Two-thirds of billboards illegal: Official<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Almost two-thirds of the current 27,171
\nadvertisement billboards erected at several places in the capital
\nare without proper permits or with expired permits, an official
\nsaid on Monday.<\/p>\n
The City Revenue Agency chief Deden Supriyadi said 805 of the
\n18,854 \"problematic\" billboards would be brought down soon since
\nthey were erected without any permits at all.<\/p>\n
\"The rest of the billboards have been on display with expired
\npermits, of a different size than stipulated in the permits or
\nplaced at restricted areas,\" Deden told journalists.<\/p>\n
According to Deden, some of the billboards had even been
\naround illegally for the last seven years due to the lack of
\ncontrol and supervision of city officials in charge.<\/p>\n
\"This is the first time we are identifying billboard
\nviolators. We have a very limited staff of 40 officers to make
\non-the-field inspection of these advertisements.\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said his office planed to bring down the 805 billboards as
\nsoon as possible but admitted that because of the shortage of
\nstaff they might not be able to meet the schedule.<\/p>\n
According to data from the agency, some of the adverts that
\nwill be brought down include the 96-square-meter billboard of
\nSharp electronic on Jl. Batu Tulis Raya and four Lucky Strikes
\nbillboards of different sizes on Jl. H.O.S. Cokroaminoto, all in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Most of the giant adverts in the capital are erected on
\nprivately-owned properties. Only 30 of them are erected at city-
\nowned buildings and on city land.<\/p>\n
Billboards more that 24 square meters should be registered
\nwith both the city planning and revenue agencies, while those
\nmeasuring between six square meters and 24 square meters in size
\nshould be registered with the local mayoralty's planning
\nsubagency.<\/p>\n
Those of smaller size should be registered with the district
\nadministration offices concerned.<\/p>\n
According to the City Bylaw No. 8\/1998 and Gubernatorial
\nDecree No. 74\/2000 a tax and a levy is required to be paid to the
\nCity Revenue Agency for every billboard. The tax, for instance,
\nis set at 25 percent of the \"rental fee\".<\/p>\n
Under the old regulation, the tax was set at between Rp 4,000
\nand Rp 6,000 per square meter per day.<\/p>\n
Under the new bylaw, details of which will be made public on
\nMonday, the tax will depend on the location of the billboard.<\/p>\n
The city administration had prepared Gubernatorial Decree No.
\n133\/2000 naming the 163 sites on city-owned property allowed for
\nbillboards with the minimum size of 24 square meters.<\/p>\n
Another Gubernatorial decree No. 281\/2000 signed by Governor
\nSutiyoso on Nov. 10 also issued on Monday, restrict the erection
\nof billboards on city-owned properties other than the 163 sites
\nstipulated in the above mentioned decree.<\/p>\n
Under the new regulation, all city-owned sites will be put out
\nto competitive bidding and advertising companies that intend to
\nparticipate in the bidding will have to deposit a bond.<\/p>\n
However, the regulation will also allow bidders to bid for as
\nmany sites as they want.(dja)<\/p>",
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