Residential building permits over the last 6 months
Dear East Orange 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.
Records requested:
Residential building permits over the last 6 months
Yours faithfully,
Emily Anderson
Dear East Orange City,
By law, this request should have been answered. Please respond with the necessary documents for my request.
Yours faithfully,
Emily Anderson
Goodafternoon Ms. Anderson- I did not receive your request. I will expedite your request immediately. To do so, please be advised any and all records are too broad, please see New Jersey Open Public Records Act(N.J.S.A 47:1A-1, et seq.) For the items listed please clarify specific documents and dates or date ranges for requested information. (Residential Building Permits is not a document) you must provide a property address.
Thank you for attention to this matter.
Best Regards,
Justin
Justin R. Brown
Deputy City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
CITY OF EAST ORANGE
44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, NJ 07018
973.266.5110
www.eastorange-nj.gov
HONORABLE TED R. GREEN
MAYOR
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Dear Brown, Justin,
Thank you for your response, please send all the residential addresses that applied for a permit to build a new single family during December 2023-through April 2024.
Yours sincerely,
Emily Anderson
Please advise which request and property address you are referring to?
Justin R. Brown
Deputy City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
CITY OF EAST ORANGE
44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, NJ 07018
973.266.5110
www.eastorange-nj.gov
HONORABLE TED R. GREEN
MAYOR
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Dear Brown, Justin,
I'm asking for all of the permit application data, I don't have a specific address and this request has worked with many different towns. They usually send me an address, the work to be done and the value of construction of all the permits submitted between the dates.
Yours sincerely,
Emily Anderson
Ms. Anderson-
Again any and all records are too broad, please see New Jersey Open Public Records Act(N.J.S.A 47:1A-1, et seq.) For the items listed please clarify specific documents and dates or date ranges for requested information. You must be specific with addresses and date or date ranges. Please advise for processing.
Thank you for attention to this matter.
Best Regards,
Justin
Justin R. Brown
Deputy City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
CITY OF EAST ORANGE
44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, NJ 07018
973.266.5110
www.eastorange-nj.gov
HONORABLE TED R. GREEN
MAYOR
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Dear Brown, Justin,
I am writing to clarify my request under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. I respectfully request access to all building permits submitted to East Orange City between January 1, 2024, and today’s date, June 3, 2024.
Under OPRA, a request must be specific enough to allow the records custodian to identify the records sought. My request provides a clear date range and specifies the type of documents (building permits). OPRA does not require a requester to provide exact addresses when seeking records if the request is sufficiently clear and specific.
According to the New Jersey Government Records Council (GRC):
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1: “Government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by the citizens of this State, with certain exceptions, for the protection of the public interest, and any limitations on the right of access accorded by this act shall be construed in favor of the public’s right of access.”
Specificity: Requests must “identify with reasonable clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this requirement by simply requesting all of an agency's documents.”
My request meets these criteria by specifying the type of records (building permits) and the relevant date range (January 1, 2024, to June 3, 2024.). As such, I believe it is sufficiently specific under OPRA guidelines.
If additional details are genuinely required to process my request, please let me know what specific information is necessary. However, I respectfully assert that my current request is clear and detailed enough to be processed under OPRA.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your prompt response within the statutory period.
Sincerely,
Emily Anderson