Since Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo announced a plan last week to crack down on illegal vehicle parking fees, as of Monday no municipalities had submitted reports of violations to him.
“I want a certainty. I want reports from mayors as to which parties the sanctions should be applied. Is it parking operators or building managements whose business parking permits should be revoked?,” Fauzi said at City Hall.
Previously, Fauzi said he would revoke permits of private parking operators if they were proven to have raised parking fees illegally.
A 2006 bylaw stipulates that a parking fees for cars and minibuses in buildings or in parking lots is Rp 2,000 (21 US cents) for the first hour and Rp 1,000 for each additional hour.
Parking fees for buses is set at Rp 2,000 for the first hour and Rp 2,000 for each additional hour, while motorcycles are supposedly charged Rp 500.
At the end of last month, however, some parking operators at malls and buildings across the capital increased parking fees.
Jakarta administration parking management chief Benyamin Bukit said all Secure Parking stations had readjusted their fees to comply with the bylaw.
“I believe none of them are still violating the bylaw, for the sake of their reputation,” Benyamin said.
However, his statement contradicted claims made by several residents who said had they paid higher parking fees on Monday.
Inna Fitria Qonita, a college student, told tempointeraktif.com she had to pay Rp 4,000 per hour, and the same again for additional hours to park her car at a mall in Cibubur.
Another resident, Satria Arif Hidayat, said he was charged Rp 1,000 per hour to park his motorcycle at Semanggi Expo building in South Jakarta.
Ferdian Wijaya, a member of the management of Secure Parking at Plaza Indonesia mall, confirmed that different fees were charged at buildings and malls around Jakarta.
“It depends on the rental costs for the building,” Ferdian said.
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