OPRA Request
Dear Lawrence Township (Mercer),
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 use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Tax Delinquent
- A list of all property addresses that have an unpaid property tax bill for the last 12 months. Please also include in the list or separately a list of properties whose property tax bill was liened against the property.
Water Shut Off / Utility Liens
- A list of all property addresses that have had their water bill liened against the property, have failed to pay their water bill, or have had the water shut off at any point in the last 12 months.
Fire Damage List
- A list of all property addresses that the fire department has received an emergency call to in the last 90 days.
Code Violation
- A list of property addresses that have received any code violations in the last 6 months
Vacant List
- A list of all properties that the city deems to be currently vacant or abandoned.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. 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,
Nathan
From: John Sullivan
Sent: Monday, January 6, 2025 2:17 PM
To: '[email address]'
<[email address]>
Subject: OPRA response
In response to your OPRA request the Lawrence Township Health Department
does not maintain any lists of unpaid property taxes or water shut
off/liens.
Regards,
John R. Sullivan, REHS
Lawrence Township Health Department
2207 Lawrence Road
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
O: (609)844-7088
M: (609)498-5395
F: (609)895-1668
[1]Lawrence Township Health Dept
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Dear John Sullivan,
do you have any of the other lists I requested? Code Violation, Fire List and Vacant List?
Yours sincerely,
Nathan
Just received the second page of your request today. We Do not keep lists
of fire damaged or vacant properties.
However, attached is a list of properties for which code violations were
identified in the past 6 months.
Regards,
John R. Sullivan, REHS
Lawrence Township Health Department
2207 Lawrence Road
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
O: (609)844-7088
M: (609)498-5395
F: (609)895-1668
[1]Lawrence Township Health Dept
From: Nathan Stallone
<[OPRA #70347 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:26 AM
To: John Sullivan <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: OPRA response
Dear John Sullivan, do you have any of the other lists I requested? Code
Violation, Fire List and Vacant List? Yours sincerely, Nathan
-----Original Message----- From: John Sullivan Sent: Monday, Janu
Caution: External
([2][OPRA #70347 email])
First-Time Sender
Dear John Sullivan,
do you have any of the other lists I requested? Code Violation, Fire List
and Vacant List?
Yours sincerely,
Nathan
Mr. Nathan Stallone,
Attached you will find a record of the fire incidents in Lawrence Township
for the last 90 days.
Donna Kania
Office of Emergency Management & Services
Township of Lawrence
2207 Lawrence Road
Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648
Phone: 609-844-7116
Fax: 609-844-0282
Good Afternoon:
Please see response from the Fire Marshal’s Office regarding your OPRA
request for Properties with Violations.
Thank You,
Donna S. McLaughlin
Assistant Municipal Clerk
2207 Lawrence Road
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
609-844-7002
[1][email address]
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