The program, initiated by the Urban Renewal Authority and the Petah Tikva Municipality, covers a significant portion of the city area in Petah Tikva and applies to buildings requiring reinforcement against earthquakes. The program outlines a controlled process and enables gradual renewal of the built fabric in the city through reinforcement and additional construction, or through demolition and reconstruction.
The program is promoted under Section 23 of TAMA 38 and sets the conditions for building renewal in the city. Furthermore, the program defines building rights within the various mechanisms stipulated therein, according to the renewal zones it defines: Metropolitan Main Street, Urban Main Street, and Citywide B and C.
The city currently has approximately 2,500 buildings requiring reinforcement, comprising about 35,000 housing units. Accordingly, the full potential of housing units that can be realized from this program, should all buildings be renewed according to the maximum scenario, encompasses tens of thousands of housing units. The program’s target is approximately 11,000 new housing units, subject to the required public space capacity.
The program establishes mechanisms for adding active frontages, including commercial or public spaces on the city’s main streets, as well as new pedestrian passage routes through public easement mechanisms.
Chairman of the Central District Committee, Adv. Micha Gadron: “Petah Tikva joins a list of cities such as Lod, Kfar Saba, Ra’anana, and Ramla, where similar programs have been approved. The program replaces TAMA 38 and will provide a solution for buildings requiring reinforcement against earthquakes that are not included in complex urban renewal projects.”
Central District Planner at the Planning Administration, Talila Harel: “This is a significant program for urban renewal in Petah Tikva, a program that improves building renewal possibilities by adapting construction regulations to the urban character, allowing for the allocation of built public spaces, establishing active frontages, and new passage routes for improving pedestrian accessibility.”
Director of the Planning Department at the National Urban Renewal Authority, Guri Nadler, noted that: “The Petah Tikva Municipality has been promoting urban renewal on a large scale in recent years, and the program approved today creates an additional and significant tool for promoting renewal in the city. The program is adapted to the city’s various areas, prioritizes renewal in complexes, and creates significant certainty for promoting building permits for renewal at the single plot level.”
The program was prepared by Mazor Firsht Architects and Urban Planners.