In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of P.L. 1999, c. 185, the following is a list of school crossings which have been so
designated by the Borough of Berlin:
A. Franklin Avenue and White Horse Pike.
B. Cedar Avenue and White Horse Pike.
C. Clementon Road and Franklin Avenue.
The Drunk-Driving-Free School Zones Map produced on or about July 2000
by Environmental Engineers, the Borough Engineers, is 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 on school land and
of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of such school property.
The Drunk-Driving-Free School Zones Map approved and adopted pursuant
to this article 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 location
and boundaries of school property and drunk-driving-free school zones. The
list of school crossings designated above by the Mayor and Council shall continue
to constitute an official findings and record of the location of school crossing
zones within the Borough of Berlin until such time, if any, that this article
shall be amended to reflect any additions or deletions with respect to school
crossing zones in Berlin Borough.
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 office of the Borough Engineer and the Borough
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 or of any additions or
deletions to school crossings.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file
the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to this article and
the list of school crossings 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 list shall be provided without costs to the
Camden County Clerk and to the office of the Camden County Prosecutor.
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited
and stated:
A. 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 traffic laws of this state and
that, pursuant to state law, such map and list 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.
(5) The location of all school crossings in the Borough of
Berlin.