Request for permits
Dear Piscataway 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: Kindly send all permits Opened and closed for the property at 73 Kensington Dr, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Block: 3201 Lot: 1.01 from the last 20 years
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,
Karen Vanechanos
Good morning,
We are in receipt of your second OPRA request which is again asking for
"all permits opened and closed" for 73 Kensington Dr.
This request, along with your first request made on September 19^th for
the same information, is OVERLY BROAD and does NOT identify with
reasonable clarity with reasonable clarity the specific government records
sought, as is required by Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.
Super. 30 (App. Div. 2005) and Burke v. Brandes, 429 N.J. Super. 169 (App.
Div. 2012). OPRA requests must seek specifically identifiable records, not
broad categories of documents or information. At this time, we are once
again requesting clarification of your OPRA request so that we may
properly respond.
For example, if you are looking for construction permits, you must
explicitly state “construction permits.” Writing “all permits opened and
closed” is not sufficient, as there are many types of permits issued by
the Township.
Failure to provide written clarification of your request will result in
the closure of this OPRA request.
Thank you,
Jenn
Jennifer Johnson
Deputy Township Clerk
Piscataway Township
455 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Office: (732) 562-2317
Email: [email address]