Councilor Ciordia: Golf courses are not appropriate for buildings

Seizure of Caracas golf courses ordered

Metropolitan councilor for municipalities Chacao, Baruta and El Hatillo Carlos Ciordia is certain that the coverage of areas in Valle Arriba and Caracas Country Club golf courses "is not appropriate for housing, as layout and planning do not allow for it."

"There are regulations on layout and planning, that is, ordinances on coverage of areas that allow for development of certain estates in certain plots of land. The Metropolitan Mayoralty cannot act just like that," he told news TV channel Globovisión.

As stated in the Official Gazette, Caracas Metropolitan District, last Thursday, August 24th, compulsory purchase of the lands located in central Miranda state and the Capital District was resolved.

Just demagogy
Ciordia thinks that the move is "electoral demagogy." The official explained that specific steps must be followed for the purposes of taking the property. "In accordance with the law, owners should appoint an assessor and they set the estate value."

"Failure to reach an agreement by the parties concerned should result in a trial for expropriation, where the property value is to be set."

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