Where will the scales tilt?

Parliamentary hearings started with a speech of the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Transport, Construction, Natural Resources and Ecology Efimy Koval.

The Parliamentarian also noted that there is no a complete list of town-planning documents, such as resettlement schemes and regional planning, general plans of settlements, their external features of the projects, projects of detailed planning, construction of residential areas, micro districts in administrations of towns and districts. It is a violation of the law "On the basis of urban development".

Deputy of the Supreme Council also added that densification becomes widespread: destroyed playgrounds, trees and shrubs are cut down, historical character is destroyed.

Deputies of the Supreme Council received appeals of residents of apartment buildings, made with respect to the local building surrounding grounds. Parliamentarian Oleg Khorzjan proposed initiatives adoption of which at the legislative level would allow the residents of apartment buildings influence the formation and improvement of infrastructure facilities in the local area. The relevant law-in-draft "On amendments to some laws of PMR" states granting residents the right to hold a meeting on the matter within 30 days from the date of receipt of the notification. The law-in-draft was adopted by the Supreme Council in the first reading.

Public hearings were held at the site of the Supreme Council to continue working on the document, taking into account the views of all stakeholders on the initiative of the parliamentary committee on agriculture, transport, construction, natural resources and the environment. Chairmen of city and regional councils of people's deputies, the heads of administrations of cities and districts, representatives of ministries and departments were involved to the dialogue. Questions regarding delimitation of adjacent territories, the problem of legalizing buildings, the efficiency of the homeowners and their role in the reform of housing and communal services were raised during the hearings.

As reporters noted during the hearings, the problem of illegal, unauthorized constructions in the local area affect the interests of both indignant unfavorable habitat citizens and builders. Residents, in particular, complain about the lack of natural daylight in the apartments, which leads to additional costs for electricity. Entrepreneurs also lose financially.  Legislative enshrining the rights of citizens in the decision-making process on the construction of an object near their homes was proposed in order to resolve contentious issues. A proposal to place new objects of social infrastructure at a distance of 15 meters from houses was voiced. However, a specific provision can be adopted in the preparation of the law-in-draft for the second reading.

Special attention during the hearings was paid to the development and adoption of local government master plans, approval of planning development of human settlements. This problem was mentioned by Chairman of the Council of People's Deputies of Bendery Yuri Kara. He noted in his speech that there are currently no general plans of cities of the republic development, resulting in the observed "natural" chaotic developments that do not meet the established city architecture. It should be noted that parliament received from Bendery City Council a law-in-draft on making amendments to the Land Code with purpose of legislative solution to this problem. The aim of the initiative is a distinction and specification of powers of administrations and city councils in the development, approval of municipal programs on the use and protection of land in conjunction with other town planning and environmental protection measures. The law-in-draft was also supported in the first reading. Discussion regarding the content of the document was continued at the hearing.

As the chairman of parliamentary committee Efimy Koval noted at the conclusion of the hearing, announced in the course of their proposals will be shaped in the form of amendments to the law-in-draft for consideration in the second reading.