How high can you build in Munich?
- CSU wants to question the citizens in the debate about the parcel post hall
Created: 03/23/2022, 18:03
By: Sascha Karowski
The plans for the parcel post area are a source of discussion: is it allowed to build so high in Munich?
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Do Munich residents vote again on high-rise buildings in the city?
The CSU now also wants a council request on the question of how high it can be built.
Munich – The CSU parliamentary group wants to take the debate about the parcel post hall as an opportunity and launch a council request to lift the upper limit for new high-rise buildings in Munich.
It is likely that this will happen.
The Greens also want a decision.
CSU faction leader Manuel Pretzl said: "We need a timely decision.
I want us to finally bring this debate to an end.” The
Süddeutsche Zeitung
reported first.
Referendum Munich: In 2004 there was a narrow vote against the construction of high-rise buildings
The last time there was a referendum in 2004 was whether buildings in Munich could be taller than 100 meters.
A slim majority of citizens spoke out against it.
The decision was no longer legally binding, but politicians still felt morally obligated long afterward.
The difference between council and citizens' requests is that the city council decides by majority whether there will be a referendum, meaning that Munich residents have to vote on a yes or no question.
A referendum can be started by citizens who, however, have to collect signatures from three percent of those entitled to vote.
Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD), meanwhile, is not very enthusiastic about the CSU initiative.
"With the high-rise study, we have a very good basis for deciding where high-rise buildings are conceivable in Munich and where not."
SPD leader Christian Müller said on Wednesday that there was broad public participation in the parcel post hall - with the citizens' report.
“The participants want an innovative development with modern, also bolder high points, affordable apartments and spacious open and green spaces.
A pure yes-no question would not have produced these results.”
Munich: Green leader Anna Hanusch – citizens should vote again on high-rise buildings
Meanwhile, the Greens are also pushing for a council decision.
Group leader Anna Hanusch said that she thought it was right to "let the Munich Parliament vote again on the question of high-rise buildings over 100 meters high by way of a council request".
However, she would suggest dispensing with a general height limit and instead assessing all projects from an urban planning, social and ecological perspective.
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