OPRA-Req-25-1213
Date Received: 8/7/2025
Status: Completed
Date Completed: 8/13/2025
Applicant: Anonymous 9 Forest Garden
B/L/Q: 3236.24/12/C0009
Address:
9 FOREST GARDENS DR
Old Bridge Township Old Bridge Township
Information Requested: 9 FOREST GARDEN DRIVE MATAWAN NJ 07747
Block 3236.24 Lot 12, Qual # C0009

Any and all closed and open permits,
zoning variances applied for or approved, zoning violations,
property code violations,
any pending or final tax assessments,
any inspections performed by the town and if the property is
affected by wetlands or transition areas."

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-6(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.

RESPONSE:
Any and all closed and open permits,
SEE ATTACHED, RESPONSIVE TO THIS REQUEST.

THE FILES MARKED WITH "CA" OR "CO" ARE CLOSED. OTHERS WITH A P ARE
OPEN. V STANDS FOR VIOLATION. APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPLIED NOT
ISSUED.

ABSENCE OF A PERMIT FOR AN OIL TANK DOES NOT MEAN THERE WERE NEVER
TANKS ONSITE. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

zoning variances applied for or approved, zoning violations,
NO RECORDS RESPONSIVE TO THIS REQUEST

property code violations,
NO RECORDS RESPONSIVE TO THIS REQUEST

any pending or final tax assessments,
NO RECORDS RESPONSIVE TO THIS REQUEST

any inspections performed by the town and if the property is
affected by wetlands or transition areas
THE ABOVE OPRA REQUEST IS NOT SPECIFIC AND THEREFORE INVALID FOR
THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1. OPRA is not intended as a research tool litigants may use to
force government officials to identify and siphon useful
information. Under OPRA, agencies are required to disclose only
"identifiable" governmental documents not otherwise exempt.
Wholesale requests for general information which have to be
collated, analyzed and compiled by the entity are not required.
This governmental custodian is not required to conduct research,
analyze, collate, compile and/or correlate data from existing
government records.
A blanket request for all documents is not a document request
pursuant to OPRA and existing case law. MAG Entm't, LLC v. Div of
ABC, 375 N.J. Super. 534,546-549 (App. Div. 2005), "under OPRA,
agencies are required to disclose only 'identifiable' government
records and not otherwise exempt..
In short, OPRA does not countenance open-ended searches of
agency's files" Id. (emphasis added). Bent v. Stafford Police
Dep't. 381 N.J. Super. 30,37 (App. Div. 2005), N.J. Builders Ass'n
v. N.J. Council on Affordable Hous., 390 N.J. Super. 166, 180
(App. Div. 2007); Schuler v. Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint
No. 2007-151 (February 2009).

2. A request for a "file" "all" "any and all" etc. is invalid
because it represents a blanket request for a class of various,
unidentifiable records and constitutes a broad and unclear
request. See Morgano v Essex Cnty. Prosecutors's Office, GRC
Complaint No. 2007-190 (February 2008); Nunley v N.J. State Parole
Bd., GRC Complaint No. 2013 -335 (July 2014); Redden v. Cape May
Cnty. Prosecutor's Office GRC Complaint No. 2007-206 (September
2009); Bragg v. N.J. Dept of Corrections, GRC Complaint No.
2010-145 (March2011); Bradley-Williams v. Atlantic Cnty. Jail, GRC
Complaint No. 2011-232 (December 2012); Torian v. N.J. State
Parole Bd., GRC Complaint No. 2013-245 (June 2014)

If your request for access to a government record has been denied
or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law,
you have a right to challenge the decision by the Township of Old
Bridge to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a
proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint
with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial
of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free
telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ,
08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at
www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about
the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior
Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
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