NJ- Westville Sex Offender Ordinance Declared Un-Constitutional

8-26-2009 New Jersey:

To come into compliance with the state law, Westville Borough Council repealed Ordinance #12-07 entitled “Sex offender residency restriction.” The state had ruled the restriction was un-constitutional.

Many governing bodies previously had passed the same type of ordinance that restricted where known sex offenders may live.

Now, most of them have also repealed the ordinance that was put in place to protect children and adults in the community.

“If we did not repeal the law that we did pass several years ago, the borough may have been sued by certain individuals,” said Council President, Michael Ledrich, who presided over the Wednesday, August 12 meeting in the mayor’s absence. ..Source.. by Sara Martino, NEWS Correspondent