The Minister of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing, Majid Al-Hogail, based on the powers vested in him by law, and Article 5 of the Municipalities and Villages System, approved the “Building Compliance Certification Procedures Guide.”
Minister Al-Hogail agreed to adopt the update of the Building Compliance Certification Procedures Manual and to grant existing buildings a period of 6 months. Which is one of the most important pillars in achieving the Kingdom's Vision 2030, to provide a healthy and sustainable urban environment, in addition to treating visual distortion and improving the quality of life, towards cities free of visual distortion elements, and urbanly improved traffic axes in the Kingdom's cities – medium-term solutions. Among the most important requirements for addressing Visual distortion, the absence of distorted barriers (iron signs, Shinko) on the setback wall or the roof in the buildings located on the commercial streets, the absence of separate air conditioning units in the facades overlooking the buildings located on the commercial streets, and the absence of electrical, sanitary and mechanical extensions visible on the facade overlooking the commercial streets. Commercial streets. Among the treatments for visual distortion are the absence of umbrellas or hangers outside the building boundaries, and the failure to cover the balconies with hangers or materials that do not suit the shape and nature of the building or to use them to spread laundry or storage, and the absence of distorted writings on the walls of buildings located on commercial streets. Obtaining a certificate of compliance for the new buildings, which is: issuance of the occupancy certificate for the building, and the certificate is issued automatically after issuing the occupancy certificate for the building. The mechanism for issuing the certificate was specified for existing buildings, as the building compliance certificate for existing buildings is issued by the Municipality or the municipality after logging in through the Baladi platform and logging in on The service of issuing a building compliance certificate, entering the building permit data, the title deed, the occupancy certificate (construction completion), and all the data required in the application form for the issuance of the compliance certificate. Building Conformity And the height of the roof jacket is from a minimum of 1.5 meters to a maximum of 2.1 meters, with no openings placed on the wall to allow vision. Among these requirements are the building’s conformity with the license and the approved plans regarding setbacks, with no encroachments (rooms, separating walls with setbacks), The entrance must be in conformity with the approved plans. Not to modify the use of approved parking spaces in the basement, and to implement a separate ladder for the mezzanine floor for buildings located on commercial streets. Additional building in the upper annex or the mezzanine. Elements of Distortion Minister Al-Hogail’s decision was accompanied by the launch of a national campaign in which several parties from the government and private sectors join forces to address visual distortion in Saudi Arabia, and 43 elements were identified that include visual distortions related to roads, buildings, service facilities, public squares, and others . The national campaign aims to raise awareness about the elements of visual distortion, ways to treat them, and determine the fines associated with violations. This guarantees that cities will remain free of these elements. These 43 elements included (damaged cars and construction waste, fencing of vacant lands, covering buildings under construction, lighting poles, concrete barriers, satellite dishes, distortion, communication poles, rickety sidewalks, rickety fences, basins Agricultural poles and electrical wires, street vendors, distorted writing on walls, street furniture, containers and waste accumulation, abandoned parks and playgrounds, billboards, directional signs, commercial signs, warning signs, abandoned buildings, covering balconies, random bumps, awnings, illegal hangars above Roofs, colors of dilapidated buildings, water leakage, fencing of buildings under construction, cladding of dilapidated buildings, digging streets, painting sidewalk barriers, public toilets, not painting ground signs in streets, air conditioning ducts and extensions, electricity transformers in streets, ventilation chimneys in restaurants Areas designated for afforestation, service projects and excavations, cleanliness of public places, transportation of building materials, unauthorized parking).
Ibrahim Al-Alawi (Jeddah) @i_waleeed22