PHOTO: NICHOLAS BOYACK/STUFF – The owners of 307 Jackson St have been fined $37,000 after they failed to meet a deadline to earthquake strengthen their building.
A Lower Hutt company has been fined $37,500 for failing to strengthen a residential building in Petone – the first prosecution of its kind in New Zealand.
Alura Ltd pleaded guilty in the Hutt Valley District Court to one charge under the Building Act 2004 after repeated attempts were made by the Hutt City Council to get the company to bring the building up to code.
The maximum fine for such an infringement is $200,000.
Alura was issued a compliance notice for its building at 307 Jackson St in 2008. The council last month issued a notice for occupants to vacate the building so it could be strengthened or demolished.
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