Government bill · 20th Knesset · published as law 7 August 2016
חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Law on Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016 · automatic translation · suggest a correction
Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית
Topics: Housing, land and construction* · * from the Knesset's official law classification
Official summary of the law (Knesset)
The Planning and Building Law (Amendment No. 107 and Temporary Provision), 2016 was passed by the Knesset on 1 August 2016. The Law provides that the Minister of Tourism, in consultation with the Director General of the Ministry of Tourism, may declare four types of projects and facilities as tourism infrastructure. The provisions of the Law applicable to a national infrastructure plan shall apply to such tourism infrastructure. The Law establishes various limitations on such declarations by the Minister of Tourism, including a limitation on declaring areas located in the coastal environment, unless they are within the jurisdiction of a municipal authority, and a limitation on declaring an area surrounded on all sides by land designated in a district outline plan for a type of open spaces. The Law also provides, as a temporary provision for a period of two years, that a subcommittee with authority over tourism plans shall be established in each district. The subcommittee's decision regarding these plans shall be final, without the possibility of further discussion in the plenum of the district committee. In addition, the Law allows an independent local committee to approve additional residential building area on plots designated for hotels, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in the Law.
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Hebrew original
חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו–2016 התקבל בכנסת ביום כ"ו בתמוז התשע"ו (1 באוגוסט 2016). החוק קובע כי שר התיירות בהתייעצות עם המנהל הכללי של משרד התיירות רשאי להכריז על ארבעה סוגי מיזמים ומיתקנים כתשתית תיירות. על תשתית תיירות כאמור יחולו הוראות החוק החלות על תכנית לתשתית לאומית. החוק קובע מגבלות שונות על הכרזת שר התיירות כאמור, לרבות המגבלה על הכרזה על שטחים הנמצאים בסביבה החופית, אלא אם כן הם בתחום רשות עירונית וכן, מגבלה על הכרזה על שטח המוקף מכל עבריו בקרקע המיועדת בתכנית מיתאר מחוזית לסוג של שטחים פתוחים. כמו כן, החוק קובע בהוראת שעה לתקופה של שנתיים כי תוקם בכל מחוז ועדת משנה שבסמכותה תכניות לתיירות. החלטת ועדת המשנה בעניין תכניות אלו תהיה סופית, ללא אפשרות דיון נוסף במליאת הוועדה המחוזית. בנוסף, החוק מאפשר לוועדה מקומית עצמאית לאשר תוספת שטחי בנייה למגורים במגרשים המיועדים למלונאות, בתנאים ובמגבלות המפורטים בחוק.
Readings
- 22 February 2016 · First reading · להעביר את הצעת החוק לוועדההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 106 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill on Planning and Building (Amendment No. 106 and temporary provision), 2016autoBill passed first reading38 for · 34 against
- 25 July 2016 · First reading · להעביר את הצעת החוק לוועדההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016autoBill passed first reading58 for · 48 against
- 2 August 2016 · Third reading · אישור החוקהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016autoLaw passed50 for · 42 against
What was said in the plenum
The law seeks to accelerate the construction of hotels in Israel by creating a fast-track planning process under the National Infrastructure Committee, and it permits converting part of the hotel building rights into residential apartments in order to improve the viability of projects. The debate focused on whether the mechanism would actually promote the tourism industry and vacation prices, and mainly on the concern that the law harms protection of the sea coastline and the regular planning system by creating bypass tracks.
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Hebrew original
החוק מבקש להאיץ בנייה של בתי מלון בישראל על ידי יצירת מסלול תכנוני מהיר במסגרת הוועדה לתשתיות לאומיות (ות״ל), והוא מתיר להמיר חלק מזכויות הבנייה המלונאיות לדירות מגורים כדי לשפר את כדאיות הפרויקטים. הדיון התמקד בשאלה אם המנגנון יקדם בפועל את ענף התיירות ובמחירי הנופש, ובעיקר בחשש שהחוק פוגע בהגנה על חופי הים ובמערכת התכנון הרגילה על ידי יצירת מסלולים עוקפים.
Arguments for
- The lengthy planning and building procedures (about ten years or more) are the main obstacle to building hotels in Israel, and a fast track through the National Planning and Building Council for Infrastructure (VATAL) will shorten them and enable a construction boom.
- Concentrating the planning of hotels in several locations across the country under a single committee will attract international hotel chains that currently avoid entering Israel due to the need to undergo a separate process in each city.
- Permitting the conversion of part of the building rights to residential use (up to 20%) will improve the economic feasibility and financing ability of hotel projects, and will allow the developer to bring forward revenues, which will lead to an increase in the supply of hotel rooms and a reduction in vacation prices.Yariv Levin (Likud), Menachem Eliezer Moses (United Torah Judaism), David Bitan (Likud), David Amsalem (Likud)
- The law includes restrictions intended to balance the promotion of tourism with the preservation of the environment and the coasts, such as a ban on residential construction on the first coastal line and in the coastal environment, limiting the authority to independent local committees only, and conditioning the realization of residential use on the realization of hospitality use.Yael German (Yesh Atid), David Amsalem (Likud)
- Increasing the supply of hotel rooms will increase employment, including among minority populations and in the periphery, and will contribute to the national economy.Yariv Levin (Likud), David Amsalem (Likud)
Arguments against
- The law dangerously and illegitimately expands the concept of "national infrastructure" to include private commercial ventures (hotels and even malls or casinos), thereby harming the regular planning system and creating a dangerous precedent for continuing to break through bypass tracks for any field that some minister wishes to promote.Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Dov Khenin (Joint List), Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union), Osama Saadi (Joint List), Yael German (Yesh Atid)
- Beneath the guise of hospitality lies the possibility of establishing luxury residential apartments in the coastal environment (and in the original case even on the first coastal line), contrary to the Coastal Law and to decades of public struggle to protect the coasts for the benefit of the general public, when this housing will be expensive and unaffordable for the general public.Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Dov Khenin (Joint List), Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union), Yael German (Yesh Atid), Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union)
- It has not been proven that the real problem of the hotel industry is specifically the planning procedures; there is data showing that hotel occupancy is not full and that other barriers (such as kashrut costs and the security-political situation) have a greater impact, and therefore the root of the problem should be addressed by improving the overall planning system rather than by creating additional bypass tracks.Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Dov Khenin (Joint List), Nachman Shai (Zionist Union), Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union), Omer Barlev (Zionist Union)
- The decentralization of planning authorities among various government ministries (Finance, Interior, Tourism) harms planning uniformity and does not address existing planning needs, such as the planning problems in the Arab sector.Osama Saadi (Joint List)
- The process by which the law was brought to a vote was flawed and lacked transparency, without sufficient public discussion and without advance notice to environmental organizations and the general public.Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union)
Who spoke (22)
| Member | Faction | Readings | Speeches | In the final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yariv Levin | Likud coalition | First reading, Third reading | 20 | for |
| Tamar Zandberg | Meretz opposition | First reading, Third reading | 6 | against |
| Revital Swid | Zionist Union opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Dov Khenin | Joint List opposition | First reading, Third reading | 8 | against |
| Nachman Shai | Zionist Union opposition | First reading | 2 | against |
| Yael Cohen Paran | Zionist Union opposition | First reading, Third reading | 4 | against |
| Israel Eichler | United Torah Judaism coalition | First reading | 3 | for |
| Osama Saadi | Joint List opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Omer Barlev | Zionist Union opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Abd Al Hakeem Haj Yahya | Joint List opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Talab Abu Arar | Joint List opposition | First reading | 3 | no record |
| Amir Ohana | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Yael German | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading, Third reading | 5 | against |
| Masud Ganaim | Joint List opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Nurit Koren | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Menachem Eliezer Moses | United Torah Judaism coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| David Bitan | Likud coalition | First reading | 4 | for |
| David Amsalem | Likud coalition | First reading, Third reading | 12 | for |
| Eli Cohen | Kulanu coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Haim Jelin | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 3 | against |
| Abdullah Abu Maaruf | Joint List opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Zouheir Bahloul | Zionist Union opposition | Third reading | 5 | against |
An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2, 3
Reservations to the second reading
3 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.
The reservations are intended to narrow and change the proposed arrangement regarding building lines and building heights in planning and construction, including deleting provisions, adding an arrangement for lots on the second building line, and excluding open areas from the scope of the provision.
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ההסתייגויות נועדו לצמצם ולשנות את ההסדר המוצע לעניין קווי בינוי וגובה מבנים בתכנון ובנייה, ובכלל זה מחיקת הוראות, הוספת הסדר למגרשים בקו הבינוי השני והחרגת שטחים פתוחים מתחולת ההוראה.
By faction
- Zionist Union opposition · 3 reservations · 24 members
- Joint List opposition · 3 reservations · 13 members
- Yesh Atid opposition · 3 reservations · 1 member
- Meretz opposition · 3 reservations · 5 members
A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.
Who proposed what
- קבוצת הרשימה המשותפת · 3It is proposed to delete sub-clauses in the proposed provision, to add a provision regarding plots on the second building line whose height exceeds that of the buildings on adjacent plots, and to exclude an area surrounded by land designated for open spaces.Sections: לסעיף 6
- קבוצת מרצ · 3It is proposed to delete sub-clauses in the proposed provision, to add a provision regarding plots on the second building line whose height exceeds that of the buildings on adjacent plots, and to exclude an area surrounded by land designated for open spaces.Sections: לסעיף 6
- קבוצת המחנה הציוני · 3It is proposed to delete sub-clauses in the proposed provision, to add a provision regarding plots on the second building line whose height exceeds that of the buildings on adjacent plots, and to exclude an area surrounded by land designated for open spaces.Sections: לסעיף 6Isaac Herzog, Tzipi Livni, Shelly Yachimovich, Stav Shaffir, Itzik Shmuli, Omer Barlev, Yehiel Hilik Bar, Amir Peretz, Merav Michaeli, Eitan Cabel, Manuel Trajtenberg, Erel Margalit, Micky Rosenthal, Revital Swid, Yoel Hasson, Zouheir Bahloul, Eytan Broshi, Michal Biran, Nachman Shai, Ksenia Svetlova, Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, Yoseph Yonah, Eyal Ben Reuven, Yael Cohen Paran
- יעל גרמן · 3It is proposed to delete sub-clauses in the proposed provision, to add a provision regarding plots on the second building line whose height exceeds that of the buildings on adjacent plots, and to exclude an area surrounded by land designated for open spaces.Sections: לסעיף 6
Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)
Reservations, sections and other votes (10)
In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · קריאה שנייההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto50 for · 41 againstVote on sections of the bill
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · קריאה שנייההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto50 for · 42 againstVote on sections of the bill
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · הסתייגותהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto41 for · 51 againstVote on a reservation (amendment)
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · הסתייגותהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto41 for · 51 againstVote on a reservation (amendment)
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · קריאה שנייההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto50 for · 43 againstVote on sections of the bill
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · הסתייגותהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto43 for · 49 againstVote on a reservation (amendment)
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · הסתייגותהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto43 for · 50 againstVote on a reservation (amendment)
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · קריאה שנייההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto50 for · 43 againstVote on sections of the bill
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · הסתייגותהצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto43 for · 50 againstVote on a reservation (amendment)
- 1 August 2016 · Second reading · קריאה שנייההצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 107 והוראת שעה), התשע"ו-2016Bill for Planning and Building (Amendment No. 107 and temporary provision), 2016auto50 for · 43 againstVote on sections of the bill