Novel solution seen for greenbelt construction<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The legal problems faced by owners of buildings
\nbuilt illegally in the capital's greenbelt area can be settled
\nwith special conditions, a city councilor said.<\/p>\n
Ali Wongso Sinaga of Commission D for development affairs said
\non Monday that such violations could be resolved by providing one
\nor two stories in each building for sporting or recreational
\nactivities.<\/p>\n
\"The greenbelt area also allows for such activities. It's too
\nmuch to demolish those buildings at the moment,\" the councilor
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The disputed buildings include Senayan Plaza, Hotel Hilton
\nInternational, Hotel Atlet Century Park, Park Royale Apartments,
\nHotel Mulia Senayan, and other commercial buildings and banks
\nbuilt in the Senayan area in Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Hotel Hilton International and Hotel Mulia Senayan should,
\nfor example, dedicate two or three floors for an athletic center,
\nwhich could be financed by money the managements earned from
\nrenting their hotel rooms,\" councilor Ali said.<\/p>\n
\"Senayan Plaza, for instance, could have not just a few shops,
\nbut a full floor to sell sporting goods,\" he suggested.<\/p>\n
However, he did not offer any suggestions for what should be
\ndone about the city and central government officials who did
\nnothing in the past to stop the construction of the buildings.<\/p>\n
Ali said that the problem was that building permits (IMB) were
\nissued before the developers paid the penalties.<\/p>\n
\"The only way out now is to follow suggestions stipulated in a
\nbylaw on city planning endorsed recently.\"<\/p>\n
The bylaw endorsed last week by the city council, to be
\neffective through 2010, allows for owners of the disputed
\nbuildings to \"do some good to the damage already done\". (ylt)<\/p>",
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