The Shopping Portal will file an appeal with the Metropolitan Control Agency
The Quito Firefighters Corps (CBQ) reported on a notification issued against the Portal Shopping mall, located north of the capital, for having exceeded the allowed capacity.
The Metropolitan Control Agency (AMC) confirmed that the CBQ sent a report on this incident and that have initiated an administrative sanctioning process for a fine of $ 2,000, equivalent to five unified basic salaries.
They also stated that, since the notification, the mall has ten days to file an appeal and to defend oneself, otherwise, the financial sanction will be carried out.
As reported Henry Silva, CBQ operations chief in one of the random operations they carry out in shopping malls, they found that the This place’s digital meter reached the limit and exceeded the capacity permitted. Before the alert of the firefighters, the officials of the shopping center would have prevented the entry of more people and that level of capacity fell again with the departure of citizens.
However, having exceeded the limit on that occasion generated the negative report issued by firefighters.
For their part, from the shopping center they assured that they have not violated the established norms. In response to the request for information from this newspaper on the subject, they responded as follows:
“Portal Shopping like all shopping centers operated by DK Management Services complies with and respects the legal system and the provisions of the competent authorities. A notification was received from the Fire Department and the response from the shopping center will be submitted within the time allowed by law ”.
This is the first establishment to which firefighters issue a notification regarding capacity that triggered an administrative process by the AMC.
Capacity and physical distancing
Henry Silva pointed out that another of the problems they have encountered in the CBQ operations is that The capacity established in certain places is respected, but not physical distancing.
For example, Silva said, “there are shopping centers that meet the capacity, but have all the people concentrated in the food court, without any distancing, this does not allow us to issue a report because they do not exceed the capacity, although there is the agglomeration problem ”.
He also pointed out that they have attended several citizen complaints, but in the digital meters do not exceed capacity, this in commercial places, supermarkets and cinemas. “It is also a responsibility of the people, they have to continue distancing themselves,” added Silva.
On this holiday they will have several operations to continue with the capacity control, the prohibition of the sale of pyrotechnics and the burning of puppets, reported the CBQ. (I)
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