Empty House and Vacant Land Cleaning
Definition of Empty House Cleaning
Empty House Cleaning will be carried out when there are conditions where there are ornamental plants and trees that are not maintained or cared for properly, bushes and wild plants, causing visual disturbances, which become breeding grounds and shelter for poisonous animals and disease-carrying insects or affecting the safety and rights of the general population.
Definition of Empty Land Cleaning
Empty Land Cleaning will be carried out when there are conditions where there are bushes and wild plants that cause visual disturbances, which become breeding grounds and shelter for poisonous animals and disease-carrying insects or affecting the safety and rights of the general population.
Types of nuisances caused by abandoned houses or vacant land:
- Bushes
- Breeding grounds for dangerous animals and insects such as snakes and Aedes mosquitoes
- Illegal garbage dumps -
Collection points for scrap/recyclable goods
What are the responsibilities of a house or vacant land owner?
1. Ensure that the area around the house is cleaned and does not cause a nuisance to the surrounding neighbors.
2. Carry out regular cleaning of bushes (vacant land) once a month by cleaning, cutting, scratching, poisoning and putting them in plastic waste by placing the plastic in the garbage chamber / house / garbage bin in front of the house or disposing of it at the composting site (PKPS) in Bukit Puchong, Puchong.
What is the Role of MBSJ
? 1. A Notice of Nuisance will be issued to the owner of the house / vacant land. The owner of the house / vacant land is given 14 days to clean the house / vacant land.
2. IF FAILED, the Council will carry out the cleaning work and the owner is responsible for paying all cleaning costs by the Council. Cleaning cost claims will be implemented in accordance with existing legal provisions.
Cleaning Cost Payment Rates
The calculation of the new claim cost starting from 1 January 2019 is based on the current value of the cleaning work + 5% management costs. For each cleaning cost of empty houses and empty land, the claim will be based on the needs on the site as follows:
| Bill | Things | Number of Days | Price (RM) |
| 1 | Employee (PRA) | 1 | 50.00 |
| 2 | Truck + driver + disposal costs | 1 | 250.00 |
| 3 | Backhoe + driver | 1 | 500.00 |
CALCULATION EXAMPLE
| Bill | Things | Number of employees | Use of machinery | Number of days | Management Cost (RM) | Total |
| 1 | Empty house (edge) | 3 x RM 50.00 | Truck - RM 250.00 | 1 | 20.00 | RM 420.00 |
| 2 | Land lot (land only) | 4 x RM 50.00 | Truck - RM 250.00 | 1 | 22.50 | RM 472.50 |
| 3 | Land lot (trees) | 4 x RM 50.00 | Truck + backhoe (RM 250.00 + RM 500.00) | 1 | 47.50 | RM 997.50 |