In recent weeks, building permits have been submitted on the first street in Givat Zemar. Until now, only one of the streets has been built, and many infrastructures have been laid in it, including water, sewage and drainage. In addition, most of the roads in the neighborhood have already been broken up and retaining walls have been built.
A building permit is a permit, issued by the local planning and construction committee, that permits construction work to be carried out. Now the owners of the land on the first street, with the help of architects, are submitting plans for units and when the approvals are received from the municipality, it will be possible to start building.
The subcommittee of the local committee for planning and construction approved a new plan in Givat Zemar that allows the construction of more units than in the plan that preceded it. The change was made possible through the construction of smaller apartments. According to the plan, the number of housing units in each of the 96 lots in the neighborhood is flexible, and in most The lots can be up to 10 units. It is estimated that the owners of the lots will prefer to build as many units as possible, since even if there are small apartments, each of them will also have a living room, a lobby and additional space to the total area of the lot, which will be divided between the apartments. It should also be noted that the previous plan added balconies and basements to many apartments.
A steep slope of 12 degrees makes construction more expensive
According to experts, the slope in the Givat Zemar neighborhood makes construction very expensive, therefore the more the entrepreneurs can build units, the more their income will increase and there will be a greater chance of profit despite the high construction costs.
In the past year, the residents of the old neighborhoods around the Givat Zemar neighborhood were quite optimistic in view of the fact that the works were stopped, according to them. In the last year and a half they did not work at all, and the residents talked among themselves and thought that it might have turned out that the neighborhood cannot be built at all. In addition, due to the slope of the neighborhood (12 degrees, similar to the elevation of Zion Boulevard), some believed that the cost of establishing the HAD and the infrastructure would not pay off in light of the large investment required due to the construction in the neighborhood on a slope.
Most of the roads have already been broken
But the joy was too early. According to the municipality, Givat Zemar, like many other neighborhoods, is being built in stages. By now the first street has been established and infrastructure including water, sewage and drainage has been laid.
"The first permits for this street are being submitted these days and will be issued in the coming period. In the meantime, most of the roads in the neighborhood have been broken up and retaining walls have been built. The development and construction works are also budgeted in 2017 and will continue according to the work plan in a way that will allow the issuance of building permits in additional areas until the neighborhood is completed. Depositing the revised plan Designed to allow planning flexibility without an increase in the number of buildings or the height of the buildings in the neighborhood."
