Planning and Building Council

General presentations

• SB040377 – Minutes of the Planning and Building Officer

  Minutes from the planning and building officer's disposal meetings of 15.12.10, 22.12.10 and 29.12.10 were presented.

  The Planning and Building Committee makes the following recommendation to the Town Council: “Items A on the minutes are taken for discussion. The Town Council approves the handling by the Director of Planning and Building of all matters under item A.“;

• 0712080 – Town Centre - Hraun, detailed plan

  The detailed plan for the area bounded by Flatahraun, Álfaskeið, Arnarhraun and Reykjavikurveg, dated 06.05.10, is reconsidered. A summary of the comments received following the preliminary presentation meeting held on 17.03.2010 was previously submitted. The revised proposal following that meeting addresses the comments. The proposal was advertised in accordance with Section 25 of the Planning and Building Act No. 73/1997, and the consultation period has now closed. Comments were received. A public information meeting was held during the consultation period. A summary of the comments received and a proposal for responses were previously submitted by the Department of Planning and Building, which was approved with the agreed amendments.

  The Planning and Building Committee approves the detailed plan and that its processing will be completed in accordance with Article 42 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010.;

• 1012098 – Strandgata 55, enquiry

  On 09.12.10, Fjörukráin submitted an enquiry about building a turf house behind the Fjörukráin, see attached document. The matter was discussed at the processing meeting of the Planning and Building Officer on 15.12.2010, who referred it to the Planning and Building Committee.

  The Planning and Building Committee finds the idea interesting, but the development of the area as a whole needs to be considered. The Planning and Building Committee instructs the Planning and Building Department and the Operations Department to examine the proposal in more detail, with regard to parking and in the context of the town centre's overall planning.;

• 1008329 – Motion on employment matters, proposal

  Sigthór Ari Sigthórsson, chairman of the task force on a jobs drive, attended the meeting and reported on the group's work.

  The Planning and Building Committee thanks Sigþór for the presentation.;

• 10022435 – Reykjanesbraut, working group on Suðurbraut

  Gísli Valdimarsson, chair of the working group, and Sveindís Jóhannsdóttir, a representative of the Hvaleyrarskóli Parents' Association on the working group, attended the meeting.

  The Planning and Building Committee thanks the representative of the parents' association and the chair of the working group for the information provided and the discussion.;

• 10022261 – Sign on farmland

  The proposal from the Department of Planning and Building for a signage by-law for Hafnarfjörður is reconsidered. Postponed at the last meeting.

  The Planning and Building Committee postpones the matter until the next meeting.;

• 1011126 – Fléttuvellir 1, amendment to the detailed plan.

  On 10 November 2010, Míla ehf applied for permission to make an amendment to the detailed plan, which would permit the erection of a 16-metre-high steel mast at the existing Míla ehf equipment building at Fléttuvellir 1. The opinion of the public health officer for the Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur area, dated 22.12.10, which was requested at the last meeting, is submitted.

  The Planning and Building Committee agrees to submit the proposal for publication in accordance with Article 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010.;

• 1101002 – Working group on the organisation of cycle paths

  At a meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Town Council on 17 December 2010, it was agreed to establish a joint working group from the Planning and Building Committee and the Executive Committee, in addition to the local agenda representative, who will oversee the group's work, to analyse the current state of cycling routes in Hafnarfjörður and put forward possible proposals for improved cycling transport and a 5-year implementation plan. The working group shall submit a report to the Planning and Building Committee and the Executive Committee in April 2011. A proposal for the group's terms of reference was presented.

  The Planning and Building Committee approves the terms of reference. The representatives of the Planning and Building Committee on the group are Gestur Svavarsson, with Gunnar Axel Axelsson as substitute, and Jóhanna Fríða Dalkvist, with Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir as substitute.

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