Opra Request - Code Violation
Dear Berkeley Township,
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 NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
1) Code Violation List Request for 10/01/2024 to 10/31/2024
I kindly request a list of all UNRESOLVED or OPEN code violations (please do not include closed violations) for all properties in the city during this time period, specifically related to property maintenance, structural issues, and weeds. Please include descriptions of the violations, property addresses, and violation dates.
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,
Clifford Charles
Be Advised N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 Outlines those uses which would be considered a “commercial purpose “Commercial Purpose” “Commercial purpose” is the use of any part of a government record for sale, resale, solicitation, rent, or lease of a service, or any use by for a profit, except by:
• N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 Outlines those uses which would be considered a “commercial purpose and you have certified Under Penalty of NJSA 2C :28C that you fall under one of the Exceptions- News media, including parent companies, subsidiaries, affliates; Use for news, journalistic, educations, scientific, scholarly, or governmental organization.
• Use by an election candidate, campaigns, and committees.
• Labor organizations
• Use by contract signatory to a collective bargaining agreement “material” to enforcement of State and federal employee/employer statutes and regulations.
• Non-profits, as long as they do not “sell, resell, solicit, rent, or lease a record to an unaffiliated third party” expecting a fee
Dear Karen Stallings,
Thank you for providing the info and clarification around commercial purpose use. I was under the impression that commercial purpose was only for the resale or sale of the data being collected. I will be mindful of that for future request.
With that being said and per the guidelines, I intend to use the data for real estate service offering or solicitation.
Yours sincerely,
Clifford