[Adopted 10-10-2000 by Ord. No. 44-00]
This article amends the Code of the Township
of Old Bridge in order to establish drug-free zones as the laws of
the State of New Jersey provide for increased penalties for drug offenses
when such offenses are committed within 500 feet of a public housing
facility, a public park, or a public building.
[Amended 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20; 7-9-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-17]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1, a Drug-Free
Zone 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 boundaries of the areas on or within 500
feet of a public housing facility, a public park or public building
within the boundaries of the Township of Old Bridge.
The Drug-Free Zone Map approved and adopted
pursuant to this article shall continue to constitute an official
finding and record as to the location and boundaries of the area or
areas on or within 500 feet of a public housing facility, a public
park or public building 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 the location and boundaries of the area
or areas on or within 500 feet of a public housing facility, a public
park or public building within the Township of Old Bridge.
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 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 shall be provided without
cost to the Middlesex County Clerk and to the office of the Middlesex
County Prosecutor.
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
laws of this state and that, pursuant to state law, such map and list
shall constitute prima facie evidence of the location and boundaries
of the area or areas on or within 500 feet of a public park, public
building or public housing facility pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.1.
