Hello,

You submitted an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Request Form to Denville Township which was received by the Municipal Clerk on 07/08/2024. Pursuant to the Act, the Township has 7 business days, beginning the day after receipt of the request by the Records Custodian, within which to respond.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following:

-Fire Damage List
A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.

-Vacant List
A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned.

-Code Violation List
A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months.

The Township neither maintains a list containing the information you seek nor is able to run an electronic report to provide the information. Creating such a list would require research by the custodian, which is not required under OPRA. See MAG Entm't, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 546, 549 (App. Div. 2005) ("OPRA simply operates to make identifiable government records readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination."); Lagerkvist v. Office of Governor of State, 443 N.J. Super. 230, 237 (App. Div. 2015) ("OPRA does not convert a custodian into a researcher.")

Regards,

Cassi Coviello
Deputy Municipal Clerk
Township of Denville
1 St. Mary's Place
Denville, NJ 07834
Ph: (973)625-8300 Ext. 231
Fax: (973) 627-2709

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