Opra Request
Dear Franklin Lakes 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 6 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 6 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
I am currently out of the office. I will respond to your email upon my
return on Monday, August 18, 2025.
For OPRA requests and for immediate assistance, please contact Erica
Davenport, at [email address] or by phone at 201-891-4000
x1200.
Nathan,
The attached records from the Tax Collector and Property Maintenance were found to be responsive to your OPRA request.
A response is pending from Tax Collection, Fire Prevention, and Planning and Zoning.
Please contact [email address] if you have any questions.
Should you require additional documents, please visit https://www.franklinlakes.org/publicreco...
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) or fourteen (14) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the responding agency to deny access. At your option, you may either: 1) institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey; or 2) file a complaint with the Government Records Council (“GRC”) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County. Questions regarding the GRC’s Denial of Access Complaint process can directed to the GRC toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at PO Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The Council can answer general inquiries about OPRA.
Gail M. Rulli, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Deputy Registrar
Borough of Franklin Lakes
480 DeKorte Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
201-891-4000, Ext. 1202
Note: You are advised that this e-mail and all responses to this e-mail, including all attachments, may constitute "public records" which may be obtained by any person filing a request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). There should be no expectation that the content of e-mails exchanged with municipal officials and employees will remain private.
Pursuant to your OPRA, please find the requested information attached.
Last Multi
Location Registration Application Expiration Fee
Address Type Date Date Total Block Lot Qualifier
320
ALGONQUIN Abandoned
ROAD Property 12/7/2016 12/31/2025 500 1110.01 12
766 JENNY Abandoned
TRAIL Property 11/18/2024 12/31/2025 500 3202.01 1
708
WINDSWEPT Abandoned
LANE Property 12/23/2016 12/31/2025 500 1512 4
814 SUSSEX Abandoned
ROAD Property 11/29/2017 12/31/2025 500 1104 12
672
FRANKLIN Abandoned
AVENUE Property 12/23/2016 12/31/2025 500 2401.03 2.02
739 ARNOLD Abandoned
DRIVE Property 4/5/2024 12/31/2024 500 3304 11
1160
FRANKLIN Abandoned
LAKE ROAD Property 4/5/2024 12/31/2025 500 1104 1.01
783 SUNSET Abandoned
TERRACE Property 7/25/2023 12/31/2023 500 1421.01 15
236 MABLE Abandoned
ANN AVENUE Property 7/9/2018 12/31/2025 500 2504.01 9
538
FRANKLIN Abandoned
AVENUE Property 7/10/2024 12/31/2025 2,500.00 2416 1
872 OLD Abandoned
MILL ROAD Property 9/9/2019 12/31/2024 500 2508 3
460
DEVONSHIRE Abandoned
DRIVE Property 7/16/2024 12/31/2025 500 3302.02 3
1003
CRYSTAL
LAKE Abandoned
TERRACE Property 10/15/2024 12/31/2024 500 1428 33
14 BENTLEY Abandoned
DRIVE Property 12/20/2023 12/31/2023 500 2503 1 C7.04
702 SABER Abandoned
DRIVE Property 2/26/2018 12/31/2025 500 3204 5
919
COLONIAL Abandoned
ROAD Property 7/5/2016 12/31/2025 500 1211 2
105 OAK Abandoned
HAVEN LANE Property 5/21/2024 12/31/2025 500 1601 3.05
10 SILENT Abandoned
NEST WAY Property 12/18/2023 12/31/2025 500 3405 1 C0156
787
ACKERMAN Abandoned
STREET Property 5/4/2023 12/31/2024 500 1419 25
708
BARRISTER Abandoned
COURT Property 6/26/2023 12/31/2023 500 2705 2.07
21
SHINNECOCK Abandoned
TRAIL Property 2/6/2024 12/31/2025 500 1106.05 7.01
954 PINES Abandoned
TERRACE Property 12/11/2023 500 1432 12
311 HAVEN Abandoned
ROAD Property 1/18/2024 12/31/2024 500 1310.01 1
14 BENTLEY Abandoned
DRIVE Property 12/20/2022 12/31/2022 500 2503 1 C7.04
793 IRON Abandoned
LATCH ROAD Property 2/22/2024 12/31/2025 500 1503.02 1
771 ASPEN Abandoned
WAY Property 3/1/2024 12/31/2024 500 1515 3
806 IRON Abandoned
LATCH ROAD Property 6/15/2023 12/31/2025 500 1504.04 8
921
FRANKLIN Abandoned
LAKE ROAD Property 12/1/2022 12/31/2025 500 2201.07 11
This information comes from the Engineering, Planning and Zoning Boards
and Property Maintenance, other Departments may respond separately.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the
information provided below.
Sincerely,
Diane M. Lilienthal
Planning and Zoning Board Clerk
Zoning Official
(201)891-4000 x1220
PLEASE BE ADVISED MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED TO
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Note: You are advised that this e-mail and all responses to this e-mail,
including all attachments, may constitute "public records" which may be
obtained by any person filing a request under the Open Public Records Act
(OPRA). There should be no expectation that the content of e-mails
exchanged with municipal officials and employees will remain private.
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Nathan,
The attached records from the Fire Department were found to be responsive to your OPRA request.
This completes your request. Please contact [email address] if you have any questions.
Should you require additional documents, please visit https://www.franklinlakes.org/publicreco...
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) or fourteen (14) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the responding agency to deny access. At your option, you may either: 1) institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey; or 2) file a complaint with the Government Records Council (“GRC”) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County. Questions regarding the GRC’s Denial of Access Complaint process can directed to the GRC toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at PO Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The Council can answer general inquiries about OPRA.
Gail M. Rulli, RMC, CMR
Borough Clerk
Deputy Registrar
Borough of Franklin Lakes
480 DeKorte Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
201-891-4000, Ext. 1202
Note: You are advised that this e-mail and all responses to this e-mail, including all attachments, may constitute "public records" which may be obtained by any person filing a request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). There should be no expectation that the content of e-mails exchanged with municipal officials and employees will remain private.