The Drunk-Driving-Free School Zones Map produced
on or about July 15, 1998, by David J. Samuel, P.E., of CME Associates,
Township Engineer, 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 §
15A-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 chapter 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 Township Committee shall continue
to constitute an official finding and record of the location of school
crossing zones within the Township of Plainsboro until such time,
if any, that this chapter be amended to reflect any additions or deletions
with respect to school crossing zones in Plainsboro Township.
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 Township Engineer and the Township Attorney of any
changes or contemplated changes in the location and boundaries of
any property owned 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 Township Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to §
15A-1 of this chapter 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 and of this chapter shall be provided without cost to the Middlesex County Clerk and to the office of the Middlesex 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 chapter 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:
(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 Township
of Plainsboro.