All Kg Baru planning, municipal requirements must get mayor's nod - DBKL
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has asserted that all planning and municipal management requirements concerning Kampung Baru development must obtain the mayor’s approval.
It said Mayor Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan has been accorded the authority and responsibility to manage Kuala Lumpur, where Kampung Baru is situated...
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has asserted that all planning and municipal management requirements concerning Kampung Baru development must obtain the mayor’s approval.
It said Mayor Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan has been accorded the authority and responsibility to manage Kuala Lumpur, where Kampung Baru is situated.
As such, Kampung Baru would also be subjected to all related laws such as the Federal Capital Act 1960, the Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982; the Local Government Act 1976; the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, the Entertainment (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Act 1992, the Hotels (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Act 2003 and the Road Transport Act 1987.
“For that purpose, all business concerning development management, including approvals for a development order, development plan, engineering plan, building, and land works permits as well as permission to occupy a building must obtain Nor Hisham’s approval as the mayor.
“This includes all matters relating to business and hawker licensing, traffic, car parks, advertisement, road closures, and enforcement,” DBKL said in a statement today.
This came in the wake of a statement by Kampung Baru Development Corporation (PKB) last Saturday on the status of the Malay Agricultural Settlement (MAS) Board.
PKB had stated that according to the Federal Territories Ministry, the MAS Board was “no longer relevant” in the administration of the Malay settlement.
It said this was according to the attorney-general’s legal viewpoint and a letter sent to the board by the ministry last February.
This decision was, in turn, based on an agreement by Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to hand over all matters pertaining to the status of MAS to the ministry on Dec 2, last year in accordance with the law.
The PKB added that MAS had no function as much of the ownership of the settlement land had been transferred or was awaiting transfer.
Even so, it said the ministry welcomes the MAS board to serve as an NGO or consulting party in matters related to residents’ land or inheritance.
The MAS board was formed by the Selangor government back in 1900 under the Land Enactment Act 1897.
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