Rooftop villas are legal, officials say
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An unfurnished villas is seen on top of a shopping mall in Zhuzhou, Hunan province. [Photo: CFP] |
To avoid safety hazards, landscape designers usually use grass and low-growing plants for rooftop greening, he said.
Rooftop villas have surfaced as an issue before.
In October, residents in a 12-story building in Wuhan, Hubei province, complained of serious leaking from a rusted pipe on the top floor. The pipe was unreachable because it was underneath one of the four villas on the roof.
The developer of the residential building completed the building and villas in 1999 and later sold the villas. Some people still live on the roof, said a woman surnamed Liu who works for the property management office. She declined to give her full name.
The entire property was built with authorities' approval. The four villas have the required certificates of house ownership and the right to use the land, Liu said.
The city planning bureau in Wuhan investigated the case after receiving complaints from residents.
The leaks were repaired. And residents have withdrawn their complaints, said Tang Jun from the bureau’s law enforcement team.
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