the enactment of this chapter shall have 60 days from receipt of a written notice from the Township to move from the residence. Failure to move shall be a violation of this chapter.
Any individual, partnership, agency, corporation or nonprofit organization that permits, allows, suffers, or otherwise facilitates a convicted sex offender to reside in or on a property within 2,500 feet from a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a church or other place of worship, a public or nonpublic cemetery, a child-care facility, a bus stop, a park or a playground shall be liable under this chapter.
A. 
No convicted sex offender shall be present in or on any Township park or park property which has been designated by the Township Committee as a park frequented by children.
B. 
No convicted sex offender is permitted to knowingly loiter on a public way within 300 feet from a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, a church or other place of worship, a public or nonpublic cemetery, a child-care facility, a bus stop, a park or a playground.
C. 
If a police officer reasonably believes that a convicted sex offender is in a Township park in violation of this chapter, the officer shall require the convicted sex offender to provide his/her name, address and telephone number. If it is established that the convicted sex offender is on the New Jersey Sex Offender Registry list, the officer shall notify the convicted sex offender that he/she is in violation of this chapter.
A. 
Any convicted sex offender found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter, except as set forth below, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250, imprisonment of a term not to exceed 90 days, and/or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days.
B. 
Any individual, corporation, agency, partnership, or organization convicted of violating § 145-4 shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation.
C. 
Any convicted sex offender convicted of violating § 145-5 shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.