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Emiri Resolution No. 36 of 2009 on the Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning

Law Summary Record Type: Emiri DecisionNumber: 36Date: 23/06/2009 Corresponding to 01/07/1430 HijriNumber of Articles: 27Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 7Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 26/07/2009 Corresponding to 04/08/1430 HijriPage from: 118

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Article 8
Starting Date: 23/06/2009

Each municipality within its geographic boundaries shall be concerned with the following:

Proposing policies, programs, plans, decisions and budgets necessary for the development of the Municipality, progress of urbanisation and promotion of its public facilities, in coordination with the concerned administrative units;
Supervising the cleaning of public areas, issuing tickets against violators, supervising leased container contracts, controlling insects and rodents,removing neglected cars and dead animals, withdrawing sewage water for buildings not connected to the public sewerage network, and organising the necessary campaigns for houses, streets and areas according to the approved programs and technical standards set by the Public Cleanliness Department, in coordination with the competent bodies in the State;
Supervising, maintaining, managing and preparing gardens and parks for the public, according to the plans and programs developed by the competent department in the Ministry;
Taking action to provide offices for receiving user and consumer applications pertaining to connection of infrastructure services, in coordination with the concerned bodies;
Issuingpermits for building, drilling, maintenance and demolition, as well asmonitoring building execution works to verify conformance with plans and specifications approved by the competent bodies, issuing certificates of construction completion, issuing official reports against violators, and arranging settlements regarding contraventions;
Inspecting places for the display,sale, storage, transportation, manufacturing,production and trading of foodstuffs, and monitoring the implementation of established laws, regulations and decisions pertaining to foodstuffs and their fitness for human consumption, and taking legal measures against violators, according to applicable rules and regulations;
Issuing permits for advertisements, banners and publicityposters;
Supervising graves and conducting burial procedures for the dead;
Supervising the areas of support services affiliated to theMinistry with respect to ensuring cleanliness, issuing building permits, and coordinating with the competent bodies regarding public utilities and the necessary services required for them;
Maintaining roads, pavements andlamp posts within cities and villages in coordination with the competent bodies;
Monitoring markets and trading shops and regulating their working hours;
Collecting the municipality's duties and revenues, in coordination with the concerned administrative units in the Ministry;
Registering dealings involvingnon-Qataris benefitting from real estate in approved investment areas which lie within the Municipality's jurisdiction;
Registering real estate lease contracts in accordance with the laws regulating them;
Combatting begging in coordination with the competent bodies in the State;
Proposing the establishment of public toilets and supervising their cleanliness and maintenance;
Completing the tasks of personnel and workers affairs, in coordination with the competent administrative units of the Ministry;
Estimating the municipality's budget based on estimates of needs for machinery,supplies, materials and equipment necessary to implement its plans, and spending therefrom within the limits of the appropriations in the annual budget;
Managing the stores allocated for the municipality's supplies, tools and equipment;
Following up the maintenance works of the municipality's buildings and facilities;
Monitoring government lands to prevent encroachment thereon;
Executing small construction projects;
Establishing names and addresses for houses, streets, intersections, squares and public places, in coordination with the competent department of the Ministry;
Establishing, managing or contributing to the execution for the public benefit of works falling within the powers of its municipal jurisdiction.