Hotel abuses permit on height

Hotel abuses permit on height

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Officials from the regency's public
order office demolished the fourth and fifth floors of a hotel
yesterday because its owner abused the permit issued by the local
administration on the height of the building.

The hotel is located on Jl. Husen Sastranegara in the Benda
subdistrict.

"In the building permit granted to the hotel's owner, it was
explicitly stated that the hotel should consist of three stories
at the most, with a maximum height of 13 meters. But when
construction was completed, it turned out that the hotel had five
floors and its height was 18 meters," Suparman, who heads the
office, said.

According to Suparman, the decision on the limitation of the
height of the hotel, which is located near Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport, was made out of fear that the building
might disrupt flights from and to the airport.

"In other words, it is for the safety of the flights," said
Suparman.

At least 70 officials from the regency administration, under
the watchful eyes of police officers, were involved in the
demolition of the hotel, allegedly owned by a politically well-
connected high-ranking official of the South Jakarta mayoralty.
(28/bas)