OPRA for documents
Dear Long Beach 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: List of open and closed permits on the property. All documents pertaining to construction of new home and what existed prior to construction. Survey of property.
1 E. 22nd Street, Spray Beach
Block 5.10
Lot 1.01
Thanks,
Nici Ten Hoeve
Nici Ten Hoeve,
The Township of Long Beach has received your request for Government Records. The statutory deadline to respond is on or before 9/24/21, which is seven business days from when we received the request on 9/15/21. We appreciate your patience, please feel free to give our office a call if you need further assistance.
Thank you,
Danielle La Valle, RMC / CMR
Municipal Clerk / Registrar
Long Beach Township
609-361-6691
[Long Beach Township request email]
Dear Danielle,
Do you think the documentation will be ready by tomorrow?
Yours sincerely,
Nici Ten Hoeve
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your patience and understanding regarding the documents being out of the building to be scanned for storage. I have attached what we have on file for the property at 1 E. 22nd Street in Spray Beach.
Thank you,
Danielle La Valle, RMC / CMR
Municipal Clerk / Registrar
Long Beach Township
609-361-6691
[Long Beach Township request email]
Dear Danielle,
I assume this would be opening a new OPRA request, but I am hoping to obtain documentation on the lot prior to the new construction. Is that possible?
Yours sincerely,
Nici Ten Hoeve
We have provided all we have on file in our construction department records for the property you have requested, 1 E. 22nd Street in Spray Beach.
Thank you,
Danielle La Valle, RMC / CMR
Municipal Clerk / Registrar
Long Beach Township
609-361-6691
[Long Beach Township request email]
Dear Danielle,
Can you research 2101 long beach blvd, long beach township (spray beach)? Prior to the subdivision there was the laundry mat/car wash structure. I am unable to get you a lot/block from the tax records...I guess because it has not been subdivided.
Yours sincerely,
Nici Ten Hoeve
Good afternoon,
This request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific government records. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request and is denied. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.
Everything we had on file for 1 E. 22nd Street, Spray Beach, was sent to you on 9/27/21.
Thank you,
Danielle La Valle, RMC / CMR
Municipal Clerk / Registrar
Long Beach Township
609-361-6691
[Long Beach Township request email]