Chief city architect Jelena Lazic rejected the request of the Budva-based company "Imperiall Carević" to issue approval for the conceptual design of a temporary facility, a beach bar with a catering terrace on the hotel beach, on the part of Slovenska beach towards Cape Zavala.
As stated in the decision, which "Vijesti" had access to, Lazić declared herself incompetent, because new amendments to the Program of Temporary Facilities for the Marine Protected Area for the period until 2028 are currently being drafted.
"Imperiall Carević" is a company founded by Lazar Carević, the younger son of the former president of the Budva Municipality, Marko Bat Carević, and which owns the hotel of the same name on the roundabout, at the very entrance to the city, about a hundred meters from Slovenska beach.
"The request of 'Imperiall' DOO Budva for approval of the conceptual design for the installation of temporary facilities on the 10F hotel beach and a temporary assembly-dismantling facility - an open bar with a terrace as part of the amendments to the Program of Temporary Facilities in the Coastal Zone for the period 2024-2028 is rejected because the Office of the Chief City Architect is not competent to act upon the party's request," Lazić stated in the decision.
She noted that the Public Company for the Management of the Maritime Zone of Montenegro is currently preparing new amendments to the Program of Temporary Facilities in the Maritime Zone for the period 2024-2028.
"By an act of March 6, 2026, the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property submitted to the service of the Chief City Architect of the Municipality of Budva an additional interpretation of Article 22 of the Law on Construction of Buildings, which states the following: "Article 22 stipulates that the Chief City Architect shall give consent to the conceptual design of the architecture project of a temporary facility for which a main design is being developed, in relation to the design, materialization and urban parameters. Since there is no obligation to develop a main design for the facilities in question, the consent of the Chief City Architect is not required". As the Public Enterprise is currently drafting new amendments to the Program of Temporary Facilities in the Coastal Zone for the period 2024-2028, the Chief City Architect's incompetence to act upon the request of "Imperial" is related to the amendments to the Program of Temporary Facilities that are currently in force", explained Lazić.
As a reminder, Carević's company found itself in the public spotlight in mid-April after illegally installing 15 large concrete pillars, burying them in a sandy beach.
They planned to set up a much larger beach bar and catering terrace than was foreseen in the urban planning and technical conditions issued to them by the JP "Morsko dobro".
Then the Public Company for Coastal Zone Management threatened the tenant, the company "Imperiall Carević", and gave it five days to remove the concrete pillars it had dug into the beach and return the area to its previous condition.
If he fails to do so, as stated in the warning, signed by the director of the Coastal Zone Mladen Mikijelj, and as "Vijesti" reported, the public company will terminate the contract.
The next day, Carević removed the pillars from the beach.
As a reminder, on April 14, the controllers of JP Morsko dobro made an official note due to the works carried out in the area of the municipality of Budva, location Slovenska obala.
"A visit to the hotel beach marked with the number 10F revealed that the user, the legal entity "Imperiall Carević doo", carried out work on digging in concrete footings in the central part of the beach, after which the supports for the future construction of the temporary facility were concreting. In the specified area for setting up the bar, footings and supports were placed in an area of about 20 square meters, while for setting up the catering terrace, footings and supports were placed in an area of about 100 square meters. At the beach in question, the valid Program of Temporary Facilities in the Coastal Zone in the Municipality of Budva for the period 2024-2028. provides for the installation of an open bar with an area of 12 square meters with a catering terrace with an area of 35 square meters, the urban and technical conditions of January 23, 2026 strictly state that concreting for setting up catering facilities is not allowed on sandy parts of the beach," the official note said.
They stated that "Imperiall Carević" is setting up the planned catering facility in larger dimensions, and instead of a 12-square-meter bar, a 20-square-meter bar is being set up, and instead of a 35-square-meter terrace, a 100-square-meter terrace is being set up.
"In addition to the above, it can be clearly established that the concreting and installation of concrete footings is contrary to the stated UT conditions," they emphasized in Morski dobro.
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