I am in receipt of your Open Public Records Request dated July 12, 2026
receive din this office via email on July 13, 2026 for the following:

 1) Code violation list for 6/15/2026 to 07/12/2026

Pursuant to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq (hereinafter “Open
Public Records Act” or OPRA) we herewith provide the following response to
your Open Public Records Act Request.  Please note that the Custodian of
the Records has sought and is producing only those records defined as
follows:

“Government record” or “record” means any paper, written or printed book,
document, drawing, map, plan, photograph, microfilm, data processed or
image processed document, information stored or maintained electronically
or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that
has been made, maintained or kept on file in the course of his or its
official business by any officer, commission, agency or authority of the
State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate
boards thereof, or that has been received in the course of his or its
official business by any such officer, commission, agency, or authority of
the State or of any political subdivision thereof, including subordinate
boards thereof”.

The item attached below specifically address what the Records Custodian
believes to be responsive to the request. 

Please be advised that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-6 provides that a person who is
denied access to a government record by the custodian of the record, at
the option of the requestor, may institute a proceeding to challenge the
custodian's decision by filing an action in Superior Court which shall be
heard in the vicinage where it is filed by a Superior Court Judge who has
been designated to hear such cases because of that judge's knowledge and
expertise in matters relating to access to government records; or in lieu
of filing an action in Superior Court, file a complaint with the
Government Records Council established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-7.

The right to institute any proceeding shall be solely that of the
requestor. Any such proceeding shall proceed in a summary or expedited
manner. The public agency shall have the burden of proving that the denial
of access is authorized by law. If it is determined that access has been
improperly denied, the court or agency head shall order that access be
allowed. A requestor who prevails in any proceeding shall be entitled to a
reasonable attorney's fee.

Very truly yours,

Janine Gillis
Borough Clerk   

Janine Gillis, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Assistant Borough Administrator
Certified Municipal Registrar
Borough of Spring Lake Heights
555 Brighton Avenue
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey  07762
 
732.449.3500 phone
732.449.3535 fax
On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM Janice
<[1][OPRA #93302 email]> wrote:

Dear Spring Lake Heights Borough,

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 use the requested government records for a commercial purpose
(Real Estate).

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

Records requested:
Code Violation List Request for 06/15/2026 to 07/12/2026. I kindly
request a list of all UNRESOLVED or OPEN code violations (please do not
include closed violations) for all properties in the city during this
time period, specifically related to property maintenance, structural
issues, and weeds. Please include descriptions of the violations,
property addresses, and violation dates. I also prefer for the document
to be sent here in OPRA not in my email (sometimes it does not appear in
my inbox). Thank you so much!

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,

Janice

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