[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Winslow 6-21-05 as Ord. No. O-16-05. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any individual convicted of a sex offense as defined in N.J.S.A.
2C:7-2.
Any place where a person lives either temporarily or permanently.
A.
No person over the age of eighteen (18) who has been convicted of
a violation of any crime against a minor as set forth in N.J.S.A.
2C:7-2, and who as a result of said conviction is required to register
with the appropriate authorities shall be permitted to reside or live
within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private
school, public park or playground, public library, day-care center
or church located within the boundaries of the Township of Winslow.
B.
Any person who resides or lives within two thousand five hundred
(2,500) feet of any public or private school, public park or playground,
public library, day-care center or church in the Township of Winslow
who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to N.J.S.A.
2C:7-2 shall have sixty (60) days from receipt of written notice from
the Winslow Township Police Chief, or designee, to move from that
residence. A failure to move to a new residence or location within
the notice time period which would be in compliance with this chapter
shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
C.
This chapter shall not be applied to any person defined as a sex
offender in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2 who has established a
residence within the Township of Winslow prior to July 1, 2005. Proof
of residency prior to this date shall be required to be provided to
the Winslow Township Police Chief, or designee, upon written notice
to a registered sex offender.
[Amended 12-20-05 by Ord. No. 0-45-05]
D.
The governing body for the Township of Winslow shall adopt and approve
a map prepared by the Township Consulting Engineer which will establish
and depict the location and boundaries of the area on or within two
thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private school,
public park or playground, public library, day-care center or church,
located in the Township of Winslow. This map shall be an Exhibit to
this chapter and incorporated by reference into this chapter. This
map upon the adoption of this chapter shall become an official record
of the Township of Winslow to be maintained and filed with this Ordinance
No. O-16-05, codified herein in the office of the Township Clerk.
A true copy of the ordinance and map shall be provided at a reasonable
cost to any person, agency or court which may, from time to time,
request such a copy, together with a certification from the Township
Clerk that the ordinance and map is a true copy approved and adopted
by the township. This map shall be updated on a periodic basis as
required if the location of such property changes in any respect.
E.
It is understood that the map included with and incorporated by reference
as part of the adoption of this chapter was prepared for and is intended
to be used as evidence in prosecutions for violation of this chapter
and the map shall constitute prima facie evidence of the following:
(1)
The location of each public or private school, public park or playground,
public library, day-care center or church located within the Township
of Winslow;
(2)
The boundaries of the real property so identified;
(3)
That the property depicted on the map is, and continues to be used
for the identified purposes; and
(4)
The location and boundaries of areas which are or within two thousand
five hundred (2,500) feet of such property.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be
subject to and punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000.) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to
exceed ninety (90) days, or by both, and each day's continuance
of the violation shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
