Davinia Ramírez: “This phase is fundamental because it allows us to incorporate the vision of the citizens and the affected sectors from the beginning in order to build a solid regulation that is adjusted to the reality of the municipality.”
Alejandro Marichal: “Our goal is to regulate an activity that is part of the municipality's economic reality and ensure that its development is compatible with the right to housing, community life, and quality of life in our neighborhoods.”
The Department of Urban Planning of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council has opened the period of prior public consultation for the preparation of the Provisional Municipal Ordinance on the Use of Holiday Housing in Consolidated Urban Land, an initiative that will allow the adaptation of municipal regulations to the new regional legislation and establish the conditions for the implementation of this activity in neighborhoods and residential areas of the municipality.
Through this process, the City Council will gather opinions and contributions from residents, social groups, professionals, owners and economic agents for fifteen working days (starting on Friday, June 05) before drafting the final document.
This initiative is independent of the Provisional Ordinance on Tourist and Residential Uses currently under consideration and is limited exclusively to the regulation of holiday homes in consolidated urban areas. Its purpose is to define the compatibility conditions for this use in residential urban areas, in accordance with the new Canary Islands Law on Sustainable Planning of Tourist Housing Use.
The future ordinance will be created with the objective of providing the municipality with a tool that allows it to regulate the establishment of holiday homes in residential areas, establishing clear criteria that contribute to protecting access to housing, promoting neighborly coexistence and providing legal certainty to both residents and those who carry out this economic activity.
The First Deputy Mayor, Alejandro Marichal, highlighted that the drafting of this ordinance responds to the need to adapt municipal regulations to a reality that has undergone significant changes in recent years.
"Our goal is to regulate an activity that is part of the municipality's economic reality and ensure that its development is compatible with the right to housing, community harmony, and the quality of life in our neighborhoods," he stated. Marichal explained that the new regulations will provide clear criteria for the establishment of vacation rentals on consolidated urban land, offering certainty to both residents and property owners and operators in the sector.
"We are facing a tool that will allow the City Council to respond to a reality that directly affects our neighborhoods and to do so from a balanced, planned and general interest perspective," he added.
For her part, the Councilor for Urban Planning, Davinia Ramírez, called for citizen participation during this initial phase of the process. "The public consultation is a fundamental phase because it allows us to incorporate the perspectives of citizens and affected sectors from the outset, in order to build a solid regulation that is tailored to the reality of the municipality," she stated.
The councilwoman indicated that this process will allow the identification of the main concerns, needs and proposals of the different groups before starting to draft the ordinance.
"We want this regulation to be born from dialogue and participation. That's why it's important that residents, associations, and professionals take this opportunity to contribute their input and help define a regulation that will have a direct impact on the future of our neighborhoods," he added.
What is being asked?
The prior public consultation does not imply the approval of any specific measure or regulatory text. Its purpose is to gather opinions on the problems that the future ordinance intends to solve, the need for its approval, the objectives it should pursue, and possible regulatory alternatives.
Among the issues raised in the document submitted for consultation are the need to reconcile holiday home activity with the residential function of neighborhoods, guarantee neighborhood coexistence, preserve access to housing, and adapt municipal regulations to the new regional regulatory framework.
How can citizens participate?
During the public consultation period, any individual or legal entity may submit comments, suggestions, and proposals related to the future regulations. These contributions may be submitted within fifteen business days, starting the day after the publication of the corresponding announcement on the municipal website and the City Council's Transparency Portal.
All documentation will be available for consultation through the official channels of the City Council, where the procedures enabled for the presentation of contributions will also be detailed, starting from Friday, June 05.
With this initiative, the Department of Urban Planning of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council takes a new step in adapting municipal regulations to the current challenges of the municipality, promoting a participatory process that will allow the definition of regulations tailored to the reality of the municipality and the needs of its residents.
