17 January 2008, 11:46
The People´s Deputy, V. Kalchenko, highlighted the concerns regarding the transference of land parcels in parks and recreational areas, within the Life-Boat Station and in Forestland. Such a decision, in his opinion, contradicts Clause 89 of the Water Code of Ukraine (coastal shelter belt is a nature conservation area subject to limited business activities, within which any construction of any type of structure is banned, including Recreation Centres, Garages and Car Parks), Clause 57 of The Forest Code of Ukraine appertaining to changing the intended purpose of forestland parcels, and Clause 27 of The Law of Ukraine ‘On Vegetation´ appertaining to the preservation of habitats for plant species.
In view of the above, The Committee resolved to request The Prosecutor General´s Office of Ukraine to take steps to prevent infringements of the Environment Protection legislation in the allocation of land parcels in Kyrovohrad , and to advise the Committee of the measures taken; appeal to The State Environmental Inspectorate at The Ministry of Nature of Ukraine with a request to hold an urgent environmental examination of Construction Projects in the aforementioned locations; appeal to The Ministry of Regional Development and Construction of Ukraine with a request to check the conformance with the Architectural and Construction Standards of planned construction Projects on those land parcels transferred to long-term leasing by the Resolution of The Kyrovohrad City Council of 28 December 2007 .