JOHANN METTLER
A PROBLEM-buildings bylaw, which would give the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality more control over derelict buildings in the city, is being developed.
Acting city manager Johann Mettler told councillors yesterday he had instructed officials to make the proposed bylaw public for residents to comment on.
The news comes as the police battle to rid some of the problem buildings of criminals and vagrants, saying the municipality had to take action against errant building owners who left their properties unsecured.
The Herald’s sister publication Weekend Post reported last month that some of the rundown buildings in Central were used as hideouts for criminals, prostitutes and drug dealers.
At a municipal public accounts committee meeting yesterday, ANC councillor Marian Harning said the municipality had to force landlords to their buildings.
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