2021-2040
Date Received: 11/22/2021
Status: Approved for Data Collection
Applicant: Mordechai S Klein
Information Requested: 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:
All letters or documents denying a request for a property tax
exemption between the dates 01-01-2015 and Nov 22 2021

Response: Township of Lakewood has received your Open Public
Records Act (OPRA) request. The official Records Custodian
received your request today. As such, the Township will respond as
soon as possible but no later than seven (7) business days.

BE ADVISED ALL TOWNSHIP BUILDINGS ARE CLOSED. STAFF IS WORKING
REMOTELY. THEREFORE, THIS MAY AFFECT THE DUE DATE OF YOUR REQUEST
AS ACCESS TO CERTAIN FILES MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. YOUR UNDERSTANDING
AND PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO RESPOND AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

[1]SDL Portal page for OPRA Request
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2021-2040
Date Received: 11/22/2021
Status: Under Review
Applicant: Mordechai S Klein
Information Requested: 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:
All letters or documents denying a request for a property tax
exemption between the dates 01-01-2015 and Nov 22 2021

CLARIFICATION NEEDED

Please be advised the Township doesn't make or maintain a file
with tax exemptions. Files are maintained by block and lot or
address. Please clarify and provide the block and lot or address
so we can identify if there are any responsive records to your
request.
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The Township received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on November 22, 2021. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is December 3, 2021. This response to your request is being provided to you on the first business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
Please be advised that in accordance with Elcavage vs West Milford Twp. (Passaic), an OPRA request for a email/emails must have the following characteristics:
1. Content and/or subject
2. Specific date or range of dates
3. Sender
4. Recipient

As stated in our previous email, letters are maintained by lot and block, please clarify your request to include a lot and block.

Additionally, “calls” is not a document, therefore there is no record on file.

A proper request under OPRA 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. See Bent v. Stafford Police Department, 381 N.J.Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). Your request does not identify a specific government but rather picks a topic and then asks the Township to research whether or not any of these records exist. As such, your request is an invalid OPRA request. When a request is “complex” because it fails to specifically identify the documents sought, then that request is not “encompassed” by OPRA. See New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 166, 180 (App. Div. 2007). Custodians are not required to conduct research or create new records in response to an OPRA request.

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2021-2040
Date Received: 11/22/2021
Status: Under Review
Applicant: Mordechai S Klein
Information Requested: 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:
All letters or documents denying a request for a property tax
exemption between the dates 01-01-2015 and Nov 22 2021

CLARIFICATION RCVD 11/22 AS FOLLOWS: "Please provide a off all
letters, emails or calls that reject a tax exempt application for
all lots and blocks in the town of Lakewood "

SECOND CLARIFICATION REQUESTED

We had requested clarification on 11/22/2021 with no response.
Please clarify your request to include a lot and block since
letters are maintained by block and lot.

Please be advised that in accordance with Elcavage vs West Milford
Twp. (Passaic), an OPRA request for a email/emails must have the
following characteristics:
1. Content and/or subject
2. Specific date or range of dates
3. Sender
4. Recipient

Please respond in writing the block and lot as well as the above
listed characterstics so that we may process your request.

Failure to provide clarification of your request will result in
the closure of this OPRA request.
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2021-2040
Date Received: 11/22/2021
Status: Under Review
Applicant: Mordechai S Klein
Information Requested: 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:
All letters or documents denying a request for a property tax
exemption between the dates 01-01-2015 and Nov 22 2021

CLARIFICATION RCVD 11/22 AS FOLLOWS: "Please provide a off all
letters, emails or calls that reject a tax exempt application for
all lots and blocks in the town of Lakewood "

The Township had requested clarification of your request on
11/22/2021 and 12/6/2021 with no response. At this time, your OPRA
request is deemed concluded since we did not receive the requested
clarification.

If you are still seeking additonal records, please re-submit with
the requested information.
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