All catering terraces inside and in front of the Old Town, the contact zone, as well as those along the promenade and in the city, which are placed on municipal land, usurp public areas, because on December 31 of last year the five-year Plan for the installation of temporary facilities expired, and the Municipality did not adopt a new one .
This means that the Communal Police and Inspection could practically prohibit the work of everyone, because they do not have permission to use the municipal land, since the contracts have not been concluded.
The plan for temporary locations for the next five years has not been adopted even for the marine property zone, because the Public Company Morsko doro is waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property, so the locations are on the most attractive part by the sea, which are under the jurisdiction of the Municipality or the Public Company. usurped from the user.
The Municipality of Budva did not respond to "Vijesta" as to whether the preparation of the Plan for the installation of temporary facilities for the period 2024-2028 is underway, if so, at what stage is it and when will it be held at the public hearing. There is a fear that, even if all procedures are implemented, it would be difficult to conclude all contracts by the season.
Democratic Montenegro warned that there would be chaos on the eve of the New Year, accusing the local government of delaying the adoption of the Plan only giving room for corruption. Member of the DCG Dragana Kazanegra Stanišić she told "Vijesti" that the program of temporary locations is an extremely important document that is adopted by the Municipal Council of Budva, and is adopted at the five-year level.
"Considering that it is an extensive document for the preparation of which it is necessary to go through a series of demanding procedures that require a serious period of time, it is certain that it is necessary to approach its preparation in a timely, dedicated and professional manner. There was more than enough time to do it, but the will and concern of the ruling majority was lacking. This unscrupulous and irresponsible attitude towards the exercise of power resulted in serious damage to citizens who perform various economic activities. Today, some of them cannot conscientiously and legally perform their work and are forced to suspend their business because the absence of that document makes them a violation, thanks to those who should improve the conditions of their business and even administratively facilitate their work, so that of citizens dared to enter the world of private entrepreneurship and tie their existence to private business, not to the public administration sector, which is certainly overburdened. I cannot escape the impression that the city has been brought to a state of general chaos precisely because such a situation inevitably leads to corruption and the dependent position of businessmen on the will of the administrative authorities that control them. It is best fished in cloudy conditions", said Kažanegra Stanišić.
According to her, the party warned about this situation months before, but there were no adequate answers.
"Business entities that, for example, carry out technical inspections of vehicles, and there are more of them in the city, had to close their facilities. Given that we are primarily a tourist destination and that terraces are of crucial importance for the performance of hospitality activities, and most of them fall under this program, the damage caused by the failure to deliver this document in a timely manner is objective. Today, to start its development by August, businessmen cannot get their solutions", she stated.
The strongest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Socialists, warns that Budva is paralyzed.
"Since he was arrested Milo Bozovic under suspicion of transnational organized crime, we warned of a scenario in which the city would be paralyzed in the tourist season. As time goes on, we see that the blockade of the city apparatus is more and more certain. The tourist season should be welcomed with completed procedures on renting temporary locations on time, and to this day neither the Municipality, nor Morsko dobro, have done anything about it. Tenants of temporary locations are almost forced to work illegally in order to ensure their existence because we do not have a Plan for temporary locations that the Municipality is obliged to implement. All this time spent in municipal seats, they used for illegal party employment, which we referred to, and which we were reminded by the Administrative Inspection, which ordered the dismissal of twenty people from the municipal secretariats. To make matters worse, the city is governed by several riotous groups of irresponsible people, remnants of the DF, whose first priority is to subvert each other and count among themselves whether they have a quorum or whether they have enough hands to remove the President of the Assembly Nikola Jovanović", Budva DPS told "Vijesti".
As they point out, "the organized criminal group that manages Morski Dobro, whose files are being reviewed these days in SDT because of the millions spent on substandard and outdated ferries, which no one can service anymore", has not even started the legal procedures for the preparation of the lease tender Montenegrin coast.
"The process of tender bidding is in itself a complex and demanding job, and since nothing has been done so far, it is realistic to expect that our beaches will not be ready to welcome the first tourists already in the spring", they conclude from the DPS.
Privileged people have exceeded the limits, the approaches to the Old Town are blocked
The Municipal Secretariat for Property Protection warned that restaurateurs have been usurping public areas for years, especially those around and around the Old Town, and in the contact zone. The city authorities, as they changed, had their own privileged restaurateurs, which the citizens still testify to today, so the terraces of the restaurateurs are located on public areas intended for walkers.
Caterers whose terraces in or around the Old Town, and in the contact zone, are larger than what the Municipality has allowed, will face the termination of the contract. This is clear in the letter that the Secretary for Property Protection, Đorđe Zenović, gave to the owners of catering establishments before last summer.
At that time, he warned that the urban planning and technical conditions issued years ago are not respected, and that the excesses of the catering terraces are obvious, that the old town streets are usurped with furniture, and the approaches to the city of Staorm are blocked.
On the public areas within the hospitality terraces, there is equipment and furniture that is not allowed by the issued urban planning and technical conditions, as well as large excesses in the areas of the terraces in relation to the areas allowed to users by the Program. During the last season, the municipal police were practically blind to what was happening in front of the Old Town, in the contact zone, but also along the promenade.
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