
July 13, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
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The Tourism Ministry has announced the cease of operations for the Coco-Mat Hotel in Koukaki district of Athens as the owner has not complied with the state decisions to bring down the two upper floors for they hide view to the Acropolis.
The building’s permit has been partially revoked as it lacked the necessary permits from the Ministry of Culture.
The dispute between the state and the hotel owners has been going on since 2029, when residents in the area started to complain about the height of the building. Several ministerial decisions have ruled that the building height cannot exceed 21 meters.
In an announcement issued on Wednesday evening, the Tourism Ministry said that procedures are proceeding immediately to stop the operation of the “COCO MAT ATHENS BC” hotel “due to a partial revocation of the building permit.”
Among other, the Ministry stated that “with its document dated 21/4/2023, the competent Regional Tourism Service of Attica sent to hotel a request to provide explanations in order to investigate the reasons why there had been no change in the notification details of the tourist accommodation in the notify business information system following the change in its building permit No. 15/2017, and the relevant explanations were given regarding its operation.”
The hotel of the Eumorphidis brothers, which is located in the center of Athens on Falirou street and has been repeatedly accused of “hiding” the view towards the Acropolis, while the Council of Ministers is also pushing for the immediate demolition of its two highest floors.
On its part the company said on Thursday that “after legal actions of the Company and with the decision of 29.05.2023 of the Athens Central Sector of the Decentralized Administration of Attica, the “deed” of partial revocation of the building permit 15/2017 of the Company’s hotel, which had been the basis for declaring its premises over 24 meters and to impose fines for erecting and maintaining arbitrariness was dismissed as non-existing. This judgment regarding the manifestly non-existent act of partial revocation of the license, which did not produce any legal consequences, was also repeated by the Council of State’s Compliance Council with its minutes numbered 15/2023.”