Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said values of “seriousness” fees required for offenders seeking to settle building code violations have been determined, whereby the current backlog of 325,000 such applications can start paying their charges on July 15, Invest-Gate reports.
For new appliers, however, the deadline is September 30, Madbouly revealed in a Cabinet statement on July 7, underlining that fees must be tendered alongside settlement applications, and will be slashed from total charges in case of request approval.
Ministry of Finance will dedicate some bank accounts for violators to pay these dues, whereas demolition procedures should commence forthwith for rejected applications, he further stated in a meeting with ministers of finance, housing, and local development.
On his part, Cabinet Spokesman Nader Saad said the value of seriousness fees is estimated based on the type of violation for which reconciliation is required, providing that urbanites seeking to reconcile for code violations of construction architectural drawings will pay EGP 20,000, or EGP 10,000 for rural people.
As for illegal rooftop dwellings, owners will settle up with EGP 50,000 or EGP 12,000 if in cities or villages, separately. Beyond that, the seriousness of reconciliation in construction without permits costs EGP 250,000, EGP 160,000, and EGP 40,000 for outlawed buildings in the capital and new cities, existing towns, and rural areas, respectively.
Moreover, illegal activities found in basements translate to EGP 120,000 in charges against urban inhabitants, but means EGP 30,000 for villagers, Saad highlighted.
All settlement requests will be thoroughly examined, thereby necessary measures will be taken in accordance with law provisions on reconciliation in building code violations. The foregoing fees will be deducted from the overall financial dues for accepted applicants, whilst being refunded if disapproved.
The new fees are brought in line with current building legislation. Last July, Madbouly had issued executive regulations for the bill to settle building code violations, warranting fines of 5-100% of land value to be imposed in case of breaching, according to a previous statement.
The breakdown includes a 5% fine levied if the property does not follow the stipulated architectural outline, a 20% penalty if it does not conform to the construction plan, or a lump sum of 25% forfeit if neither are followed, but the building still abides by regulations limiting sizing and number of stories, he confirmed back then.
