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Does not understand the order
Delfi has previously written about the fact that to support the business, the Vilnius municipality planned to open the capital’s streets and squares for outdoor cafes in the spring, granting them permits to work on certain terrace areas.
It has been argued that the permits will be assigned based on specific criteria, but the companies have previously criticized the deals, saying the areas could be unfairly assigned.
A. Gadžijev, a businessman and founder of Ali chocolate, told Delfi in a similar situation.
As said, from the beginning, having submitted all the necessary documents to get the terrace area on Vilniaus street, they were left with nothing, the municipality decided to give 5 places to the nearby bar.
“We approached the municipality, we said it was not fair.
Then we received a response that the complaint would be reviewed and then a confirmation that we had found a spot and would put the allocated 8 meters between the competitor’s spots, “Gadzhiev said, assuring that everything would appear to be fine, if not some essentials.
“What happens is that the length of the facade of our premises on Vilniaus street is 12 meters, and from them we take 8 meters for the outdoor terrace,” said the businessman, saying that this means that the furniture of another bar is arranged below. the chocolate windows today.
“This means that there is still another operator on our facade, about 4 meters away, and we cannot guarantee uniform distances. We also have bags, umbrellas from another bar, dirty dishes are placed on strangers’ tables. We are more family oriented, ”said the businessman.
“Now it is the case that about 2.5 meters of our windows are covered by other umbrellas, the brand is no longer visible.
Water flows from foreign umbrellas on our tables in the rain. Soon we will build an awning there, underneath there will be foreign umbrellas, “added A. Gadžiev.
Umbrellas near “Ali chocolate” on Vilnius street
© Photo from personal album
The businessman said that he had asked the municipality for such an allocation of areas, where a meeting was scheduled to review the awarded area, but in the end, everything was left behind.
Where is the truth? We all go hungry alike and we all try to survive, ”he asked.
A. Gajjevev stated that due to such division of terrace areas, today he is losing income.
“We are completely overshadowed,” he said, saying he wanted honesty and order.
Municipality: We believe that the solution is adequate
Delfi contacted Saulius Galdikas, the manager of the nearby Gringo pub.
He said that he had spoken with Ali Chocolate several times about the situation.
“For our part, we have come together in good faith, scratched and tight. Now, I heard something is wrong again.
Agree in a way, then it doesn’t work again, but I think the neighbors have to agree well ”, he commented.
Julius Morkūnas, Head of the Licensing and Permitting Division of the Vilnius City Municipality Administration, was asked if there was a limit on the number of cafes that could receive outdoor space, and was assured that it did not exist. such a restriction, because simply no one expected catering owners to submit an application. for many areas.
Commenting on the Ali Chocolate situation, the specialist said the issue had been discussed more than once.
Regarding the allocation of the outdoor cafe area to Ali Chocolate, we even discussed several times and evaluated all the information, both the requests, complaints submitted by Ali Chocolate and Gringo, as well as the previous selection.
It has been decided to assign the same area to “Ali Chocolate” as next to the building (The Ali Chocolate area is next to the building. 8.16 kv.m – red.). We believe that our solution is the correct one ”, he said.
In general, according to the municipality, after evaluating the size and location of the outdoor cafe areas in zones 1A, 1C and 2A, the municipality itself proposes the needs of all users of public space, and in the case of multiple applicants for the same outdoor cafe area. , the selection is made according to evaluation criteria.
They are stated to be the distance between the stationary caterers and the outdoor cafe, the area of the outdoor cafe available at the stationary caterers or elsewhere, and the area of the stationary caterers.
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