City Council summons a developer

City Council summons a developer

JAKARTA: The city council failed to meet with developer Mitra
Prima Sejahtera to seek clarification over an alleged violation
that it began constructions for an apartment building in Puri
Kembangan, West Jakarta, without the necessary documents.

Ali Imran, deputy chairman of the council's commission D on
development, revealed on Wednesday that the developer had built
the foundation for the apartment, although the company did not
have any permits to the land.

"This is the second summons and the firm has so far failed to
show, nor have they provided any reasonable excuse for their
failure to come," said Ali, adding the council would send a
notification letter to the governor over the violation.

Ali also said the firm had allegedly attempted to avoid
installing obligatory public facilities in the building, as it
had proposed to build a building of only 3,000 square meters, but
in actuality, it had used 9,000 square meters.

According to city regulations, a building which is erected on
any plot of land measuring over 5,000 square meters is required
to construct facilities for public use.--JP