Denis Naddéo, who opened the Auguste Place Séverine bakery on May 22, does not understand the city’s repeated refusal to his request to open a terrace in front of his business. Faced with no dialogue, he preferred to close his establishment on August 19.
Denis Naddéo opened the Auguste Place Séverine bakery on May 22. “We do not manufacture, he specifies. We resell and assemble (salads, sandwiches) products from Panissain, from Avignon. By adding a small terrace, I thought I would perpetuate two jobs. But in front of the repeated refusals of the town hall, I prefer to stop everything and I am sorry for the customers, in particular the elderly who have to walk 500 m to go up the entire boulevard Jean-Jaurès.
A petition with more than 400 signatures
He therefore lowered the curtain of his establishment on August 19th. He has since started a petition for those who want to continue to find a bakery there to come forward. This Monday, between 400 and 450 people had signed it. “I do not despair of being received by the mayor or an elected official”, he replies when asked what he intends to do with this support. He claims to have requested several meetings with Valentine Wolber, the deputy mayor of Nîmes in charge of shops. The applicant claims for her part that she was not aware of these requests.
What the plaintiff does not understand is the difference in treatment of which he considers himself to be a victim: “At my first request, on May 23, I was told: “The city does not wish to increase the number of terraces in the area of boulevard Jean-Jaurès. However, during the same commission, an authorization was issued to another establishment located on boulevard Jean-Jaurès …” A choice that Ms. Wolber assumes: “We reserve the terraces for restaurants or cafes. I don’t see why we would allow one at a bread depot.”
Non-compliant toilets
New request heard in July: new refusal, in a letter where the elected official reiterates the first argument and adds “the hygiene service has found that your sanitary facilities do not comply with the regulations in force”.
This time, Denis Naddéo notes: “On Boulevard Jean-Jaurès, there are three establishments which have the same activity. All three benefit from much larger terraces than the one I request and do not have sanitary facilities accessible to the public. audience.” On this point, the retail assistant replies: “If authorizations have been given before me, I can’t do anything about it. But we apply the same rules for everyone. Afterwards, there are specific situations for each establishment” .
Both parties say they are open to dialogue. After missing the first meeting, and the rest of the exchanges through the press, a live meeting would undoubtedly be the best way to find a way out of this affair.
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