2022-0469
Date Received: 3/9/2022
Status: Under Review
Applicant: JerseyShoreMan
Information Requested: Records requested:

Please send these records via email, not through the township
portal.

Please send a list/report of all Business Licenses (both new and
renewal) approved by Lakewood Township from January 1,
2010-Present, including the following data for each license
(Company Name, Name and Address of Licensee, Type of Business,
Address of Business, Date Issued, Date of Expiration, and whether
License is New or Renewal).

Response: The Township of Lakewood received your Open Public
Records Act (OPRA) request on 3/9/2022. As such, the seven (7)
business day deadline to respond to your request is 3/18/2022.
This response to your request is being provided to you before the
first business day after the custodian's receipt of said request.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:
Records requested:

Please send these records via email, not through the township
portal.

Please send a list/report of all Business Licenses (both new and
renewal) approved by Lakewood Township from January 1,
2010-Present, including the following data for each license
(Company Name, Name and Address of Licensee, Type of Business,
Address of Business, Date Issued, Date of Expiration, and whether
License is New or Renewal).

We are unsure as to what record you are referring to as a
"business licenses". At this time, we request clarification of
your OPRA request. Please respond in writing and clartiy what a
business license is so that we may process your request.

[1]SDL Portal page for OPRA Request
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2022-0469
Date Received: 3/9/2022
Status: Approved for Data Collection
Applicant: JerseyShoreMan
Information Requested: Records requested:

Please send these records via email, not through the township
portal.

Please send a list/report of all Business Licenses (both new and
renewal) approved by Lakewood Township from January 1,
2010-Present, including the following data for each license
(Company Name, Name and Address of Licensee, Type of Business,
Address of Business, Date Issued, Date of Expiration, and whether
License is New or Renewal).

CLARIFICATION RCVD 3/9 VIA EMAIL AS FOLLOWS: "Dear
[Lakewood Township request email],

Under Lakewood's municipal code, Chapter 4, I am referring to
sections 4-1.1; 4-1.2; 4-1.4; 4-1.5; 4-2.1 and 4-2.2, which detail
business licenses. In addition, please refer to a previous OPRA
request, OPRA-2019-00011, which states these business records were
provided at that time in January 2019. So, since these records
were provided easily in January 2019, the list should be able to
be provided again in March 2022.

Municipal code 4-1.1 states this: "The purpose of this section is
to provide a uniform set of procedures for administering the
issuance, renewal and revocation of licenses issued by the
Township Clerk."

Municipal code 4.2 is titled Business Licenses. Chapter 4-2.1
defines a business as this: "BUSINESS Shall mean any lawful means
of earning a livelihood by profession, trade or occupation for
profit. It shall include the place or places, premises or vehicle
in which such profession, trade, or occupation is conducted."

Municipal code 4-2.2 is titled License Required and states this:
"It shall be unlawful for any person designated in this section to
sell or dispose of, or to offer to sell or dispose of, any goods,
wares, merchandise, or render any services for fees within the
Township without first registering and obtaining a license and
paying the required license fee."

Dear JerseyShoreMan,

The Township of Lakewood received your Open Public Records Act
(OPRA) request on 3/9/2022. As such, the seven (7) business day
deadline to respond to your request is 3/18/2022. This response to
your request is being provided to you on the 7th business day
after the custodian's receipt of said request.

The following records are being provided in their entirety and are
responsive to your request.

1.   Mercantile License List

This deems your request complete.

Assignments
Clerk Status: Completed
   Action: see attached

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
Lakewood 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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