[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:
Biondi Avenue and Genoa Section
Boulevard East and Central Avenue
Carpenter School and Cindy Street
Carpenter School and Utica
Cindy Street and Owens Road
Englishtown Road and Midway
Grace Drive and William
Grissom School and Cindy
Harding and Harding
Laurence Parkway and Ravine Section
Laurence Parkway and School #9
Madison Park and Wellsley Road
Matawan Road and Ely Avenue
Mc Divitt School and Manny Martin Way
Miller School and Matawan Road
Ocean Boulevard and Furman Boulevard, Magic Cottage Hoffman Pharmacy Post Office
Ocean Boulevard and Lake Avenue
Ocean Boulevard and Raritan
Ocean Boulevard and Sunset
Old Matawan Road and Bus Driveway
Schirra School and Awn Street
Shepherd and Bushnell
Southwood and Farmbrook
Southwood and Sycamore
St. Ambrose School and Driveway, Throckmorton
St. Ambrose School and Thomas Street
St. Bernadette's and Temple Road
St. Thomas and Marlboro
Voorhees and Midway Road, Liberty
Westminister and Downing
Westminister and Gorniak
Westminister and Parkwood
[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.