Opra Request
Dear Fort Lee 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-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
Dear Nathan,
Please see attached and below responses to your Open Public Records Act
(OPRA) request for various municipal lists.
"Tax Delinquent" - Records Responsive, 27 pages- Fort Lee Tax Collector's
Office.
"Water Shut Off/ Utility Liens" - No Records Responsive- Water is billed
separately through the Veolia Water Company.
"Fire Damage List" -No Records Responsive- Fort Lee Fire Prevention does
not maintain a list of properties with fire damage. We can certainly
fulfill your request providing that specific addresses are given.
"Code Violations" -Records Responsive, 1 page- Fort Lee Building
Department.
"Vacant List" - Records Responsive, 10 pages-Fort Lee Tax Collector's
Office.
Documents related to summons or other Municipal Court related documents as
filed in the Fort Lee Municipal Court are to be obtained by completing a
Judiciary Records Request which can be obtained through the New Jersey
Courts online website. Please contact the Fort Lee Municipal Court at
201-592-3500 ext. 1509 for additional information.
Sincerely,
Dina Roditis, RMC
Municipal Clerk’s Office
Borough of Fort Lee
309 Main Street
Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024
Tel: (201) 592-3500 Ext. 1038
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