OPRA Request—Certificates
Dear Berkeley Heights Township,
*This request is intended for the Building Department or the appropriate custodian of the requested records. If you are not the correct recipient, please forward this request to the appropriate department or individual that holds these records.
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:
*Certificates of Occupancy
*Certificates of Continued Occupancy
*Certificates of Approval
*Certificates of Compliance
*Please provide records for all submissions made within the last 60 days, limited to commercial properties or spaces, in a spreadsheet or CSV format.
You are the best.
Yours faithfully,
Salem
I have received your request and will process it.
While you are not required to utilize the OPRA form, in order for me to process this under OPRA, you do need to provide me with the information:
Under penalty of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3, I certify that
1. I HAVE / HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States;
2. I, or another person, WILL / WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose;
3. I AM / AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
As a reminder to you, please be aware that “Commercial purpose” is broadly defined under OPRA to include “the direct or indirect use of any part of a government record for sale, resale, solicitation, rent, or lease of a service or any use by which the user expects a profit either through commission, salary, or fee.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. If Asset Management Consultants, which we understand to be a for-profit corporation, intends to use the requested records in any way in connection with its for-profit operations—this would constitute a “commercial purpose.”
Please be advised that the intentional failure to certify that a records request is for a commercial purpose is subject to the imposition of civil penalties under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-11(b). In addition, as indicated on the OPRA request form, the certifications made therein are made under penalty of perjury, which is a fourth-degree criminal offense under New Jersey law. N.J.S.A. 2C:28-3(a).
Regards,
Angela Lazzari
Angela Lazzari, RMC
Township Clerk
29 Park Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-464-2700 x2220
Dear Angela Lazzari,
I apologize for not including this information in my original request.
I am writing to add the following disclosures regarding my recent OPRA request:
1. I have not been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
2. I intend to use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
3. I am not seeking these records in connection with a legal proceeding.
4. I am not requesting these records under common law.
Thank you for your attention.
Yours faithfully,
Salem
See the attached.
Regards,
Angela Lazzari
Angela Lazzari, RMC
Township Clerk
29 Park Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-464-2700 x2220