Completed the first stage of checks Mykonos. Yesterday the band returned to Athens with rich material behind them. urban planning and tax control which took place in the famous shops of the island. As for the urban-ecological part, in the coming days, the drawing up of a control act will begin, and then an autopsy report, which will end in fines and in the editorial demolition protocols.

According to “K”, eight inspectors for environmental protection and construction, three employees of the Department of Spatial Planning of the Ministry of the Environment, two employees of the economic police and two more employees of the Anti-Extortion Office went to the island. The employees worked in parallel, divided into three groups, in different shops of the island of interest to health (beach bars, bars, restaurants), without encountering any reaction from the inspectors.

Thanks to the provision included in the recent multi-bill, Environmental and building inspectors they will “replace” specific local urban planning authorities (Syros Building Service). Until today, in such cases (even in Mykonos), inspectors were limited to environmental violations, and the registration of urban violations required the assistance of the relevant department of urban planning. This replacement is not permanent, but is made on a case-by-case basis by the decision of his management. Ministry of the Environment. The inspectors take on this task for the second time – the first was given with an amendment specifically for the Mati region, after the well-known disaster.

How quickly are events expected to develop? In the coming days, environmental inspectors will be asked to draw up the first inspection report. Based on this, business owners (or tenants, as the case may be) who committed violations will be called to apologize, that is, to testify.

As soon as the autopsy report is ready, the local police department is immediately notified, which imposes a cessation of work.

In the same time autopsy reports, which will record in detail the identified urban-environmental offenses. The autopsy report will also calculate fines for erecting and maintaining unauthorized structures and fines for environmental violations.

By law, once the autopsy report is prepared, the local police station is immediately notified, which entails a stoppage of work. The interested party may file an objection within 30 days either in relation to the legality of the construction or in relation to the amount of the fine. The objection is considered by the local Council for Urban Affairs and Disputes (SYPOTHA). This process can drag on from months to … years, until each case is submitted to the council for discussion.

If the objection is rejected, then the unauthorized object can be demolished within 10 days (a demolition protocol is drawn up), and the fines are finalized and certified by the competent financial service. If the owner of the arbitrariness demolishes it himself, then the competent urban planning authority (in this case, the inspectors) is notified of the cancellation of the remaining part of the fine. It should be noted that since 2011, a Special Demolition Service has been established in the Ministry of the Environment, which has the right to commission demolition work independently or coordinate the demolition by Decentralized Administrations (for coastlines, beaches and forests) and the building of local services (other urban violations).

Given that this process could take a long time, the question in the case of Mykonos is whether certain shops will be allowed to open this year. It is recalled that since 2017, health shops have been operating by submitting a simple notification to the municipality (which the municipality does not need to check, since it only requires 30%).