The Ministry of Municipalities Ministry of Municipalities has approved updating the penalties for municipal violations by adding violation of building division to units violating the building license, as part of its efforts to regulate the urban environment and ensure the safety of establishments and compliance with regulations and approved municipal licenses.

Ministry of Municipalities MoM The penalties include imposing a fine ranging from (5) thousand to (25) thousand riyals for the violating unit, obliging the violator to remove the violation at his expense, and in cases where it is not possible to remove the violation from the structural point of view due to the impact on the safety of the building, the violator will be punished by paying half the cost of the violated building, with the obligation to correct it and remove the damage, provided that a certificate from a qualified engineering office accredited by the Ministry proving the safety of the constructed facilities.

The Ministry indicated that the penalties include a fine ranging from (5) thousand to (25) thousand riyals for the violated unit, with an obligation to remove the violation at his expense. The Ministry pointed out that this practice leads to negative effects on the urban fabric of cities and creates a confusing increase in population densities, in addition to the direct impact on basic services and parking lots in the streets surrounding these buildings.

The Ministry pointed out that this practice leads to negative effects on the urban fabric of cities and creates a confusing increase in population densities. <She explained that the violator is given a period of (60) days to correct the situation after being notified of the existence of the violation, in accordance with the approved statutory procedures to ensure that violations are addressed without harming the safety of buildings or their inhabitants, stressing the need to expedite the correction of building division violations to avoid falling into fines.
She stated that the update of the regulation aims to limit irregular practices that result in the division of buildings or apartments without obtaining the required licenses, which contributes to improving the urban environment, eliminating harm to residents, and ensuring the quality of implementation and structural safety.

It is noteworthy that updating the penalty regulations for building violations and dividing buildings into unlicensed units comes within the ongoing efforts to develop municipal and regulatory systems, seeking to raise the level of compliance and improve the urban environment in cities, calling on owners and investors to comply with the regulations before carrying out any division or modification of buildings.