This because they are an important part of the Hobart sky line. That requirement is recorded on the Certificate of Title.
But soon after purchase in February 2007,Mr Khani bulldozed a large area,excavated part of the slope & imported a large amount of fill which rose menacingly above neighbouring homes & substantially remains there today.
Tribunal orders to restore it some years ago have also been ignored.
Now it seems that enough is enough & after many neighbourhood protests the Council has moved to carry out the requirements of the Resource Management & Planning Appeal Tribunal Order of July 2009 to restore the land to what it was & has called for tenders to do so.
The Tender was advertised in the Mercury 2 June 2012:
Pitt and Sherry assessed the condition of the land and submitted a report on what needs to be done which is the basis of the tender.
I notice that Peter Ray of Pitt and Sherry is not involved in this. It seems a shame because he had prior experience working with Khani on the Bathurst St developments and kept on telling me and my wife that Khani was just a little "bullish" every time we made a complaint that he was breaking Tribunal conditions in building too close to us, constructing illegal windows and breaking other planning conditions.
Well it seems Khani has been a little "bullish" at Marlborough street too because reading the report shows that it will take major work to rectify this condition and this will all be billed to Khani.
I don't need a crystal ball to forecast an entertaining Court battle looming on the horizon as HCC try to claim costs against Khani!
Most of the applicable parts of the report below:
