The Tías City Council has approved the plan to check and control "all existing vacation homes" in the municipality, based on the list of properties provided by the Ministry of Tourism. In the General Tourist Registry of the Canary Islands, Tías has 2,958 tourist properties registered, making it the second municipality on the island with the most vacation homes, only behind Yaiza.
This step taken by the socialist council adapts to the directive of the Law on Sustainable Planning of Tourist Use of Housing, popularly known as the Vacation Home Law, approved by the Popular Party. This regulation gave a period of eight months for city councils to approve and begin applying these measures to the tourist apartments in each municipality.
Among the measures that the Tías City Council must carry out is the collection of monthly numerical and statistical data from various points: the number of actions and checks, communications from Local Police officers on indications of risk or irregularities in tourist accommodations, inspections carried out, and the average time for checking, control, and inspection actions.
Through this plan, which cannot exceed four years, the council commits to sending the Local Police to inspect homes suspected of committing an irregularity or where there are "indications of risk" to people.
The council commits to holding "periodic meetings" with those responsible and public employees to monitor the degree of plan execution and the effect of its actions.
In the case of Tías, the general coordination of this plan, as well as the performance of other functions, will fall to the Mayor's Office. Meanwhile, the municipal Technical Office will be responsible for checking the classified activity registers, developing sanctioning regimes, and providing technical assistance to the council's administrative units.
Inspections of vacation homes with indications of risk or irregularity
In addition to checking and controlling existing vacation homes, this plan includes the obligation to act and inspect "all vacation homes" with "indications of risk or irregularity noted" by Local Police officers.
These inspections pay "special" attention to vacation homes that may be classified as "substandard housing" or that house "a quantity equal to or greater than" 150% of the number of people corresponding to the capacity of the home, as this poses a "serious risk to people and property."
The plan states that substandard housing is a building intended for habitual or tourist housing that "does not meet the minimum conditions" of the legislation. For example, those that do not comply with the surface area, number, dimension, and characteristics of the habitable rooms. These can also occur in substandard housing, rooftops, garages, commercial premises, ongoing construction, or installations.
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