This request is for 87 Watsessing Ave
Dear Bloomfield 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:
Open and closed permits for work at the property.
Documents regarding any variance pending, granted, or denied for the property.
Complaints filed by the municipality and other citations for code or other violations at the property.
Any deed, easement or other restriction of record for the property.
The current certificate of occupancy for the property.
Any document indicating if the property is in a flood zone.
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,
George Rocha
The Township of Bloomfield received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
Request. This response to your request is being provided to you on
October 24, 2024.
· From the Township’s Building Department: See attached.
· From the Township’s Assessor Department: See attached.
** Personal Information has been redacted in accordance with the OPRA
statute N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.
This is being transmitted to you via email, as per your request. If your
request for access to a government record has been denied or unfulfilled
within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to
challenge the decision by the Township of Bloomfield to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court
of New Jersey, or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
(GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact
the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819,
Trenton, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at
their website at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in the
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Andrea Schneider
Confidential Secretary
Township of Bloomfield
Municipal Clerk’s Office
973-680-4014
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc