<The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing has prepared mandatory controls for the fencing of vacant white lands in the urban area within cities in order to ensure the quality of the urban landscape and unify its appearance with the surrounding buildings in a civilized manner. According to the controls, approval must be obtained from the secretariats and municipalities and the fencing is implemented on all land boundaries and according to a unified design and the land owner is responsible for sidewalk safety, lighting and afforestation on the sidewalk and the land is located on main and artery roads with high density and identified by the secretariats and municipalities.

Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing prepared mandatory controls. Last April, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing gave the owners of white lands a 6-month deadline to fence their lands, according to the lands concerned with fencing in accordance with the specifications and instructions regulating this; to address visual distortion by building a fence on them within the limits of his legal ownership.

Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing The Ministry has set a fine starting from a minimum of one riyal up to a maximum of 20,000 riyals as a penalty for not fencing or planting the perimeter of the lands in the areas determined by the municipality as it deems necessary to achieve the interest, according to the specifications it sets, according to the table of municipal violations displayed in the national platform for violations (Eva).

The Ministry has set a fine of one riyal at a minimum, and up to 20,000 riyals at a maximum.

Controls and instructions:

1. - The construction of the fence is carried out on the property line of the space land.
2. - One door is allowed for the fence, which opens from the inside and horizontally and has a width of at least 2.4 m.
3. - The construction of annexes or any building inside the space land is prohibited.
4. - All security and safety matters are taken into account when installing the fence units.
5. - It is forbidden to remove or cut any trees located in the sidewalks surrounding the site.
6. - The landowner is obligated to periodically maintain the fence and repair damaged parts.
7. - It is forbidden to place any advertising materials on it without referring to the competent authority.
8. - Contracting with an engineering office to issue a license to fence a vacant land.
9. - The owner of the land is fully responsible for the fence, and for any damage caused to it.
10. - Each entity fences its space lands in coordination with the Municipality.
11. - The fence of the space land is removed in the event of activity on the land.
12. - It is prohibited to use the fenced space land for any commercial activity or parking lots.
13. - Suspended space lands are not required to be fenced until the barrier is removed.
14. - The supervisory authority in the Municipality inspects the sidewalk after the completion of the implementation works.
15. - Obtaining a fencing license and fencing the land does not exempt from white land fees.
16. - The Municipality has the right to remove the fence in case of non-implementation.

Stone wall:

<It consists of mesh molds that are filled with suitable stones according to the nature of the area.

- High-density iron wire is used to build the iron mesh mold.

- The length of the iron mesh mold is (100-200) cm, 30 cm wide and 50-60 cm high.<The area of one square in the mold is 5×10 cm.

- A wooden board is installed on top of the mold that allows passersby to sit on the mold.

- Trees and plants suitable for growing in the stones are allowed to be planted on top of the molds.

Concrete Fence

- Establish a light concrete base on the ground to stabilize the wall 0.70 m wide and 0.20 m high.

- Concrete wall 0.60 m high from the surface of the base.

- Fix the stones with cement mortar.

- Clad the upper wall surface with stone or paint.

- Adhere to the design dimensions.

Uncharted territory:

- Placing an announcement on the land site for 6 months on the need to fence the land and review the municipality or municipality.

- Coordinating with the Ministry of Justice to obtain the data of the owner of the land.

- Fencing the land one year after the announcement on the land, while charging the owner the costs of fencing when he reviews it.

- Coordinating with the Public Authority for State Property to study the transfer of land ownership to state property.