Taman Aman standoff

NO WAY OUT, NO WAY IN: In the backdrop is the completed Paramount View Condominium. Questions as to where its entrance and exit will be still perplexes residents in the area

THE developer of Paramount View Condominium will have to meet all the criteria set by Petaling Jaya Municipal Council before it can get its Certificate of Fitness (CF).

Although it is their prerogative to apply for the CF, they must settle all outstanding matters following the dispute with surrounding residents over the entry points to the condominium, said the council’s deputy president Puasa Md Taib.

“Foremost, they have to settle the access road to the condominium issue first before we can give them any approval,” he told Malay Mail yesterday concerning the developer’s statement that they would be applying for a CF soon.

The project, comprising a 12-storey block with 233 units, is located some 30 feet behind four double-storey bungalows along Jalan 22/44 in Taman Aman, Petaling Jaya. Residents there claim the proximity violates the local authority’s building by-laws.

Puasa stressed if the developer did not solve these problems, they should not submit the application for the CF.

“They must meet our regulations.”

On April 17, Malay Mail reported that the developer Sri Aman Development Sdn Bhd, claimed they had obtained the approval to use SS1/25 as the entrance in 1993 and 2005 and that residents had no right to deny them of this access route.
Malay Mail had also reported that owners of four bungalows had demanded an estimated RM4mil in compensation from the developer for damages to their homes.

One resident, who declined to be identified, said the council’s Engineering and Town Planning Department had visited the area and wanted the developer to fix the damages to the bungalows and construct a wall behind the affected houses as requested.

The council also requested the developer rectify the ineffective drainage system and repair roads in the vicinity which had become riddled with potholes.