In response to growing concerns of traditional market vendors over the mushrooming of modern markets across the city, Jakarta administration is revising the 2002 bylaw on private markets.
“The [draft] has been forwarded to the legislative body at [Jakarta Legislative Council] for review,” Jakarta city secretary Fadjar Panjaitan said as quoted by kompas.com.
Previously, Jakarta’s traditional market operator, PD Pasar Jaya, has said traditional market vendors suffered losses because of the minimarkets’ trend.
Many vendors have cited a sharp drop in income since minimarkets, selling similar products, were established nearby.
According to the existing bylaw, modern minimarkets occupying a floor space of up to 200 square meters can only be built at least 500 meters from traditional markets, while bigger modern markets must not be established less than 1 kilometer from traditional markets.
Fadjar said the revision of the bylaw would include changes to the required distance between a modern minimarket and a traditional one.
The city secretariat, he added, had ordered that a survey be conducted to form an inventory of illegal minimarkets. The results would be forwarded to the governor on February 27.
The city administration, he said, would immediately shut down any minimarkets found to be violating the zoning regulation, or, if they can comply with the bylaw, provide permits for them to remain open.
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