Paju, Hanam, and Gwangju Cities Praised for Effective Management and Maintenance of Illegal Buildings

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Paju, Hanam, and Gwangju cities in Gyeonggi Province have shown significant achievements in the maintenance and management of illegal buildings.

On the 11th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it evaluated the management and maintenance performance of illegal buildings such as 'room splitting' across 31 cities and counties in the province and selected Paju, Hanam, and Gwangju as 'excellent institutions.'

The province previously evaluated the 31 cities and counties on the status of illegal building management, including ▲ performance in filing complaints and imposing enforcement fines ▲ collection performance of enforcement fines ▲ maintenance of illegal buildings ▲ management activities of illegal buildings and preventive measures.

Paju City received high marks in areas such as enforcement fine collection performance and illegal building maintenance by simplifying administrative procedures for repeated imposition of enforcement fines on illegal buildings.

Following that, Hanam and Gwangju cities also scored highly in actively promoting excellent policies and in the establishment and implementation of maintenance plans.

The province plans to award the Governor's Institutional Commendation to these three local governments and the Governor's Commendation to outstanding public officials from the top eight cities and counties, including the excellent ones.

A provincial official emphasized, "We will make further efforts to ensure proactive administration to eradicate illegal buildings by evaluating the mandatory enforcement of enforcement fines according to the revision of the Building Act, whether ordinances have been amended, and whether surveys on the actual conditions of illegal buildings have been conducted."

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