5113 Garfield - Open and Closed Permits
Dear Pennsauken Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
5113 Garfield Ave, BLock #05604, Lot #00018
Copies of any open and closed permits to include but not limited to: electrical, plumbing, additions, siding, roofing, HVAC, etc from 1950 (or as far back on file in local office) to present Aug 2024.
Yours faithfully,
Patricia Coomer
Please be advised, we have had having difficulty locating the records responsive to your request. As such, we require an extension of time until 9/16/24 to respond to your request.
For the moment we have attached screenshots from the Pennsauken Building Dept. permit tracking system for the permits responsive to your request.
Matthew McDevitt
OPRA Specialist, Pennsauken Township
Office: 856-665-1000 x 123
[email address]
[Pennsauken Township request email]
5605 N. Crescent Blvd. Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Please be advised, we are still working to attempt to locate records responsive to your request. As such, an extension of time until 9/20/24 is required.
Also, we realized that we failed to provide the reasons for the redaction we made to phone numbers for the records provided in our previous response.
Personal Phone Numbers have been redacted due to privacy concerns. In Merino v. Ho-Ho-Kus, GRC Complaint 2003-121 (Feb. 18, 2004), the Council addressed the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 and found that the New Jersey Supreme Court, Appellate Division held that the GRC must enforce OPRA's declaration, in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, that "a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen's personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy." Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super. 352, 368-69 (App. Div. 2003). See also National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157, 124 S.Ct. 1570 (U.S. March 30, 2004) (personal privacy interests are protected under FOIA).
Matthew McDevitt
OPRA Specialist, Pennsauken Township
Office: 856-665-1000 x 123
[email address]
[Pennsauken Township request email]
5605 N. Crescent Blvd. Pennsauken, NJ 08110
Please be advised, after an extensive search of Township records, we were unable to locate the permits responsive to your request. We have attached the records previously provided to you.
Personal Phone Numbers have been redacted due to privacy concerns. In Merino v. Ho-Ho-Kus, GRC Complaint 2003-121 (Feb. 18, 2004), the Council addressed the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 and found that the New Jersey Supreme Court, Appellate Division held that the GRC must enforce OPRA's declaration, in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, that "a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen's personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen's reasonable expectation of privacy." Serrano v. South Brunswick Twp., 358 N.J. Super. 352, 368-69 (App. Div. 2003). See also National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157, 124 S.Ct. 1570 (U.S. March 30, 2004) (personal privacy interests are protected under FOIA).
Matthew McDevitt
OPRA Specialist, Pennsauken Township
Office: 856-665-1000 x 123
[email address]
[Pennsauken Township request email]
5605 N. Crescent Blvd. Pennsauken, NJ 08110