Property Records
Dear Margate City,
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 City of Margate City received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request on June 27, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is July 7,2022. This response to your request is
being provided to you on the fifth business day of the records custodian’s
receipt of said request. A copy of your Open Public records Act (OPRA) is
below this email response.
Your OPRA request sought access to the following:
1. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as vacant and/or abandoned *Margate City does not keep a list of
vacant or abandoned residential properties
2. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
marked as condemned *None
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 *None
4. Addresses of all residential properties (Property Class 2) that are
fire damaged, specifically from 1/1/2022 to the present day *See
attachment Margate Fire Department (Margate incidents highlighted in
yellow)
5. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent property taxes,
specifically for the past 2 quarters * See attachment Margate City Tax
Collector
6. Addresses of all residential properties with delinquent water and sewer
bills, specifically for the past 2 quarters * See attachment Margate City
Tax Collector
7. Addresses of all residential properties with an active municipal owned
lien *None
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 *See attachment Margate Code
Enforcement
This should conclude your OPRA.
Thank you,
Lisa
Lisa Hagan
Municipal Clerk’s Office
City of Margate, New Jersey
9001 Winchester Ave.
Margate, NJ 08402
Phone (609) 822-2605
Fax (609) 822-5081