[Adopted 4-24-2000 by Ord. No. 18-00]
The purpose of this article is to amend the
Code of the Township of Old Bridge in order to establish drunk-driving-free
school zones as the laws of the State of New Jersey provide for increased
penalties for offenses such as driving under the influence of alcohol
or drugs when such offenses are committed in a school zone.
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 Township of Old Bridge:
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Biondi Avenue and Genoa Section
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Boulevard East and Central Avenue
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Carpenter School and Cindy Street
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Carpenter School and Utica
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Cindy Street and Owens Road
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Englishtown Road and Midway
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Grace Drive and William
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Grissom School and Cindy
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Harding and Harding
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Laurence Parkway and Ravine Section
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Laurence Parkway and School #9
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Madison Park and Wellsley Road
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Matawan Road and Ely Avenue
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Mc Divitt School and Manny Martin Way
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Miller School and Matawan Road
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Ocean Boulevard and Furman Boulevard, Magic
Cottage Hoffman Pharmacy Post Office
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Ocean Boulevard and Lake Avenue
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Ocean Boulevard and Raritan
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Ocean Boulevard and Sunset
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Old Matawan Road and Bus Driveway
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Schirra School and Awn Street
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Shepherd and Bushnell
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Southwood and Farmbrook
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Southwood and Sycamore
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St. Ambrose School and Driveway, Throckmorton
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St. Ambrose School and Thomas Street
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St. Bernadette's and Temple Road
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St. Thomas and Marlboro
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Voorhees and Midway Road, Liberty
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Westminister and Downing
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Westminister and Gorniak
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Westminister and Parkwood
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[Amended 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20; 7-9-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-17]
The Drug Free/Drunk Driving Free School Zones
Map dated May 2018 and prepared by Nicole Shapiro, 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 to 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 Township Council
shall continue to constitute an official finding and record of the
location of school crossing zones within the Township of Old Bridge
until such time, if any, that this article shall be amended to reflect
any additions or deletions with respect to school crossing zones in
Old Bridge 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 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 Township 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 and of this article 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 article were prepared and are 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 Old Bridge.
