The San Bartolomé City Council has denounced "irregularities" in the Güime crusher, which is operated by the construction company Lanzagrava, before the Agency for the Protection of the Urban and Natural Environment (Apmun), since the City Council "does not have sanctioning and disciplinary powers in rustic land", according to the Councilor for Police, Alexis Tejera, who states that the company is operating without a license.
The complaint was filed after neighbors complained of "noises" at dawn. In fact, the letter sent by the City Council to the Apmun includes a police report from November 30, which shows that, after receiving a call from a neighbor at 01:25 hours, the agents found that there were "several heavy machines of the aforementioned company working, with the consequent noise".
This, according to the City Council, contravenes the municipal ordinance regulating noise and vibrations, since it stipulates that "construction, modification, repair or demolition work on buildings, as well as those carried out on public roads, may not be carried out between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day", except for "urgent works for reasons of necessity or danger or those that, due to their inconvenience, cannot be done during the day", which may be carried out during this time. However, according to the regulations, "night work must be expressly authorized by the municipal authority, which will determine the sound limits that must be met".
Facilities that were provisionally sealed in 2015
The City Council also maintains that the company does not have a license to operate said crusher and it is in this regard that it requests the intervention of the Apmun. In this sense, the City Council explains that already in April 2015 it agreed to seal the facilities and ordered the company Lanzagrava, as a precautionary measure, to suspend or immediately cease the acts of extracting aggregates and the exploitation of the quarry, which they had been carrying out "without enabling title".
However, according to San Bartolomé, since "within 15 days" no restoration or sanctioning procedure was initiated by the Apmun as established by law, "the precautionary measure was lifted", which also led the Court to uphold the appeal that Lanzagrava filed against said measure by judgment.
Now, having knowledge of new "irregularities that are being committed in the area" and that the company "still does not have" a license, the San Bartolomé City Council has once again addressed the Apmun, since it is the one that has sanctioning and disciplinary powers in rustic land. "We will continue to insist to the Government of the Canary Islands and other instances to do their job", said Councilor Alexis Tejera, who, however, with respect to the noises, has stated that the City Council will initiate a sanctioning file