Residents of the new Kiryat Karnitzi who purchased apartments in the prestigious Towers neighborhood are launching a fight against the decision to establish a cemetery opposite the towers being built, claiming that this will lead to a sharp decline in the value of their apartments.
The area is known as the "Great Triangle" in the village of Azar, which is annexed to Ramat Gan from the east. The Towers neighborhood, which is currently being built, is adjacent to the neighborhoods of single-family homes in Ramat Efal, Tel Hashomer, and the old Kiryat Karnitsky.
""We, the future residents of the large triangle complex - the 'General Meir Amit' neighborhood - and the residents of the surrounding area, express strong opposition to the intention of the Ramat Gan Municipality and the Kfar Azar Committee to promote the regulation of a statutory plan that will allow the construction of a cemetery on a plot of land whose details are in question and which borders the complex. This planning is in complete contradiction to every representation and outline plan that was presented to us before the purchase of the apartments and which was verified with the Ramat Gan Municipality," write apartment buyers in the towers to Ramat Gan Mayor Israel Singer, his deputy Avivit Maor Nimrodi, and municipal engineer Haim Cohen.
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The apartment buyers claim damage not only to their property due to a possible decrease in the value of the apartments, but also to their feelings: "This intention of the Ramat Gan Municipality to promote the construction of the cemetery in the complex harms the feelings, property and property rights of thousands of families who have purchased housing units in the complex, as well as of the residents of the area whose homes will overlook the cemetery, funerals and memorial ceremonies. We, the future and current residents of the area, express and will express our firm opposition to the intention to change so sharply the planning trends of the areas immediately adjacent to the buildings being built.".
The buyers claim that the construction of the cemetery was done in violation of the national master plan, meaning that it was not planned. They also mention that the minimum distance between a new cemetery and "a residential area where construction of three stories or more is permitted shall be a minimum of 200 meters," according to law, while they claim that "there are at least 4 buildings of 3 stories or more, whose proximity to the new cemetery is less than 200 meters as the air approaches.".
The apartment buyers are threatening to go to court if their demand is not met. They claim that there are over 100 opponents to the construction of the cemetery, in addition to the opposition of the landowners, developers and contractors in the project.
The municipality claimed in an official letter on August 28 that no objections to the move had been registered, but residents of the area expressed surprise at this, given the fact that they had already "recruited" more than 100 opponents.
