Time needed to stop use of homes for business purposes
Time needed to stop use of homes for business purposes
Damar Harsanto, Jakarta
An official said on Monday that the Jakarta administration would
need more time to regularize the use of houses as business
places, arguing that other government institutions had
complicated the process.
"This is a very big and complicated job as there have been
many recommendations issued by many city agencies and central
government institutions.
We will finish the registration within a month, but we may
fail to regulate them all," Assistant to the City Secretary for
Development Affairs IGKG Suena told The Jakarta Post at City Hall
on Monday.
Suena asserted that the administration would show no mercy to
owners of converted houses who failed to show letters of
recommendation from the governmental institutions or city
agencies that were concerned with their businesses.
"We will immediately close them down. There will be no
bargaining nor grace period. But we have yet to decide what
should be done if the householders have current recommendations
or expired ones."
According to Suena, the administration would prioritize three
residential areas: Pondok Indah and Kebayoran Baru, both in South
Jakarta, and Menteng in Central Jakarta.
"Our treatment of converted homes in these three areas would
become the yardstick for regularizing converted homes in other
residential areas in the city," he said.
Governor Sutiyoso has assigned Suena to coordinate the re-
registration of the converted buildings so as to check whether
the owners of the buildings have recommendations from a
governmental institution.
Sutiyoso admitted that the overlapping that existed in city
regulations had led to the current chaotic situation.
Late last month, Sutiyoso gave a one-month deadline for
officials in the five municipality to regularize the converted
homes.
Any conversions in the use of a building that is carried out
without the knowledge of the city's Construction Supervision and
Regulation Agency (PPB), are against Jakarta Bylaw No. 7/1991.
Article 14 of the Bylaw stipulates that buildings that do not
comply with the use specified in their permits have to be
demolished or restored to their former condition in accordance
with the regulations.
Unfortunately, the bylaw has been rarely enforced since its
passage in 1991 as other city's agencies could also issue
permits, even if these went against existing building use
permits.
Critics have said that the administration was discriminatory
in its policy of taking tough action against casual traders,
while letting capital-rich enterprises, which have also violated
city public order regulations, operate freely.
Damar Harsanto, Jakarta
An official said on Monday that the Jakarta administration would
need more time to regularize the use of houses as business
places, arguing that other government institutions had
complicated the process.
"This is a very big and complicated job as there have been
many recommendations issued by many city agencies and central
government institutions.
We will finish the registration within a month, but we may
fail to regulate them all," Assistant to the City Secretary for
Development Affairs IGKG Suena told The Jakarta Post at City Hall
on Monday.
Suena asserted that the administration would show no mercy to
owners of converted houses who failed to show letters of
recommendation from the governmental institutions or city
agencies that were concerned with their businesses.
"We will immediately close them down. There will be no
bargaining nor grace period. But we have yet to decide what
should be done if the householders have current recommendations
or expired ones."
According to Suena, the administration would prioritize three
residential areas: Pondok Indah and Kebayoran Baru, both in South
Jakarta, and Menteng in Central Jakarta.
"Our treatment of converted homes in these three areas would
become the yardstick for regularizing converted homes in other
residential areas in the city," he said.
Governor Sutiyoso has assigned Suena to coordinate the re-
registration of the converted buildings so as to check whether
the owners of the buildings have recommendations from a
governmental institution.
Sutiyoso admitted that the overlapping that existed in city
regulations had led to the current chaotic situation.
Late last month, Sutiyoso gave a one-month deadline for
officials in the five municipality to regularize the converted
homes.
Any conversions in the use of a building that is carried out
without the knowledge of the city's Construction Supervision and
Regulation Agency (PPB), are against Jakarta Bylaw No. 7/1991.
Article 14 of the Bylaw stipulates that buildings that do not
comply with the use specified in their permits have to be
demolished or restored to their former condition in accordance
with the regulations.
Unfortunately, the bylaw has been rarely enforced since its
passage in 1991 as other city's agencies could also issue
permits, even if these went against existing building use
permits.
Critics have said that the administration was discriminatory
in its policy of taking tough action against casual traders,
while letting capital-rich enterprises, which have also violated
city public order regulations, operate freely.