Property Records
Dear Englishtown Borough,
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, and thank you for your consideration of the following matter.
Public records requested:
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as vacant and/or abandoned
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are marked as condemned
3. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that have had a notice of abatement issued, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes, specifically for the past 2 quarters
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned lien
8. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a code enforcement compliant opened for high grass and/or junk/debris, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
You may redact all confidential and personal information under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, but I am requesting the addressees of such properties. I am requesting the above public records in electronic form, preferably in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Omar
The Borough of Englishtown received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on June 21, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is June 30, 202. This response to your request is
being provided to you on the 3rd business day after the custodian’s
receipt of said request
Your request:
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as vacant and/or abandoned
No such list is kept by the Borough of Englishtown. Custodians
are not required to perform research or create new records in response to
an OPRA request
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as condemned
No such list is kept by the Borough of Englishtown. Custodians
are not required to perform research or create new records in response to
an OPRA request
3. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that have
had a notice of abatement issued, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the
present day
No such list is kept by the Borough of Englishtown. Custodians
are not required to perform research or create new records in response to
an OPRA request
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
No such list is kept by the Borough of Englishtown. Custodians
are not required to perform research or create new records in response to
an OPRA request
8. Addresses of all residential properties that have had a code
enforcement compliant opened for high grass and/or junk/debris,
specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day
No such list is kept by the Borough of Englishtown. Custodians are not
required to perform research or create new records in response to an OPRA
request
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes,
specifically for the past 2 quarters
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer
bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned
lien
These records are being transmitted to you via email, as per your
request. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.b., there is no cost associated
with this request.
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 Borough of Englishtown 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 e-mail at [email address], or at
their web site 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.
Gretchen McCarthy, RMC, CMR, QPA
Municipal Clerk, RVS
Borough of Englishtown
15 Main Street
Englishtown, New Jersey 07726
Phone: 732-446-9235
Fax: 732-446-4979
Email: [Englishtown Borough request email]
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