Uzbekistan's Ministry of Justice has registered new regulations for the maintenance and use of apartment buildings, establishing strict standards for both management companies and residents.

The document introduces significant restrictions: residents are now banned from keeping pets in common areas, including stairwells, attics, basements, shared kitchens, balconies, and loggias. The rules also affect building exteriors — hanging clothes or carpets on balcony facades is prohibited, as is storing heavy objects or installing fire-hazardous equipment on balconies.

Safety measures include bans on technical interference with utility networks, particularly renovations affecting heating systems and installing radiators on unheated loggia surfaces. Parking regulations are also tightened, forbidding cars on lawns, sidewalks, playgrounds, and directly in front of building entrances.

Management organizations now have clear obligations: they must clean entrances and stairwells at least once a week, regularly clean elevators, and conduct continuous technical monitoring. They are also responsible for maintaining surveillance cameras and intercoms, keeping technical passports for buildings, and promptly eliminating basement emergencies — any leaks or water accumulation must be resolved within 24 hours.

Earlier, the press service of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services explained that rent payments do not cover cleaning, adding that no one will wash entrances for the 3-4 million soums collected from each building.

Source: podrobno.uz