[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Paramus as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-9-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11]
It shall be unlawful for any person subject
to the registration requirements set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 et seq.
(hereafter "sex offender"), to reside within 1,000 feet (hereafter
"prohibited radius") of any public or private primary and/or secondary
school or educational facility, or any public or private park, playground,
tot-lot, library, recreational area, active and passive parkland or
child-care facility (hereafter "prohibited area"). The facilities
listed above do not necessarily have to be located within the boundaries
of the Borough; so long as any portion of the prohibited radius around
any such facilities is located within the Borough, it will be considered
part of the prohibited area.
The prohibited area is depicted on a map entitled
"Sex Offender Residency Prohibited Area Map" prepared by the Borough
Engineer.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to § 365-2 and to provide at a reasonable cost a true copy to any person, agency or court which may 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 of this chapter shall be provided without cost to the County Clerk.
A sex offender who resides within any prohibited
area established pursuant to the provisions of this article shall
have 60 days from the effective date of this article, or upon the
termination of any residential lease entered into prior to the effective
date of this article and the term of which is not longer than one
year, whichever is later, to relocate outside the prohibited area.
Failure to move to a location which is in compliance with this article
within the prescribed time period shall constitute a violation of
this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any sex offender who has purchased property to be used as his/her
primary residence which is located within the prohibited area prior
to the effective date of this article.
A.
Certificate of compliance. No owner, agent of an owner,
real estate broker, firm, company, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, entity or person shall rent, re-rent, lease, release
(hereafter "rental"), sell, re-sell or convey (hereafter "sale"),
or suffer to allow any person or persons to live in or occupy as a
tenant or otherwise, any multiple-dwelling unit, mobile home and/or
single-family residence or dwelling which is located in the prohibited
area, where there shall be a change in occupancy, unless a certificate
of compliance, as hereafter described, shall be filed with the Construction
Department, in the case of a sale, or the Planning Department, in
the case of a rental. The certificate of compliance shall be executed
by or on behalf of the owner of any property for sale or rental in
the prohibited area and shall certify that the purchaser(s) or lessee(s),
as the case may be, are not listed on the New Jersey State Sex Offender
Internet Registry, maintained by the New Jersey State Police at www.state.nj.us/lps/njsp/info/regsexoffend.html),
as of the date of the signature on the certification. The certificate
of compliance shall be signed not more than 30 days prior to the transfer
of title, in the case of a sale, or initial day of the lease term,
in the case of a rental.
B.
Monthly review of registry. Once each month, the Borough
Clerk shall cause the New Jersey State Sex Offender Internet Registry
maintained by the New Jersey State Police to be reviewed for names
and addresses of those registrants living within the Township. If
any such individuals reside within a prohibited area of the Borough,
such fact shall be reported to the Code Enforcement Department which
will initiate an investigation to determine if a violation of this
chapter has occurred.
C.
Borough Clerk's procedures. The Borough Clerk is hereby
authorized to initiate and direct, by administrative order, such additional
or supplementary procedures as the Clerk may determine will be likely
to enhance compliance with this chapter.
Any violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,250 and/or a period
of incarceration up to 180 days in the Bergen County Jail.
