City to declare abandoned properties as nuisance, hazardous
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
THE city government is set to consider declaring neglected and abandoned real properties as nuisance and hazardous with attached penalties to their owners.
An ordinance is now being introduced at the Sangguniang Panlungsod side by side with the creation of the Dagupan City Properties, Protection and Security Board (DCPPSB) with Mayor Belen T. Fernandez as chairman and the City Administrator as vice-chairman.
Proposed as members of the DCPPSB are the heads of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Dagupan City Police Station, Public Order and Safety Office, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, One-Stop Business Center, Philippine Medical Society and the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers.
The DCPPSB will issue notice to possessors and owners identified as being potentially hazardous real properties by the City Engineering Office in consultation with the City Health Office and City Assessor’s Office and will decide appeals filed by the owners who contest the findings.
Under the draft ordinance, neglected or abandoned real properties are: eyesores due to lack of maintenance and cleanliness, havens for illicit activities due to lack of security and illumination; as potentially hazardous to the community because they have become breeding areas for disease-carrying vectors; and that uncurbed growth of tall grasses or the accumulation of trash in the said properties are fire hazards and are potentially dangerous to the community.
Owners of properties classified as potentially hazardous will be notified with a warning that failure on the part of the owner to comply within 20 days from receipt of the notice to correct the reported danger, the city government shall be constrained to enter the property and curb or eliminate or demolish the hazardous elements.
The expenses incurred by the city in doing this shall be charged against the owner of the abandoned or neglected real property.
Violators shall suffer an imprisonment of six months and shall be penalized with a fine of P5,000. They may choose to voluntarily pay the administrative fine of P3,000 within seven days and the cost of clearing and cleaning of the property shall be paid separately from the penalties or fines. (Joseph C. Bacani/CIO)
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