The Tías City Council sealed off part of the renovation works of the Hotel Fariones, owned by businessman Juan Francisco Rosa, last Monday, October 30, for lacking the required permit. Specifically, as confirmed to La Voz by the Councilor for Urban Planning of Tías, Saray Rodríguez, the pool area has been sealed off, which has been demolished and is located within the hotel gardens, which are protected by the PIOT, in whose area a Heritage permit is needed to intervene, which the property lacked.
According to Rodríguez, the City Council initiated proceedings on October 4, after the municipal architect made a visit to the works, detecting that work was being carried out on the pool, carrying out "demolition and reconstruction" work, which "was not contemplated in the license." Given this, and after giving a hearing to the property, which "requested its legalization but without providing authorization from Heritage" to intervene in said space, it was sealed off last Monday.
"The developer now has to see if he can get the legalization through the Heritage area," the Councilor for Urban Planning pointed out in this regard, pointing out, however, that Heritage already "denied" the property to intervene in the pool at the time. "If it cannot be legalized, the file will continue, but we have to wait for the period that the law says, which I think is two months," added the councilor, insisting that "they could be legalized if sectoral authorization from the Cabildo Heritage is provided and if it complies with the requirements of the II Modernization Plan and Health in swimming pool facilities." If they cannot be legalized, "the developer should return the pool to its original state," she specified.
Other works carried out without a license
Although the works on the pool are the only ones that have been sealed off, the City Council detected other works carried out without a license and that have been included in the sanctioning file. Specifically, according to Saray Rodríguez, it is a pumping well, whose works were already "finished", and an intervention in a diving room, which had been "demolished" although "without any construction work being started." "As there is no work, it could not be sealed off," the councilor pointed out, stating that there would also be no sealing because, in both cases, the technicians understand that "they are legalizable." Regarding the diving room, in fact, she pointed out that the property has already requested a license to build it again.
The Councilor for Urban Planning of Tías has stated that the City Council has acted "as quickly as possible" in this file, but has pointed out that with the new Land Law it is "all more complicated" because "you have to give 10 days of hearing to the parties" and, "if they are legalizable works, the seals must be very well motivated."
