Property Records
Dear Clark Township,
1. A list of all residential single family, and multi family properties with code violations on them for the last 3 months from today. Address, and owner name provided please.
2. A list of all residential vacant land, single family and multi family properties that are currently in the probate process.
3. A list of all residential single family, and multi family properties that are in the eviction process.
4.A list of all residential vacant land, single family, and multi family properties that are going through the divorce process.
5. A list of all residential single family and multi family properties that are delinquent on their utilities. Address, owner name, and balance owed provided please.
6. A list of all residential single family and multi family properties that are flagged abandoned.
7. A list of all residential single family and multi family properties that are fire damaged in the past month.
8. A list of all residential single family and multi family properties that have had their utilities shut off for 6+ months
Yours faithfully,
Jordan Santiago
To: Jordan Santiago, opramachine
From: Edith Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA (List)
Date: December 21, 2021
Your request has been received and will be processed in accordance with the Open Public Records Act.
To: Jordan Santiago
From: Edith L. Merkel, Township Clerk, Township of Clark
Re: OPRA request Property Records
Date: December 27, 2021
The Township of Clark received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request
on December 21, 2021. The official Records Custodian, Edith Merkel,
received your OPRA request on December 21, 2021. As such, the seven (7)
business day deadline to respond to your request is December 31, 2021. The
response to your request is being provided to you on the 3^rd business day
after the custodian's receipt of said request. Your request is hereby
satisfied.
Your OPRA request (attached) sought access to the documents indicated.
1. A list of all residential single family, and multi-family properties
with code violations on them for the last 3 month from today.
From: Angela Bove <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 2:11 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: RE: 2021 OPRA request code violations
This office does not keep an on-going list of these properties. Code
violations would have to be address specific.
Angela Bove
Technical Assistant
Construction Office
2. A list of all residential single family, and multi-family properties
that are currently in the probate process.
Contact the Union County Surrogate at
[1][email address]
3. A list of all residential single family, and multi-family properties
that in the eviction process.
Court records are not subject to OPRA State of New Jersey Government
Records Council: “OPRA excludes the State's judiciary from the law
including municipal courts. Access to municipal court records fall under
the rules of the Supreme Court and local officials may not grant access to
municipal court records.”
4. A list of all residential vacant land, single family and multi-family
properties that are going through the divorce process.
Court records are not subject to OPRA State of New Jersey Government
Records Council: “OPRA excludes the State's judiciary from the law
including municipal courts. Access to municipal court records fall under
the rules of the Supreme Court and local officials may not grant access to
municipal court records.”
5. A list of all residential and multi-family properties that are
delinquent on their utilities: see attached
6. A list of all residential and single family and multi-family
properties that are flagged abandoned: see attached
7. A list of all residential single family and multi-family properties
that are fire damaged in the past month.
From: Clerk's Dept. <[Clark Township request email]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 1:24 PM
To: Dawn Delvecchio <[email address]>
Subject: opra fire reports
There are no fire damage reports for the dates requested,
Frank J. Cerasa
Director / Fire Chief / Fire Official
252 Broadway
Clark New Jersey 07066
Office: 732-381-1158
Cell: 732-904-7251
fax: 732-499-9675
[2][email address]
8. A list of all residential single family and multi-family properties
that have had their utilities shut off for 6+ months.
Contact information:
PSE&G 1-800-436-7734
NJ American Water 1-800-272-1325
Elizabethtown Gas 1-800-242-5830
The following legal basis applies to responses that include redactions. "
A government record shall not include the following information which is
deemed to be confidential for the purposes of P.L. 1963, c 73 (C.47:1A-1
et seq.) as amended and supplemented: that portion of any document which
discloses the social security number, credit card number, unlisted
telephone number or driver license number of any person..."
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Township of Clark to deny access.
At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior
Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records
Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may
contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O.
Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by email at [email address], or at their
website at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions
about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court
should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
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