More evidence urged in hotel row
Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipibul yesterday urged the developer of a hotel on Soi Ruamrudee that a court found in violation of the building code to gather evidence to launch an appeal.
A source at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) also said the Pathum Wan District Office wouldn’t raze the hotel yet pending the appeal.
Theerachon said the hotel owner had 30 days to find more proof that the hotel was constructed legally besides the letter in its possession dated September 8, 2005, from the assistant district director that confirmed that the soi was 10 metres wide.
The court decided in favour of Soi Ruamrudee residents who had complained that the hotel’s construction was unlawful because the soi wasn’t at least 10 metres wide as required for a building that size.
Theerachon said the district director had ordered Larpprathan Co to tear down its hotel within 60 days while Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra urged city officials to look up laws to protect the administration.
The BMA source said the district office hadn’t yet issued the demolition order, pending the company’s appeal and the Appeals Court’s verdict.
