Request for Vacant/Abandoned, Delinquent and Various Other Properties
Dear Palmyra Borough,
I appreciate your consideration of the following matter. Under OPRA and the Common Law Right of Access, I am requesting a current list of records for each of the following be delivered via e-mail:
1) All abandoned/vacant residential properties (Property Class 2)
2) All condemned properties
3) All residential properties with delinquent taxes
4) All residential properties for which a Lis Pendens notice has been filed or that are currently in probate
5) All properties that are absentee-owned
6) All properties with delinquent water and sewer which date back up to 1 year, including amounts owed
7) All properties currently listed with water shut-off notice
8) All properties with code violations, including the type of violation
9) All properties with notices of abatement
Again, I appreciate your attention to this matter and thank you in advance for your help.
Best Regards – J. Womack
Please see attached.
Tanyika L. Johns, CTC
Tax & Sewer Collector
Palmyra Borough
20 W Broad Street
Palmyra, NJ 08065
P-856-829-6100
F-856-829-4096
Dear Ms. Johns,
Please forgive my delayed response. We appreciate the information that you have provided. Regarding the other line items, will you be able to provide those? If additional detail or a more focused request would be helpful there, please let me know.
Thank you again, and please stay safe.
Best Regards,
J. Womack
I am copying the clerk. I provided the two items I could.
There is another office that has the other information.
Tanyika L. Johns
Sent from my iPhone
Dear Ms. Johns,
Thank you for your help in obtaining the other items. We do appreciate it.
Thank you,
J. Womack
Hello Mr. Womack,
In response to OPRA Request 2020-110, you have received response to items #3 and #6 already from our Tax Collector Tanyika Johns.
In regards to #7 all that information must be obtained from New Jersey American Water Co., as they provide that service for properties located within the Borough of Palmyra.
In regards to #4 there are no residential properties for which a Lis Pendens notice has been filed or that are currently in probate.
In regards to the following #s : Mr. Mike Lunemann our Code Enforcement Officer; Vacant/Abandoned Property Coordinator has provided the below information and the attached list:
#1 List is attached
#2 No list exists
#5 No list exists
#8 & 9 There is no exact list but we currently have 5 properties that are in the process of abatement,
-300 Arch - Boarded windows on the 1st floor of residence.
-26 E Henry - Deteriorating Exterior Structure
-829 Morgan - Deteriorating Exterior Structure, Public Nuisance, Accumulation of Rubbish, Overgrowth of Weeds/grass
-403 W Broad - Public Nuisance, Uninhabitable Structure.
Best Regards,
Doretha R Jackson
Municipal Clerk,RMC,CMR
Borough of Palmyra
20 West Broad Street
Palmyra, New Jersey 08065
(856) 829-6100 ext. 124
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Dear Ms. Doretha Jackson,
Thank you for this information, and for your consideration of the request. We sincerely appreciate your assistance here.
Best Regards,
J. Womack