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From: Arnold Budin <[OPRA #92070 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 11:08 AM
To: Clerk <[email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - All open and closed permits and violations for 66
Hillcrest Ave.
 
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Dear Morris Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access.  I am not required to fill out an
official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request
per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including
all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place
of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New
Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested: All open and closed permits and violations for 66
Hillcrest Ave.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Arnold Budin

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Morris Township

Open Records Request

 

Reference # OPRA-2026-00444

Date Entered: 6/3/2026 11:28:00 AM

 

Dear Arnold Budin,

 

Your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) has been Fulfilled on 06/05/2026.

 

The request sought access to the following records:

Records requested: All open and closed permits and violations for 66
Hillcrest Ave.
 

Department Response:
Permit List attached. I don`t see any Zoning violations on file
The health department has no requested records for this property

 

Fulfilled Reasons:

Redactions have been made to property owner’s name as per NJSA 47:1B-1
Portions of your request are overbroad under OPRA. Specifically, the use
of terms such as “any and all records” and “all documents” are invalid
because such language requires interpretation by the custodian to
determine what records might be responsive. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1; MAG
Entm’t, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534,
546, 549 (App. Div. 2005) (a valid OPRA request must “identify with . . .
specificity or particularity the government records sought”); Shipyard
Assoc.’s v. City of Hoboken, 2015 WL 10352982, *5 (App. Div. Sept. 15,
2015) (finding the use of “any and all” and “not limited to” improper
under OPRA); see also Elcavage v. W. Milford Twp., GRC Complaint No.
2006-64 (May 2008) (“Because OPRA does not require custodians to research
files to discern which records may be responsive to a request, the
Custodian had no legal duty to conduct research to locate records
potentially responsive to the Complainant’s request.”).
However, the Township has conducted a search for the records you
specifically identified in your request. Those records are attached. This
request is deemed answered and closed.

 

The records are being transmitted to you via . Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b. the cost associated with this request is $0.00.

 

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If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

 

Sincerely,

 

Morris Township

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Please download these attachments from the links below:

• [1]38ea7439-466_hillcrest_opra_20260605143223_Redacted_20260608141546.pdf
• [2]38ea7439-466_HILLCREST_REDACTED__1__20260608132555.pdf

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