[Adopted 5-9-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11]
It shall be unlawful for any person subject
to the registration requirements set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 et seq.
(hereafter "sex offender"), to reside within 1,000 feet (hereafter
"prohibited radius") of any public or private primary and/or secondary
school or educational facility, or any public or private park, playground,
tot-lot, library, recreational area, active and passive parkland or
child-care facility (hereafter "prohibited area"). The facilities
listed above do not necessarily have to be located within the boundaries
of the Borough; so long as any portion of the prohibited radius around
any such facilities is located within the Borough, it will be considered
part of the prohibited area.
The prohibited area is depicted on a map entitled
"Sex Offender Residency Prohibited Area Map" prepared by the Borough
Engineer.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to §
365-2 and to provide at a reasonable cost a true copy to any person, agency or court which may 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 chapter shall be provided without cost to the County Clerk.
A sex offender who resides within any prohibited
area established pursuant to the provisions of this article shall
have 60 days from the effective date of this article, or upon the
termination of any residential lease entered into prior to the effective
date of this article and the term of which is not longer than one
year, whichever is later, to relocate outside the prohibited area.
Failure to move to a location which is in compliance with this article
within the prescribed time period shall constitute a violation of
this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any sex offender who has purchased property to be used as his/her
primary residence which is located within the prohibited area prior
to the effective date of this article.
Any violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,250 and/or a period
of incarceration up to 180 days in the Bergen County Jail.