Team reassessing buildings in Kemang<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A team from the Bandung Institute of Technology
\nis conducting a study on the high number of buildings that are no
\nlonger fulfilling their designated function in Kemang, South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Deputy Governor of Economic and Development affairs Tb.M. Rais
\nsaid yesterday the team was expected to come up with a neutral
\nrecommendation for the finalization of the city's spatial plan,
\nwhich is currently being revised.<\/p>\n
\"The team's recommendation is needed to decide whether
\nadjustments should be made in line with present developments or
\nwhether the area should be returned to its original purpose -- as
\na residential neighborhood,\" Rais told reporters at City Hall.<\/p>\n
He said that the team, led by noted urban planner Mohammad
\nDanisworo, was chosen because it was considered neutral.
\nDanisworo is the head of the city's architecture team and
\nchairman of the institute's Center for Urban Design Studies.<\/p>\n
\"The team is independent because it doesn't represent any
\ninterests. Its evaluation will be based entirely on the urban
\ndesign guidelines,\" Rais said.<\/p>\n
The current 1985-2005 spatial plan is being revised to become
\nthe 1997-2010 plan to accommodate the city's rapid developments.<\/p>\n
Rais said the team would particularly analyze the change of
\ndesignated use of many properties in the area from residential to
\ncommercial sites.<\/p>\n
\"We want to know from the team how far the change is needed,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
The team will also study the impact of the current
\ndevelopments on the traffic situation in the area.<\/p>\n
\"Many establishments in Kemang don't have their own parking
\nlots so changes directly or otherwise, will affect the traffic.
\nThe team is also expected to come up with suggestions to solve
\nthe traffic problems,\" Rais said.<\/p>\n
Despite the possibility of making adjustments based on the
\ncurrent development in Kemang, he said the area would still be
\ndominated by residential sites.<\/p>\n
\"The administration knows the developments in Kemang have
\nalready happened. But, we don't want it to be overcrowded, and
\nallow more commercial buildings than there should be,\" Rais said.<\/p>\n
He said the team was expected to submit its results as soon as
\npossible.<\/p>\n
Establishments with the necessary permits would be allowed to
\noperate until the permits expire. \"But those which don't have
\npermits will be closed down by the South Jakarta Mayoralty,\" Rais
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Controversy enveloped Kemang after Governor Surjadi Soedirdja
\nissued an instruction dated March 18 that all building permits in
\nthe area were to be checked.<\/p>\n
The instruction said no new permits would be issued until
\neverything was in order. Since then 18 establishments have been
\nclosed. Many were operating with housing instead of business
\npermits.<\/p>\n
According to city regulations, only 15 percent of buildings in
\nthe area are allowed to be nonresidential. But according to city
\ndata 90 percent of Kemang's buildings are no longer residential.<\/p>\n
Surjadi said property owners' abuse of their permits was
\npartially the fault of city officials who issued permits.<\/p>\n
M. Sinambela of House of Representatives Commission X for
\nnational development planning said after meeting the governor in
\nMay that developments such as those in Kemang should be
\nconsidered favorable because they had occurred naturally.<\/p>\n
The administration is planning to move some Kemang businesses
\nto Kota in West Jakarta as part of the plan to help revitalize
\nKota and to centralize tourism activities there. (ste)<\/p>",
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