Mayors criticize the new proposal of Prague's building regulations

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29.08.2015 18:35

Prague - Mayors of city districts Prague 1 to 22 criticize the new proposal for Prague's building regulations submitted by Mayor Adriana Krnáčová (ANO). They claim it does not incorporate their comments and does not address the problems of the capital city. This was stated yesterday by Jiří Houdek, spokesman for Prague 9, which hosted the meeting of the mayors. The mayor rejected the criticism.
    The proposal for Prague's building regulations was originally prepared by the deputy mayor Matěj Stropnický (SZ/Trojkoalice), whose version had already been commented on by the city districts. However, last week the council removed it from his competence and approved the version presented by the mayor.
    "The mayor's counterproposal, for example, unacceptably increases the density of development. It also does not address parking and the number of parking spaces, thus clearly contradicting the interests and needs of residents in all city districts in Prague," said the deputy mayor of Prague 9 Tomáš Portlík (ODS).
    The mayor disagrees. "On Monday, I called a meeting with the mayors on the topic of building regulations, where no comments about increasing building density were made, so I take it as standard opposition resistance," she told ČTK. "Increasing building density is a common trend in Western metropolises; after all, we don't want Prague to have only gaps and brownfields," she added.
    Disputes over building regulations have even led to a rift in the city hall coalition. The council was not informed in advance about the mayor's counterproposal. ANO and ČSSD called on the Trojkoalice, composed of the Greens, STAN, and KDU-ČSL, to dismiss Stropnický. However, they stood behind their deputy, and the Greens additionally demand that the Prague building regulations be returned to his authority. The coalition will meet regarding this next week.
    Today, mayors repeated their demand for an increase in the current value of the minimum contribution per inhabitant. It is currently 2500 crowns; mayors are requesting an increase of 400 crowns.
    This year's increase in subsidies by 100 crowns per inhabitant will cost Prague more than 100 million, transferring a total of about 3.5 billion crowns to the town halls. The money that Prague adds to the city districts wants to obtain from income generated from the collected VAT and personal and corporate income tax.

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