“Sadly, the Municipality has the knife and the melon” identified to “Peloponnisos” the president of the Affiliation of Catering and Leisure Retailer Managers Tasos Giatras, for the 180-degree flip made by the municipal authority within the problem of desk seating permits.
The assembly that passed off the day earlier than yesterday on the Metropolis Corridor ended ingloriously and in a local weather of coldness, because the mayor emphasised to trade representatives that new licenses for bench seats would proceed to be issued below the previous regime till the sustainable city mobility plan and downtown redevelopment tasks had been accomplished. That’s, at an unspecified time from right now.
Mr. Yatras tidentified that within the sector and particularly in small outlets, there’s numerous concern and frustration for the hostile perspective of the municipal authority, which abruptly “crossed its legs” within the matter of selling a brand new and modernized regulation on permits to occupy communal areas, which was promoted from 2023.
In response to the president of SKEANA, in February 2024, all events concerned had agreed with the municipal authority within the context during which the brand new rules ought to be consulted. Nevertheless, what they hear right now exhibits them that the implementation of the brand new regulation can’t be finished at the least within the subsequent 7 years.
On the identical time, SKEANA continued the complaints for a two-speed allow and charge assortment coverage on the a part of the municipal authority. On the one hand, as talked about, it’s the companies primarily within the heart that pay and actually, elevated occupancy charges, and however, a whole bunch of companies within the periphery that also function right now and not using a license or don’t pay.
As Mr. Giatras stated, from data from the membership, solely 220 seating licenses have been issued for companies within the heart and one other 15 within the periphery, whereas 1,500 outlets function all through Patras that benefit from a standard space with desk seating.
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