Notice for Sharjah Residents: Don't use balcony as a store room

 The Director general of Sharjah Municipality -Thabit Al Taraifi, said that the community body is supplying booklets, leaflets, brochures and handouts to residents to make them aware of the Municipality rules against hanging garments, dumping disposed of materials or installation of satellite dishes on the flat balconies.

The Municipality additionally utilized its online social media accounts to pass on the message of keeping up the beautiful appearance of the city. 

Increased inspections by Sharjah Municipality 

The awareness campaign will be followed by increased inspections focusing on all buildings in the city and residential neighborhoods. It has been seen that numerous residents are loading furniture, hanging garments for drying, putting away unused materials and installing satellite dish tv equipments on flat balconies, Al Taraifi brought up. 

He included that the offense of altering the beautiful appearance of the city and making threat to Children's safety in the house could get a fine of Dh500, which will be doubled in the event of non-payment of the fine. 

Putting away unused furniture on balconies could end up being dangerous as small children could step on them and fall, he said. During the most recent couple of years, more than 100 children have died after being  falling from their balconies.

The municipality will proceed with its inspections to guarantee that residents are living as per the rules and guidelines. Residents can use the balconies for drying garments, in a way that the dress hanged will not be seen from outside. Balconies must be kept clean to maintain the beautiful appearance of the structure. The displaying of circulars is banned in the Building entrance and municipality also ordered the building managements and owners to impose the ban in putting up notices at the entrance of buildings.

The muncipality additionally requested the building administrations and proprietors to impose a ban on fliers and circulars that are set up at the entrance of buildings. 

The individuals who violate the rule should pay Dh250 as fine and if there should be an occurrence of non-payment, it is multiplied to Dh500. 

He encouraged people in general to call Municipality hotline 993 to report any violation, focusing on that the team will quickly move the complaint to the concerned department and will take the appropriate action against the violators.