After three weeks of committee debates, the new Urban Code went to public hearing in the Buenos Aires Legislature. It is expected that more than 1,700 people participate for 8 days. For his final sanction he must be treated again in the facility. That is expected to happen before the end of the year.
Once the debate stage in committee is over, public hearings began this Wednesday. From the Legislature they reported that 1,740 people have signed up to present in person or remotely.
“This participatory process seeks to complement the participation that the community will have in the next instance that begins this afternoon, Wednesday, November 6, when the public hearing begins at 2 p.m.,” they indicated. Due to the number of participants registered, The process will take place over 8 days and will end on Friday, November 15.
At the end of September, The urban code received a first approval with 32 votes in favor. The support came from the official blocs of the PRO, the Civic Coalition, the UCR and Public Trust. There were 6 against Unión por la Patria and 18 abstentions.
With the beginning of the public hearings, one of the final stages of the legislative process begins. According to the regulations, once the citizen participation process is completed No more than 90 days can pass until the second debate in the venueunless an extension is granted by resolution.
The City debates the new Urban Code promoted by Jorge Macri
The new code includes incentives to promote construction in the southern area of the City. Developers who invest in southern neighborhoods will have a series of benefits, such as the possibility of undertaking projects in areas with more urban density.
During the presentation in the Legislature at the end of July, Macri assured that it is “a commitment that I made during the campaign” with a clear objective: “Respect the identity of each neighborhood.”. “We are no longer going to allow buildings to be built in residential areas that do not take care of the essence of each block and we are going to promote developments only on avenues with adequate infrastructure,” he said.
Since October 18 they passed through the commission neighbors, communal officials and members of the advisory councils of the 15 communes, with the aim of expanding the debate to incorporate opinions about the project at a neighborhood level. Yesterday, before giving way to the hearings, members of Commune 9 and 15 closed, along with deputies from the different blocks.
The Secretary of Urban Development, Álvaro García Resta, He participated in the presentation listing the general guidelines of the proposal promoted by Macri. “The spirit of the proposal to modify the Code is to bring the city to morphological homogeneity, trying to generate the least amount of disruption in volumetry,” he said.
“During all this time it took to make this update we had many learnings, listen”highlighted the official and stated that he had received from the neighborhoods “the fundamental idea that is to balance the development of the city with the neighborhood identity.” The Executive assures that the new version of the Code aims to achieve an environmental, cultural, social and economic balance , among others.
García Resta highlighted that during the debate in committee “154 properties were incorporated into the definitive heritage catalogue” of commune 15 “respecting the particularity and singularity of the neighborhood.” The president of said commune, Rodríguez Ponti, He thanked the call for action and assured that “in general terms, it is a positive Code for Commune 15 and respects the idiosyncrasy of the neighborhoods.”
Then it was the turn of Commune 9. Facundo Marzano, on behalf of the Urban Development Secretariatpresented the general considerations of the proposal to modify the Urban Planning Code: “In this commune 73 properties were incorporated to the catalog of definitive heritage, such as the Hispana Argentina tannery and the San Vicente Church, among others.”
The president of Commune 9, Maximiliano Rodrigo Mosquera Fantoni He thanked the call and stated that “we are very happy with the proposal, given that the Executive, since last year, had been raising the need to update the Code.” “We believe that in our commune we benefit greatly from this modification and it is very positive,” explained the communal official.
During the public hearings, the neighbors began to present their position on the new urban code. The most recent history of a massive citizen participation like the one that will take place in the next few days occurred between 2020 and 2021 due to the Costa Salguero.
The hearings for the rezoning of the land that currently occupies the complex called 2057 citizens for 30 days in more than two months. The public debate began in November and ended in January, so the government had to call extraordinary sessions in the Legislature.
98% of the exhibitors declared themselves against the initiative. However, the ruling party at that time managed to approve the project called “Joven District-Costanera Norte Masterplan”. On this occasion, the time for public discussion will be more limited but, as then, will allow the participation of professionals, civil, environmental and neighborhood organizations. The floor debate is expected to occur before the end of the year.
Source: Ambito
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