Status Penguasaan Tanah Sempadan Pantai oleh Masyarakat di Pesisir Pantai Ujong Blang Lhokseumawe

Abstract

Control and tenure of land along the coastal borders remain ambiguous. The fact that the coastal border is a locally protected area for preservation. However, many people have occupied the coastal border as such as a place to live, conduct business, and engage in other activities. For example, despite the fact that the law and regulations clearly regulate the coastal border that cannot be possessed, some buildings on the coastal border at Ujong Blang beach in Lhokseumawe have been proven to have legal rights before the law. This research addresses the law and regulation of the coastal border, the legal status of land tenure at the coastal border of Ujong Blang Beach in Lhokseumawe possessed by the community, and the legal protection for the coastal community.

This analytical descriptive and empirical normative research employs both primary data collected from field and library study, and secondary data including primary. secondary, and tertiary legal material. The data is analyzed qualitatively and the conclusion is drawn using deductive approach. This research is done in Gampong Ujong Blang in Lhokseumawe.

The findings indicate that the regulation of the coastal area has been regulated in Law Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands, as well as in other national laws and regulations. Meanwhile, the coastal area is governed by regional regulations in Qanun Number 1 of 2014, which concern on the spatial planning for the city of Lhokseumawe. The community's land tenure status on the coastal area of Ujong Blang beach in Lhokseumawe is divided into two categories: those who occupy the coastal border without proof of rights in the form of a certificate of ownership, and those who occupy/possess the coastal border with proof of rights in the form of a certificate of ownership. When the community's land has not become a coastal border, certificates of property rights are issued. The government protects the rights of coastal communities to utilize and manage coastal and marine resources in a safe and disturbance-free manner as the communities' primary source of economic income.