| To help the hospitality and catering sectors due to the pandemic | The Mayor's Office has raised a motion for debate in the ordinary plenary session of January, in order to reject the allegations presented within the period of public presentation of the initial approval agreement, thus approving definitively the modification of sections 1 and 2 of article 5 of the Municipal Ordinance �Regulating the Installation of Hosteler�a Terraces on the Public Road. On October 29, 2020, the Plenary initially approved the amendment to the Ordinance, while on November 11 the announcement was published in the BORM of the provisional approval agreement so that interested parties could submit claims and suggestions within 30 days. The allegations referred to the fact that it was not justified in any case that the terrace hours have to be the same for the whole year and that during the autumn and winter months the right to rest and rest should prevail.
the tranquility of the neighbors. In addition, they argued that in other nearby municipalities, their regulations on terrace hours are more restrictive than the current regulations in Totana, and that the Public Administration should ensure the balance between the right of the neighbors to rest and to the enjoyment of the public spaces and that of the entrepreneurs to the development of their activity. The allegations indicate that with the proposed modification the Administration intends to favor the entrepreneurs of the sector without taking into account the interest of the neighbors, at the same time that they point out that in order to favor the entrepreneurs of the sector the The Administration should adopt other measures that do not cause serious harm to the common residents of Totana. The purpose of the modification of this Municipal Ordinance is to facilitate the work and work carried out in the hotel establishments aimed at minimizing the negative effects that sanitary measures have produced and continue to produce in the hotel and restaurant sector.
¿½n. In the motion, it is stated that â € œwe obviously count on the extension of hours to cause some inconvenience to a neighbor, but we also have to take into account that the sanitary measures generated by the evolution of the The COVID-19 pandemic have had a much greater impact on the performance of their normal activities for some citizens than for others and for this reason we consider that, in this extraordinary situation, the possibility of allowing certain activities to be carried out is more than compensated develop in not so burdensome conditions, with the small inconveniences that this may cause for some neighbors. In this way, the proposal reiterates that the hours of operation and activity of the terraces will be at 7:00 hours every day of the week, 365 days a year. In addition, the closing time or termination of the terrace activity will be during 365 days a year, from Sunday to Thursday, maximum until 1:00 a.m.
next day; and from Friday to Saturday and the eve of holidays, maximum until 2:00 in the morning of the following day.
