July 26, 2022, 2:50 PM
July 26, 2022, 2:50 PM
The owners of the ‘Gran Vía Mall’, a building that caught fire this Monday night in La Paz, they requested to take advantage of the municipal Law 467, of regularization of constructions outside the norm. However, they still have not received a response, since they owe a fine of more than two million Bolivians.
The revelation was made by the deputy mayor of Centro, Jimmy Osorio, who confirmed that the structure was “illegal” and there were even resolutions ordering its demolitionbut they were not finalized either.
“Neither the owner nor the proxy have yet accepted this rule. Nevertheless, the rule establishes that any construction outside the norm can benefit from said legal instrument,, as long as it passes the corresponding filters. the LLaw 467 establishes that once the administrator defines or begins its regularization process, the sub-mayoral offices issue an order to suspend all the processes that are in progress so that it can regularize its construction,” he said.
The work began to be built in 2014 and faces 11 administrative control processes since 2016, two of which were initiated by the current management, for not having a construction permit and for property damage.
“This property does not have the respective authorization, this property that has been built was located on more than 12 floors. Since the 2016 administration, it has undergone 11 administrative control processes, of which nine correspond to the previous municipal administration and two correspond to us. In the 2016 administration, an inspection process was already initiated by construction without approved plans, this means that he could not carry out any work”, he added.
In 2017 a second process was carried out for the same reason, the third was in 2018 and during the 2019 administration three processes were initiated, one of which, the sixth, led to the issuance of the order to execute the demolition order for blocks 1 and 2 of the building.
Two other processes were issued in 2020, one of which established the demolition of 2,335.81 square meters. The ninth process corresponds to 2021 and the last two, promoted by the management of Mayor Iván Arias, correspond to this year.
Osorio explained the reasons why the demolition orders could not be executed. “In the first case, the notarial deed issued by a notary of public faith establishes that, being a private property and not having the respective search warrantthe officials could not enter, “explained the authority.
