OPRA request for 618 Leanora St Brick NJ
Dear Brick 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: OPRA report for 618 Leanora Street, Brick NJ
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,
Jennifer Lane
Good Morning – we received two OPRA requests from you this morning.
I am just confirming it is the one for: OPRA report for 618 Leanora
Street, Brick NJ.
This request is too broad.
You must state what you are requesting – there is no OPRA report.
You are requesting us to perform research to see which documents exist
which is not covered under the OPRA statute. OPRA is for copies of
specific documents and is not to be used as a research tool.
The New Jersey Government Records Council states that “valid OPRA (Open
Public Records Act) request seeks specific, identifiable government
records. Valid OPRA requests do not ask questions, do not seek
information, and do not require a custodian to conduct any research or
create a new record. When a request is “complex” because it fails to
specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not
“encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey
Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). A
proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable clarity those
documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by
simply requesting all of an agency's documents. OPRA is to “search” for a
specific, identifiable, existing government record. It is not meant to
“research” to see if a record exists. Research should be done prior to
completing an OPRA request.
Thank You,
Jillian VonGlahn
Office of the Municipal Clerk
401 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, NJ 08723
732-262-1004 - phone
732-262-2839 - fax
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Dear Jillian VonGlahn,
Yes, the one I did on the town website originally did not include address.
I’m a realtor and my clients are purchasing 618 Leanora, just want to make sure there are no open permits. Thx!
Yours sincerely,
Jennifer Lane
Building permits - correct?
I will process the request .
Thank You,
Jillian VonGlahn
Office of the Municipal Clerk
401 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, NJ 08723
732-262-1004 - phone
732-262-2839 - fax
[email address]
In response to your attached OPRA request:
Please find attached the only documents located pertaining to your request. All permits are closed.
PLEASE NOTE:
Though the Office of the Township Clerk processes all of the OPRA requests for the Township, WE CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS regarding documents obtained from other departments.
Depending on your request, please see the below list of Department phone numbers that can assist you with any questions regarding the document(s) you received:
Building Department: 732-262-1030
Code Enforcement: 732-262-1033
Engineering Department: 732-262-1040
Land Use/Planning Board/Board of Adjustment: 732-262-1039
Police Records: 732-262-1130
Tax Assessor: 732-262-1069
Tax Collector: 732-262-1021
Zoning: 732-262-1041
Sincerely,
Jessica L. Larney, RMC/CMR
Assistant Municipal Clerk
Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics
Office of the Township Clerk/Vital Statistics
401 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, New Jersey 08723
732-262-1003