The utilities of the northern capital decided to rein in the owners of apartments with glazed balconies. Housing and communal services organizations began to send out en masse notifications that residents must either provide documents to the glazed balconies or dismantle them. Now zhilkomservis, relying on regulations, are trying to simply "get their own", within the framework of a local normative act that has come into force, to call the owners to account.
Recall that the relevant law was adopted by the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly a year and a half ago, however, it was about newly installed structures. The townspeople are outraged, because dismantling a balcony and agreeing on a new one is a waste of hundreds of thousands of rubles, and most of the owners of apartments in Khrushchev are pensioners, disabled people or young families who have taken such housing in a mortgage. However, there is another algorithm for obtaining a fine - based on a complaint from neighbors. After a written request "where to go", the Criminal Code asked on what basis the tenant had a glazed balcony, he could not provide title documents (because there are none), the next step was to submit claim. Of course, all such cases were won by management companies.
This law was nicknamed in St. Petersburg "Balcony Amnesty". But as it turned out, the measure turned out to be half-hearted, because the balcony does not save from dismantling the structure. And zhilkomservis, using their right, are trying to achieve full compliance of the facades with the project. Management companies are formally right and theoretically can sue hundreds of thousands of Petersburgers.
With the question of who initiated this process, "RG" turned to the housing committee, the committee on urban planning and architecture, district administrations, and the city housing inspection. In all departments "RG" reported that they did not carry out any "balcony raids" and did not expose requirements to management companies to force tenants to dismantle unauthorized glazing. Now tenants who have received "letters of happiness" from the housing and communal services are awaiting subpoenas with horror.
Source: Russian newspaper
