Owners of buildings face court for flouting city plans

 

 

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along Azikiwe Road (Posta Mpya)

A JV Project between NHC & private developer.

 

By Abdu Kiyaga

Proprietors of buildings in Kampala who have turned parking space in the basements into shops have been asked to reconvert or face prosecution for violating the 2010 Physical Planning Act.

The Act mandates only the Kampala Capital City Authority to approve all infrastructural plans in the city. Documents obtained by the Daily Monitor, state that the authority issued a 28 days notice which ends on


May 14 to several owners of building notifying them to adhere to the plans submitted and approved.

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“All property owners in the city whose parking space was converted into shops have been issued with notices ordering them to reconvert the space as per the approved plans up to May 14th,” Mr Peter Kaujju, the KCCA spokesperson, said yesterday.

“Failure will result into prosecution into the courts of law,” he added.
KCCA has previously tried to crack a whip on buildings that defy city plans.




Recently, the authority rejected an expansion plan by Christ the King Church submitted in 2011, saying it violated city standards.


“What we want from them is to quickly create parking space and reduce on congestion in the city,” Mr Kaujju said. In an authority meeting last year, although not definitive, the political arm of KCCA suggested an introduction of fines to property owners who violate city plans.