Within 10 days after service of the notice and petition of appeal, each respondent shall file, in duplicate, an answer with the Director and serve a copy thereof on each of the parties to the appeal. The answer filed by the respondent issuing authority shall include a statement of the grounds for its action, together with a copy of the subject resolution.
N.J. Admin. Code § 13:2-17.4
See: 22 New Jersey Register 1811(a), 22 New Jersey Register 2508(c).
Stylistic revision.