As of: March 15, 2024, 1:00 p.m
By: Gerti Reichl
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The application to change the town hall planning to protect the trees was about these maples on the border of the town hall property.
© Thomas Plettenberg
In order to preserve trees, a neighbor wanted the planned new town hall building in Rottach-Egern to be moved further south.
The local council rejected the new planning as disproportionate.
Rottach-Egern
- The fact that Rottach property owner Eva Mengele started a dispute with the community after the referendum on Rottach town hall over trees on the border of the town hall property recently caused a stir in the community.
In the first local council meeting after the majority vote to demolish and rebuild the town hall and then in the citizens' meeting, her demand was already discussed: In order to protect her trees and to better develop the western property, she called for a change in the plan for the new town hall building.
This was ultimately rejected.
Neighbor wanted the new town hall building to be moved
According to the application, the entire structure should be moved two meters to the south and the part of the underground car park that is not covered by a further two meters.
Mengele warned against reducing the tree protection regulation to absurdity.
Moving the building would actually be a benefit for the community, according to the applicant.
Mayor: Postponing would be disproportionate additional effort
Mayor Christian Köck (CSU) has now fulfilled his announced promise to address the issue in the public council meeting.
He explained in great detail what he thought about it.
“The requested postponement of the town hall represents a disproportionate additional effort with corresponding additional costs, as both the new town hall building and the measures taken by the utility provider are affected by the postponement,” said Köck, referring to the new transformer station, which is being built behind the town hall independently of the new building .
In this context, the route of the cables would be relocated and in future run south of the town hall.
A further change is only possible with considerable additional effort.
The entire open space plan would also have to be changed
However, it is “very important” that in addition to the input plans, the entire open space planning would also have to be changed.
Here too, in addition to the time delay, there would also be additional costs - due to a change in plan, extension of the construction period and extended rent payment to the district savings bank for the temporary home.
“We worked very intensively with the planners on the new location,” argued Köck.
“Overall, we come to the conclusion that the planned location is the right one.”
According to Köck, trees on neighboring property do not shape the townscape
Köck found that causing additional costs at the expense of the general public again through changes to the plan and because of the two trees was not proportionate.
In addition, the two trees are not trees that characterize the townscape, according to the town hall boss.
“If there were old linden trees there, we would have planned differently from the start.” Köck also recalled that the neighbor was informed about the project on September 21, 2023.
“Since then we have had no response.
Only now, after the referendum has taken place, has the application been submitted.
That's not okay either, since we always poured pure wine." It was also always the opinion that future local councilors should be given the rear property for use.
“The current open space planning is therefore coherent,” says Köck.
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Green councilor: “Trees are falling like tin soldiers”
Thomas Tomaschek (Greens) admitted that two hearts beat in his chest on this matter.
“On the one hand, the trees are falling like tin soldiers, and that’s a shame,” lamented Tomaschek.
“On the other hand, a lot of time and money would be lost through new planning.” He announced his rejection because he saw overall more disadvantages than advantages if the Mengele request were to be complied with.
Tomaschek: “It would be crazy to knock everything over.”
However, Köck announced replacement plantings if the trees could not be preserved.
Overall, he made it clear that Rottach-Egern always strives to protect trees.
Unlike property developers, the new town hall building is not about maximizing profits, but rather a project for the future of the community.
This also includes an underground car park.
Mengele's request was unanimously rejected.
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