Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email RESIDENTS of Section 11 in Petaling Jaya are questioning the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) for allowing the Sri Paandi restaurant to operate its business out of a bungalow.
According to one resident, who declined to be named, they had made numerous calls to the MBPJ complaint hotline but the restaurant is still serving customers at the ground level of the bungalow.
A visit to the restaurant by StarMetro confirmed this.
Customers have to go through a glass door at the back of the restaurant to access the seating area in the bungalow.
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Not right: Customers enjoying their meal in front of the bungalow-turned-restaurant in Section 11, Petaling Jaya.
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“How can the MBPJ allow them to operate their business in a bungalow? What is going to happen to our residential area if other businesses start doing the same? This is not even a main road like Jalan Maarof (in Bangsar) where houses have been converted into commercial buildings,” said the resident.
They have had to bear with the noise especially during busy lunch hours.
An official from the MBPJ Development Planning Department confirmed that the restaurant did not have a permit to run its business in the bungalow.
The department will send enforcement officers to inspect the bungalow.
When contacted, MBPJ councillor Juan Sei Chang said he would bring up the issue during the council’s board meeting next week.
this is too much lah…we all want to support indian business but what sri pandi rest did was not right
how can you convert a bunglow in the midle of residential area into a rest…PJ residents are not like hulu terangganu residents…they ask more question in this country than anybody else.
MP: Yeah, that’s a problem alright. I think they saw the opportunity as houses in these areas are being converted into business premises – but “cleaner” ones like boutique, high-end furniture, wellness center etc.