The business entities that will want to set up terraces in Chisinau will not place these based on land location contracts anymore. They will now submit a trade notification and will obtain the location scheme from the district head’s office. When terraces are laid out, capital constructions are not allowed. If these are set up near public eating places with tables, chairs and umbrellas, the place intended for pedestrians should be of at least 2.5 meters, says a decision taken by the Chisinau Municipal Council (CMC) that is quoted by IPN.

More exactly, the paragraph saying the terraces near permanent public eating places are set up on land that is municipal property based on the CMC decision and the land location contract signed with the Chisinau City Hall was removed from the regulations that govern the organization of terraces. The terrace functioning period will no longer be set by the CMC. The point stipulating that the separate terraces set up on municipal land without land relations can work only in April-October was also removed.

According to the author of the draft decision Inga Ionesii, deputy mayor of Chisinau, the changes will simplify the organization and functioning of terraces on the territory of Chisinau. Furthermore, given the pandemic situation, the commercial areas in the open air should be extended so that customers are served through the agency of terraces adjoining public eating places.

The informative note to the decision says the business entities that provide public eating services at terraces situated near public eating places on municipal land without land relations until now faced impasses because the land location contract could be obtained with difficulty.