Its purpose is to solve the problems between the current rules of the Plan and the need to rebuild supervening damaged buildings and demolished as a result of earthquakes produced in Lorca on 11 May.
November 30, 2011.
The Town Planning of the City of Lorca, José Joaquín Peñarrubia, has reported that the city council approved a final plenary session on Monday Supplementary Rules to facilitate the resettlement, reconstruction and repair of buildings affected by earthquakes.
Peñarrubia Manzanera has stated that "the aim of these complementary planning regulations is to establish the conditions to be met each and every one of the urban developments to be made to enable and facilitate the reconstruction and repair of buildings demolished and damaged accidentally and facilitate the relocation of those affected as a result of seismic activity and catastrophic, such as earthquakes that occurred last May 11, 2011 in the town of Lorca. These standards are promoted by the City and have been drafted by the Head of Service Planning and Management Urban area of ​​Lorca.
Peñarrubia Manzanera has indicated that "these rules have a particular and favorable report of the Directorate General of Land and Housing of the CARM, and have taken into account a number of proposals enhanced both by individuals and entities such as Chamber of Commerce, Official College of Civil Engineering, Channels and Ports Building Owners communities affected, Official College of Architects of Murcia and Ceclor. "
The Town Planning explained that the purpose of the Rules is to regulate aspects not covered by the General Plan or undeveloped by him or material modification to allow and facilitate the reconstruction and repair of buildings demolished or damaged by accident as a result catastrophic seismic actions, developing and complement the existing legislation of the General Municipal Plan of Arrangement of Lorca.
The articles regulating permit and facilitate the reconstruction and repair of buildings demolished and damaged, and if the relocation, picking up aspects not covered by current legislation of the General Plan for this under-developed areas or substantial modification.
The wording of these rules is produced to solve the problems between the current regulations and the need supervening Plan to rebuild damaged buildings and demolished as a result of earthquakes produced in Lorca last May 11, 2011.
Flexibility for the reconstruction of buildings affected by earthquakes
Manzanera Peñarrubia stressed that the buildings legally constructed prior to final approval of the General Plan and that are structurally affected by calamities, be rehabilitated or reconstructed on preexisting conditions, with the following conditions of tolerance:
In those buildings that exceed the number of plants established in the General Plan, the reconstruction of that property will not exceed by more than one plant the maximum number set by the existing General Plan.
It may keep the number of existing plants in those buildings that do not meet the minimum number of plants established in the General Plan.
The existing floor area must be rearranged in the most consistent with the management provided for in the General Plan, preferably increasing the occupation, buildable depth, width of the buildable flights or permitted under deck or recessed attic in cases where not envisaged in the planning to exhaust the existing floor area of ​​the building.
Exceptions can plot the minimum conditions and even to plot size, setbacks, occupation, number of dwellings per parcel, building type and enforcement of parking and the plateaus and ramps to these, in justified cases.
The City Council establishes a series of constructive recommendations that extend the rules sismoterrestre.
The Town Planning reported that "felt desirable that as a result of seismic activity that occurred on 11 May 2011 and taking into account the most common injuries caused to buildings, is conducting a series of constructive recommendations and urgent precaution, to be considered for rehabilitation and new construction. These are written as a complement to seismic building regulations in force NCSR-02 and the Technical Building Code. "
These are:
-Stairs: It is recommended to design the staircase slabs as structural elements separate from the rest of the structure, avoiding the architectural solutions in which the plateaus are supported by pillars.
-Structures: the pillars should be avoided short (dwarf) on the ground floor, basement, it would be best to extend the basement walls to its junction with the forging ground floor, and if the need to open holes in the elevations the wall to vent, do it with a maximum of 1 / 3 of its length.
It also establishes the need for expansion joints between pillars and enclosures captives.
-Guards: The guard rails or guards on the balconies, terraces, windows and stairs should be anchored to structural elements.
- Closing of premises in ground floor:
- Local diaphanous: It should use armed or similar factory or a lightweight cladding system would outline metal and gypsum board (PYL) to a height equivalent to that of the ground floor of the building to which it belongs, until there is obtain the necessary license to open or activity.
- Perimeter fence of the hallways: It is recommended that the perimeter fencing of the hallways in excess of 3 meters high, with navy or similar plant or a system using profiled metal cladding and lightweight gypsum board (PYL), and be anchored structural elements.
- Paramentos revealed: all the walls of this nature are sharecroppers or not, when used on the facade facing brick factory would be advisable to have a support of at least 2 / 3 of its thickness in the slabs.
- Siding facade: It is recommended to place the tiling and other prefabricated elements (stone, ceramics, synthetics, wood, etc.) in front enclosures above a height of 1m (socket) on the ground, using mechanical anchors the enclosure to serve of support.
The anchors must ensure sufficient stability of the pieces against seismic actions and their characteristics being such as to ensure a life similar to anchor the building.
- Sills, walls or overalls with the top open and more than 80 cm in height, it is recommended that in any case, armed topped with a crown, having vertical reinforcement anchored to the structure.
Also, the piece of auction or coping are advised to remain anchored to the hoop of coronation.
- Fireplaces: It is advisable, the anchor of the chimneys by armed with steel rods and forged anchorage or other system that avoids these section and / or fall.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca