The town hall of the Italian city of Milan (north) promoted an ordinance that will prohibit eating on the street at midnight and limit terraces for the peace of the neighbors, which has unnerved the restaurant sector.
The rule, published by the council on its website, will be in the allegations phase until next May 3.
Milan, one of the cities with the greatest nightlife in the country, wants to protect in this way “the tranquility and rest of its residents, as well as guaranteeing everyone’s enjoyment of public space in some areas affected by the ‘movida’”, Spanish term used in Italy to talk about party areas.
Food and drink to take away or at outdoor tables will be prohibited from midnight, so it will no longer be possible to walk with an ice cream or eat a pizza on the street.
On weekends and holidays the ban will begin at 12:30 a.m., while for street food vendors in crowded areas it will begin at 8:00 p.m.
The idea is to implement these very crowded restrictions in the city, such as in the popular Navigli neighborhood, where thousands of young people gather every weekend.
The initiative aroused the discontent of restaurateurs, who protest, for example, the exclusion of supermarkets, which will be able to sell food at night.
“If someone lives in one of these nightlife areas and leaves home with a drink, how do you prove that they did not buy it, but that it was already theirs?”, questioned the general secretary of the Confcommercio association, Marco Barbieri.
The mayor, Giuseppe Sala, defended the measure, alleging that it has “hundreds of reports from citizens who want to rest better at night,” although he admitted “small corrections.”
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Source: Gestion
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