Almost 1,2 million euros flowed into Podgorica's coffers last year from renting out city-owned business premises, the Podgorica Construction and Development Agency told "Vijesti".
This is about 100.000 euros more than in 2023, when the city earned slightly less than 1,1 million euros on this basis.
The Agency, headed by an Acting (acting) Director Bajko Vucicevic, manages 203 business spaces, of which 175 are leased and 28 are vacant.
They specified that the premises are distributed in several city business zones, which, as they point out, are specified in the Decision on Leasing Business Space Owned by the Capital City.
"The Agency for Construction and Development of Podgorica collected 2024 euros for the lease of the aforementioned business premises for 1.155.321. By May 1 of the current year, 373.090 euros had been collected," they replied to "Vijesti".
When asked about the new signs placed at the entrances to catering establishments, the Agency emphasized that, according to the rules, they must be clearly marked. The categorization signs, they emphasize, are placed on the outside of the main entrance to the establishment.
"They serve to indicate the category of a catering facility, in accordance with the Regulation on Types, Minimum Technical Requirements and Categorization of Catering Facilities. Catering facilities categorized from one to five stars are marked with the corresponding number of chrome stars. Below the stars, the type of catering facility is stated, while the background of the board, stars, letters and symbols are made in a chrome design," they said.
According to them, catering facilities that are subject to mandatory categorization are classified into several categories.
"And from lowest to highest: hotel (one out of five stars), small hotel (one to five stars), garni hotel (one to four stars), apart hotel (one to four stars), boutique hotel (four or five stars), tourist resort (one to five stars), motel (one to three stars), guesthouse (one to three stars), guesthouse (one to three stars), wild beauty resort (four or five stars), room for rent to tourists (one to four stars), tourist apartments (one to five stars), tourist apartment block (one to five stars), house for rent to tourists (one to five stars), inn (one to three stars), national restaurant (four or five stars), restaurant (one to five stars)".
203 business premises are owned by the Capital City, of which 175 are leased and 28 are vacant.
They also emphasize that for some catering establishments, the sign "must state 'Capital City'".
"Which includes rooms for rent to tourists, tourist apartments, houses for rent to tourists, as well as restaurants," they said.
The Agency for Construction and Development of Podgorica emphasized that all categorization boards must be built in accordance with the Regulation on types, minimum technical conditions and categorization of catering facilities.
"And it must contain a protective hologram in the form of the emblem and name of the municipality - in this case, the Capital City. The same is required for all other municipalities," they said.
Mayor of Podgorica Saša Mujović He previously announced that catering establishments in the center of the capital will have uniform working hours in accordance with the categorization. He emphasized that the precise rules will be defined in the new Decision on Working Hours, which is being prepared by a working group he formed. He also emphasized that this regulation will abolish the practice of issuing temporary permits for extended working hours...
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