Developer asked to stop gymnasium construction

Developer asked to stop gymnasium construction

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang

PT Modernland Real Property was in violation of a city bylaw by
building a gymnasium in Tangerang without obtaining a building
permit, a local official said recently.

This is the second violation committed by the developer. In
2002, it was ordered by the administration to stop construction
of the Metropolis Town Square.

Tangerang Capital Investment and Permit Office (KPMP) head
Dafyar Elyadi said his office had not yet issued a permit for the
construction of the gymnasium as the application forms had only
been submitted recently.

"We hadn't expected the developer to start the construction
work, however it has almost been completed," Dafyar said.

He said the developer had violated bylaw No. 7/2001 on
building permits, which carried a fine.

The construction of the gymnasium at the Modernland housing
estate in Cikokol, Tangerang municipality, was about 75 percent
complete.

Dafyar said he would ask the public order agency to send
officers to the construction site to stop the work.

He called a Modernland employee, Herbudi, and ordered him to
stop the construction and close down the site unless the
developer obtained a permit.

Separately, Modernland development manager Iwan Suryawidjaya
said the construction work on the gym had to be started before
the administration issued the permit because the construction
deadline was looming.