The Department of State Interests Protection of the RA Prosecutor General's Office examined the documents received from the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia regarding construction carried out at the address: 1/1 Tigranyan, Yerevan. With a view to ensure comprehensiveness, the necessary documents were also requested and received from the RA Urban Development, Technical Standards and Fire Safety Inspectorate.

 

As a result, it was found out that for the elaboration of design documents by a commercial company for the construction of a residential quarter in the administrative district of Arabkir, on 02.03.2018 Yerevan Municipality gave permission for design. Permission was given to develop a project for the construction of the quarter (which consists of 5 residential buildings), in accordance with current regulatory requirements, providing for the necessary minimum distance.

 

On 27.04.2018 Yerevan Municipality gave permission to the company for the construction of the indicated residential quarter. As a basis for this were taken the design permit, a working project developed by a specialized company, an expert conclusion approved by another company, as well as conclusions presented by the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations and the RA Environmental Impact Expertise of the Ministry of Environment.

 

However, in the course of a study carried out by the RA Urban Development, Technical Standards and Fire Safety Inspectorate, it was found out that one of the buildings of the residential quarter was 3.4 meters from the production facility, and the other building was 9.3 meters away. Thus, during the construction of the residential quarter in the industrial zone the requirement of the building norm was not taken into account, according to which the distance from the border of the land plot of production facilities near the areas of public and mixed construction to residential and public buildings should be at least 50m.

 

Herewith, numerous citizens concluded agreements for the purchase of real estate in the residential quarter, which received state registration.

 

Thus, in the course of the study it was found out that by the employee of the company that approved the architectural and construction part of the construction project was developed  a residential quarter project that contradicted the design permission and the requirements established by the building  norms, and by the employee of the commercial company and officials of the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations and the RA Environmental Impact Expertise of the Ministry of Environment were given conclusions with false contents, which were presented to the company, which received a building permit, and the company in its turn presented them to the Yerevan City Hall.

 

Yerevan City Hall officials, in their turn, ignored the building norms and requirements established by the design permit. As a result, a building permit was given with a deliberately false content, which entailed severe consequences for the owner of a nearby production facility and citizens who concluded agreements for the purchase of real estate.

 

Taking into account that in the course of the study factual data were found out containing elements of criminal acts in the Department of State Interests Protection of the RA Prosecutor General's Office, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 308 and Part 1 of Art. 314 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

 

With the instruction to carry out the preliminary investigation, the criminal case was sent to the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

 

Notice: Every person suspected in or charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent unless proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code and unless the verdict comes into legal force.