DBKL: No Intention To Divide Communities
WHAT initially started off as a safety initiative by residents to make their houses more secure, or in the words of one resident, “the robber will think twice before entering my house”, has not only put Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in a tight spot, but has divided communities and inconvenienced residents to the point they feel like an outsider in their own neighbourhood.
In March 2015, a five-member panel chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin decreed in the case of Au Kean Hoe against (D’Villa Equestrian Residents Association - a certified gated-and-guarded scheme) that regulated access to a defined area was not an obstruction in law, particularly if it was for security reasons.
The judges added that it was only illegal if a person was denied access to a public place, unlike Au’s home, which was a certified gated-and-guarded scheme.
Two years after the Federal Court legalised the placing of boom gates across public roads and guardhouses in residential areas, the walls have literally gone up in every neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur.
Barriers in the form of manual and automated boom gates, steel barricades, perimeter fencing, steel drums, cones, and even retired motor tyres have been used by residents associations (RAs) to block public roads leading into residential homes from intruders and the public.
He said guardhouses and boom gates were authorised structures under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976; the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 and the Local Government Act 1976.
“Gated communities” means the particular development, its facilities and services including infrastructure (roads, drains, etc) within the development are privately managed and owned.
Usually some form of physical barrier surrounds the boundaries to the development. By contrast, guarded communities refer to communities where residents employ private security to provide security services to an area which includes public spaces.
Advocates of this security barrier have used the verdict to validate their reasons to put up security barriers, even at areas that were not certified as gated communities.
It certainly made things worse for DBKL as there was a rush by RAs to establish their own security scheme with boom gates, security fences, perimeter fencing and guard houses.
Residents even registered their associations with the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and put up barriers almost immediately without fulfilling DBKL guidelines.
According to DBKL, from 2011 to July 2017, 158 residents associations in Kuala Lumpur implemented the guarded security scheme, but only approved 65.
This means 58.8% of the RAs are operating their security scheme illegally.
While DBKL was willing to accommodate the requests as permitted by law, clearly the situation got out of hand at some neighbourhoods today.
Bukit Bandaraya resident Mitra Logan said some of the barricades were questionable. “Steel fencing permanently block public roads, including roads that lead to public parks, sports facilities and schools,’’ she said.
This proliferation of “walled” communities, Mitra said, was having far-reaching consequences on a community and, in some cases, divided residents.
“I live in Bangsar and sometimes I am treated like an outsider in my own neighbourhood. “It’s even worse when family and friends visit. They are made to feel like criminals,’’ she said, adding that her sister was asked to produce her ID by the guard.
“What happens if there is a medical emergency or fire, the ambulance and fire engines cannot access the area because someone decided to permanently close up a public road?
Senior citizens Peter Yap, 67, and Ronnie Loh, 59, from Taman Desa complained that the nearest route to their neighbourhood playground was permanently blocked by a steel gate.
“So now, instead of walking to my park, I have to drive there,’’ Yap lamented. “It never used to be this way,’’ Loh said, adding that it was inconvenient and illegal.
Residents of Desa Aman Cheras who do not pay for the neighbourhood security scheme claim that they are forced to use a different road when entering and exiting their homes, which violates their rights as residents.
Following a barrage of complaints from unhappy residents, StarMetro went to the ground to check out the problem.
Re-auditing security schemes
Kuala Lumpur mayor Tan Sri Mohd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz said neighbourhoods with guarded schemes approved by DBKL would be checked again and re-audited.
He said the scheme was implemented to improve public safety and security, and never should it be an excuse to break the law.
“We need to relook at some of the guarded schemes as there is certainly room for improvement, particularly in cases where public roads are blocked,” he said.
“The problem starts when there is a payment issue and the RAs use the system to punish non-payers,’’ he said, adding that dividing communities was not DBKL’s intention.
He added that it was important to ensure that non-paying residents were not penalised in any way or even made to feel like outsiders in their own area.
“You cannot stop a person from entering a public road and there should never be segregation in any way that could lead to animosity among the residents,” he stressed. Abd Hamid said roads leading to public facilities such as schools, religious institutions, public parks, sports facilities and community halls cannot be cordoned off.
“You cannot prevent anyone from getting to this places and you cannot permanently seal off any public road,’’ he said.
He added that if there was a strong request from residents to close a road, only a local road would be considered and the RA must offer an alternative route for residents and the public which must be a reasonable distance not exceeding 150m. That is also subject to the RA securing 100% consent from residents.
“You see it is not easy to simply close roads in the city, we make it very hard to do so,’’ he said. Abd Hamid said DBKL had demolished illegal barriers in Taman Desa twice in a row, but the persons involved put them (gates) up yet again.
He added that some RAs would bring in their lawyers to argue their point during meetings to justify their reasons (for blocking roads). “Even I was asked to provide ID when carrying out a site visit in a guarded community in Jalan Kemaris Bangsar recently. “I was travelling in a DBKL car,’’ Abd Hamid said, adding that it was illegal to ask a person to hand over their MyKad.
“While we realise the need for people to feel secure in their own homes, there is no doubt that RAs are struggling to manage the scheme properly and this has resulted in conflict and disagreements, which is not what we anticipated’’ he said.
METRO NEWS
By Bavani M
Thursday, 15 Mar 2018
https://www.thestar.com.my/
TAGS / KEYWORDS:
Central Region , Guarded Security Scheme
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/03/15/dbkl-no-intention-to-divide-communities-local-authority-to-review-security-schemes-in-residential-ar/#aKHAOFRSLdYBsMaQ.99
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Nur Jazlan: Criminals Now Operating From Gated Communities
Criminals are now operating from gated and guarded community within housing estates to avoid police from going after them, said Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed.
The Deputy Home Minister said the activities taking place in the gated and guarded communities included online gambling and prostitution.
He said such illegal activities were more prevalent in residential areas which did not have a gated and guarded scheme in its original development plan.
"Residents only started complaining to the police when they finally realised that vice activities were taking place in their neighbourhood," said Nur Jazlan after handing over financial allocation to 37 resident associations to finance the security and patrolling of their areas.
NATION
By Zazali Musa
Saturday, 25 Nov 2017
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/11/25/nur-jazlan-criminals-operating-gated-communities/#26kLbMQJrxWEUk1R.99
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Guarded & Gated Community Makes It Difficult For Local Authorities To Render Services.
Living in a gated community is not entirely trouble-free as residents in such places have to bear with a major problem such as getting the local authorities to provide services such as garbage collection, clearing drains and covering potholes.
As ratepayers, the residents are entitled to such services. However, the physical barrier put up at the guarded and gated community makes it difficult for the local authorities to render such services.
Alinah: ‘Access roads that are blocked do not belong to the residents’. “We know the local authority is supposed to provide us with the services but then when we contacted them, they say they could not come in.
They said we should do away with the security guard and barrier at our main entrance. But then again, if we remove the guards and the gates what is the point of calling it a gated community,” said Janet Leong who has been residing in one of the oldest gated community in Shah Alam.
Leong, who wished not to reveal the location of her house, claimed that they have been facing the problem for several years. She said her residents association had been arguing with the local authority and their management company for quite sometime on the issue.
Such problems are quite common, said Selangor Housing and Real Property Board executive director Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad. She said usually residents or housebuyers were the ones at the losing end.
“Previously there were no clear guidelines for the developers to follow, leaving many grey areas which at the end leads to problems,” she said during a talk on the Implementation of Gated Community Development in Selangor held at Carlton Holiday Hotel and Suites, Shah Alam recently.
The problems include the public’s right to access a gated area without screening, legal rights of management corporations to the common areas and service charge collection.
Alinah said the access roads to the residential development were usually blocked to allow access to residents only.
“However, these blocked access roads do not belong to the residents living in such housing schemes,” she said, adding that once the developer applied for the titles for the individual homes in the area, the access roads had to be handed over to the local authority.
“The problem will arise when the application is made for individual titles for the houses in the area as the title was released without the access roads and other common areas being handed over to the local council. That means the local authority cannot go in and maintain the road and provide service to the residents,” she said.
Selangor state housing committee chairman Datuk Mokhtar Dahlan said the implementation of the new guidelines on gated communities would ensure that residents get their services from the local authority without sacrificing the security and safety they wanted.
“The state government hopes the guidelines will cover the grey areas and provide common solutions to problems faced by local authorites, developers and residents or housebuyers,” he added.
Source:
https://www.hba.org.my/main.htm
10/05/2007
The Star
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MBPJ orders RAs to take down illegal guard booths and boom gates
IF YOU are living in a gated-and-guarded neighbourhood in Petaling Jaya, chances are the guard booths and boom gates erected to deter criminals are in violation of local government guidelines.
StarMetro has learnt that there are 181 residential areas with guard booths throughout the city of Petaling Jaya, designed to restrict access and monitor visitors.
According to Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) public relations officer Zainun Zakaria, only 18 residents associations (RAs) of the 181 have applied to erect guard booths.
Besides the guard booths, even the boom gates and other access control methods employed in these gated-and-guarded schemes are technically illegal as they do not comply with MBPJ’s Planning Development Department’s guidelines.
The letter dated July 2 stated that following investigations, it was discovered that guard booths had been constructed without approval, together with permanent barriers placed at certain roads connecting the section with another.
Automatic gates requiring the vehicle driver to reach out and press a button to exit the housing section were also installed on the one road permitting entry.
According to the notice, these obstructions on public land contravened Section 46(1)(a) of the Streets, Drainage and Building Act 1974.
Bura has been given 14 days from receipt of the notice to remove the structures.
Zainun said the council would act if the association had not taken them down.
A check on Aug 2 revealed that the autogate was still in operation while permanent barriers were still visible.
Other than Bura, another RA in Ara Damansara was given a similar notice on July 2.
MBPJ Planning Development Department’s guidelines are based on documents issued by both the Housing and Local Government Ministry and the Selangor Housing and Property Board (LPHS).
A copy of the guidelines obtained by StarMetro also had photographs of what were considered “Permitted” and “Non-Permitted” forms of gated-and-guarded buildings.
For example, while guard booths placed in the middle of the road are disallowed, exceptions are permissible if there is a 50m reserve, depending on the size of the booth and the requirements of security agencies.
Other examples in the guidelines also include aesthetic conditions for the booths, and differentiating between “manual” boomgates which require a security guard stationed 24 hours, and permanent obstructions.
Coincidentally, it was current Petaling Jaya Mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad who oversaw the formulation of the guidelines by the housing board during her stint as chief executive officer of LPHS.
“We did a ‘roadshow’ last year to explain the new guidelines to the RAs,” said Zainun.
However, as of Aug 1, it is learnt that only 18 RAs had applied for approval from the council.
Major violations of the guidelines include the placement of permanent obstructions, which could be fatal in an emergency.
“Fire engines and ambulances will have a hard time getting through. They are supposed to reach the area using the shortest route.
“Also, no one can bar entry on a public road,” Alinah said.
As Hari Raya Aidilfitri is just a few days away, the council has stated it will not take action yet as break-ins are more prevalent during the festive period.
“Safety is an issue as many residents will be out of town,” said Alinah.
The mayor also said that the council would be sending out notices, similar to the ones received by the Bandar Utama and Ara Damansara RAs, to the other errant schemes after Hari Raya.
“They will also receive the same 14-day period to remove the boomgates,” she added.
Housing associations can still apply to legalise their gated-and-guarded schemes within the two weeks.
“We will try to help where we can but not in cases where structures such as automatic gates or permanent barriers that cut off access from another road, are involved,” she said.
The Star
05/08/2013
Community
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2013/08/05/mbpj-orders-ras-to-take-down-illegal-guard-booths-and-boom-gates/#uTQ2tbPV79tvX9Gj.99
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Residents breach MBPJ guidelines to stay safe
“While citizens can get together to improve neighbourhood security, it is actually beyond the RA’s resources and capabilities to address the security issues on their own.
“The responsibility of ensuring safe neighbourhoods lies with the local, state and federal government levels.
Some residents from SS7 Lengkuk Golf , Kelana Jaya at Petaling Jaya have taken drastic measures by fixing electric fences and barbed wires surrounding their houses.Based on a StarMetro’s visit to the neighbourhood, it was obvious the residents were not leaving their safety to chances.
Some residents in Kelana Jaya SS7 have taken drastic measures by fixing electric fences and barbed wires around their houses.
“We shouldn’t have to live in neighbourhoods with electric fences, guard houses and blocked roads,” he said, adding that citizens could still become victims of crime when they leave the gated community.
At SS3, Petaling Jaya, a group of residents have installed an automatic access card system. They have also blocked entry and closed several roads round the clock.
However, not all residents agree with the measures taken.
Cecelia Kok said she is against the closure of public roads.
Kok said it would not deter crime but instead transfer the problem to another area.
“How can you close public roads for 24 hours and deprive others from using them? There are plans to close more roads here.
“We are totally against it,” she said.
Those who are not contributing to the access card system are deprived from using certain roads, too.
“I have signatures from 120 residents who are against this,” she said.
Many are taking the law into their own hands, by setting up guarded community schemes without obtaining approval first. Some have even blocked entry to public roads and introduced access card systems. So far, only 67 neighbourhoods have obtained approval from the council to implement the scheme with many running illegally.
Against the law
MBPJ guidelines for the guarded community scheme prevent the obstruction of public roads, fencing off of public land and the denial of access to law abiding citizens.
Petaling Jaya councillor Derek Fernandez said citizens may want to use those roads even if they do not live there.
Indiscriminate closure or obstruction of public roads would lead to traffic congestion and the potential increase in the risk of crime to other areas which do not have such schemes.
He added that in the interest of public safety, the government has allowed some restrictions to the access of public roads.
However, putting automatic access control machines on public roads and other unapproved measure is not only a breach of several laws but also affects the legitimacy of such schemes.
The laws and guidelines must be respected and adhered to, said Fernandez.
“We cannot break the law and claim we are doing it to prevent crime.
“Many citizens are not robbers and their rights of mobility on roads must be respected,” he said in urging residents to follow the guidelines and obtain approval before building any structure or implementing any scheme.
“If the guidelines are inadequate, they must urge lawmakers such as assemblyman, MPs and even the state government to amend them,” he said.
Fernandez also pointed out that not all neighbourhoods could afford guarded schemes.
“It may lead to social segregation of communities,” he said.
At the council’s fullboard meeting yesterday, an application by the SS3 neighbourhood to close access to the public at Jalan SS3/76 and Jalan SS3/78 was rejected.
The council also rejected an application by the Section 5 neighbourhood to close off Jalan 5/10.
“We rejected their applications because they did not fulfil the guidelines,” said Mohd Azizi in urging neighbourhoods to first check the guidelines.
He said the council would issue a seven-day notice to the neighbourhood to remove the barrier or it would be demolished.
MBPJ public relations officer Zainun Zakaria said they would also not allow the access card system.
“The council has issued a notice to dismantle the access card system. We do not allow it in any guarded community scheme,” she said.
Source:
METRO NEWS
By Sheila Sri Priya
Thursday, 30 Jun 2016
TAGS / KEYWORDS:
Central Region , Family Community , Gated And Guarded Kelana Jaya Ss3
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2016/06/30/residents-breach-mbpj-guidelines-to-stay-safe-some-guarded-communities-in-petaling-jaya-going-overbo/#E8eE7H7waUYDAbCq.99
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Zero Objection Requirement For Gated & Guarded Housing Applications In Selangor
Klang Municipal Council president Datuk Mohd Yazid Bidin, who confirmed receiving the circular, said the new ruling would be implemented in Klang with immediate effect.
Under the new ruling, Yazid said approval could be given to applications with 100% consent from residents from a particular area.
Even if there was one objection from a resident, he said the council would not process the application.
New applications for gated and guarded communities in Selangor will only be considered provided there is no objection from any of its residents.
The State Housing Board sent out circulars to all 12 local authorities on the new ruling.
The new ruling is with immediate effect following a change in policy by the Selangor state government, which earlier granted approval for gated and guarded applications based on 85% consent.
“However, the council will take the gesture of silence from the residents as consent,” he said, adding that it was up to the residents associations and property owners to sort it out.
Yazid said all the pending gated and guarded applications from various parts of Klang would be put on hold and the applicants would be required to meet the new criteria. However, he added the ruling for guarded communities remained at 85% consent from the residents.
"I hope the residents associations will comply with the new ruling,” he said.
METRO NEWS
By Elan Perumal
Friday, 31 Mar 2017
https://www.thestar.com.my/
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/03/31/zero-objection-requirement-for-new-gated-and-guarded-housing-applications-in-selangor/#isMCqU4KRHSHWCf2.99
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New Gated Rules In Shah Alam - 100% Agreement For Auto Gates And More
THE Shah Alam City Council’s (MBSA) amended guidelines for the gated-and-guarded scheme is aimed at streamlining the process and avoiding confusion.
Among the new stipulations is 100% approval from residents for automated gates and access cards. Approval for manual boom gates is 75%. Barricades, which must be removable, are only permitted between midnight and 6am.
A guard has to be on duty by the barricade at other times in the event of an emergency. Security guards are also not allowed to take away the driver’s MyKad or other documents. Fencing is also not allowed unless the area is located near a highway, road, river or monsoon drain.
The amended guidelines are based on the state government’s recommendations, which were sent to 12 local councils.
Shah Alam city councillor Foong Saik Hoong said the guidelines were meant to resolve or avoid untoward issues.
In recent years, the issue divided residents in existing neighbourhoods over the implementation of the gated-and-guarded scheme with local councils being trapped in the middle.
“The conflict often happens with individuals who have personal agendas. “For it to work, residents associations (RAs) need to be united,” pointed out Foong,
“If there is a need to fence up the area, residents will have to apply to change the land status to strata but this means all maintenance work will be their responsibility instead of the council’s,” said Foong, adding that this would comprise road maintenance and rubbish collection.
Foong pointed out that some stipulations in the amended guidelines conflict with federal law such as the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 Section 46 that do not allow temporary buildings or obstructions without approval. This would include guardhouses and posts but they are allowed in the state-approved guidelines.
The amended guidelines require that submissions for approval be made to the One-Stop Centre (OSC) as well as the Planning Department for the guardhouse, speed breakers, boom gates and road excavation works.
“This way, there will be no illegal works that might pose a problem later,” said Foong. RAs will also have to apply for a temporary occupation licence (TOL) from the land office for their guardhouses.
There will also be a one-off payment of RM400 for the guardhouse per application which was not imposed previously. There is no requirement to obtain a certificate of completion and compliance (CCC) or certificate of fitness (CF) for the structure.
RAs will also not be allowed to block any road permanently or remove pavements to redirect traffic. Foong said approval for the guarded schemes was previously valid for two years but it has been extended to three now.
Some RAs expressed concerns about the amended guidelines, saying it may be tough for them to comply with. Bukit Kayangan Residents Association president Datuk Helmi Daud said there was no way a neighbourhood could get 100% approval from residents. “Getting 75% approval is already difficult, so we had to come up with an alternative solution,” he added.
Helmi said they hired guards who patrol around the neighbourhood from 7pm to 7am but had no guardhouse. The authorities, he added, should have consulted the RAs before implementing the guidelines. Kota Kemuning Residents Association president Allan Lee said 100% consent is too strict.
“It would only take one resident to stall all RA initiatives,” he said, adding that the strict guidelines made it seem like the authorities did not care about residents having a safe environment to live in. Lee said most RAs are run by volunteers who may not have the time and resources to fulfil all the stringent requirements.
METRO NEWS
By Priya Menon
Friday, 7 Jul 2017
https://www.thestar.com.my/
TAGS / KEYWORDS:
Central Region , Security Guard , Gated And Guarded , Shah Alam
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/07/07/new-gg-guidelines-for-shah-alam-local-authority-bases-rules-on-states-recommendation-but-ras-say-it/#xLcdABUR6suHwDuE.99
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Gated And Guarded Community In Klang
If you have heard about it, The MPK has just recently torn down the barriers and removed the temporary guardhouse of one of the gated and guarded area in Bukit Tinggi, after complaint received among the residents in that particular Taman.
Yup~ Selangor State Government has announced earlier, in order to be gated and guarded(G&G) residential area, one area has to get 100% consent from the residents. Which meant that even if there is one objection from among residents, the G&G application won’t get approval from local authority!
There are 2 different types of G&G community in Klang. First is the one that originally G&G by Developer, like Ambang Botanic 1 and Ambang Botanic 2, and also Bandar Parkland Precinct 1~3A. which when developer started to built, they planned it as a whole compound, to include the landscaping and garden altogether, to ensure the residents enjoy the exclusiveness of the environment. Definitely, by promoting the uniqueness and exclusiveness of the living environment, developer get higher margin!
Second type of G&G is the G&G community initiated by Residents Association(RAs) of particular area, we called it as G&G Afterwards. These become popular for the past decade, when higher crime rate become threats to most of the people. RAs normally have a lot of convincing and canvassing work to do, they need to walk through every houses, try to persuade every residents to join the G&G scheme.
Few years back, for RAs to get their G&G approval from local authority, they only need 85% of consent from residents. Only last year, State Government has came out with new guidelines, to get approval for G&G, RAs have to get 100% consent from residents, which most of RAs think is mission impossible !! Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Butterfly Park, Bandar botanic, Precinct Bidara, Angsana, Cassia are all considered as G&G Afterwards. Local Authority normally allowed them to fence up only residential area, but not the public area, lake, park etc.
In fact, G&G original from Developer, they collected higher maintenance fees compare to those G&G afterwards. For example, Ambang Botanic 1 monthly maintenance fees for superlink will be RM250 monthly, while for link house in Bandar Botanic, the maintenance fees only RM50~60 monthly.
But the G&G afterwards community they normally face difficulties when getting everyone to pay, as they don’t have rights to ban those unpaid residents to go into their own property. Whereby G&G originally from Developer, they already had the Agreement signed beforehand, if the residents not paying maintenance, management has the right to inactivate their access card, and stop them from enter the residential area.
References:
https://klangproperties.com/
https://www.thestar.com.my/metro
April 23, 2018 by emily
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Illegal Fencing Must Go, Residents Told
Housing estates that have illegally fenced up their areas must now pull down the structure before Johor Baru City Hall takes action against them.
This is the city hall warning to residents who have illegally created gated communities.
Mayor Datuk Mohd Naim Nasir said it has identified 14 housing estates that have illegal fencing.
“We have issued three notices to three housing estate communities in the last two weeks. We will take action against the other 11 soon.”
He said records showed that none of the 14 housing estates had sought approval before installing the fences.
He warned that the city hall would in future tear down fences without giving notice.
Mohd Naim said this on Tuesday after launching SP Setia Bhd “Road to Charity” drive at Setia Tropika.
He said the council had no choice but to act against offenders as such fences had caused inconvenience to adjoining residential estates.
He said only standalone housing project that is isolated from other residential or business areas would be allowed to have a gated community.
“We know residents put up such fences to ensure their safety and security. However, this is not allowed.
“Alternatively, they should organise a neighbourhood watch like Rukun Tetangga.”
He said any housing estate that set up the neighbourhood watch scheme would be entitled to a RM4,800 subsidy to buy equipment such as torch lights.
Source:
https://www.hba.org.my/main.htm
03/03/2007
The Star
By Meera Vijayan
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30 Perumahan Laksana Sistem Kawalan Berpagar Tanpa Kebenaran
PBTSELANGOR
February 4, 2018 2:05 pm
OLEH SYAZWANI SUFIAN
Selangorkini
SHAH ALAM, 4 FEB: Sebanyak 30 taman perumahan melaksanakan sistem kawalan berpagar tanpa kebenaran Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya(MPAJ).
Yang Dipertuannya, Abd Hamid Hussain berkata, hanya 20 daripada 50 taman perumahan sahaja sudah mendapatkan kelulusan manakala selebihnya dilaksanakan secara haram.
“Memang kita menerima banyak permohonan daripada persatuan penduduk untuk mewujudkan sistem kawalan secara berpagar dan berpengawal, namun permohonan mereka tidak diluluskan kerana tidak menepati syarat ditetapkan."
“Mengikut garis panduan oleh Kementerian Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) dan Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah, semua penduduk perlu bersetuju untuk mewujudkan sistem itu,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas mesyuarat MPAJ baru-baru ini.
Hamid berkata, untuk mewujudkan sistem kawalan tersebut, pembangunan perumahan perlu mempunyai kawasan seluas lebih daripada tiga ekar.
“Ia adalah piawaian yang telah ditetapkan KPKT.
“Jika pembangunan perumahan seluas satu ekar mahu mewujudkan sistem itu, mereka perlu membayar yuran yang mahal kerana jumlah rumah yang sikit,” katanya.
Tambah Hamid lagi, pelaksanaan sistem itu juga perlu mengambil kira banyak faktor lain antaranya tidak menghalang perjalanan penduduk di kawasan lain kerana terdapat juga beberapa perumahan yang jalannya dikongsi.
Selain itu, untuk melaksanakan sistem tutup laluan (boom gates) ke perumahan, mereka hanya boleh tutup dari jam 12 malam hingga 6 pagi sahaja.
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