It is a moment awaited by many. In the deconfinement calendar, the reopening of café and restaurant terraces is scheduled for May 19. With rules: 50% of the capacity and tables of six people maximum.
In Niort, the City wants to facilitate the recovery for these professionals “closed since October 29, it’s very long”, recalls the mayor Jérôme Baloge. “They can have larger terraces if they wish, as long as the safety limit allows it as we did last summer. If they want umbrellas or awnings that will also be possible. will see case by case “, he specifies. Extensions of terraces which will be able to last beyond June 30, the last planned stage of deconfinement.
Renewed terrace rights exemption
The City is also renewing theexemption from patio fees, like last year. The equivalent of around 240,000 euros. This also applies to anything that occupies public space such as kakemonos or easels.
Jérôme Baloge for whom there is “a stake of economic revival and revival of conviviality “. The mayor of Niort hopes to be able to once again propose Tuesday aperitifs this summer. On the other hand, for the 14th of July “it is unthinkable in the current state”.
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