Last Friday, Independent Councilman Juan Carlos Carrillo Ruiz met with local city planning officials to inform him of the actions that this council intends to carry out in regard to the complaints that small local entrepreneurs have presented to him on the clear application Of the municipal ordinances of urbanism.
There are cases in which, since there is not some flexibility in interpreting the said ordinances, these small local companies are seriously damaged economically.
This "flexibility" of the ordinances, the Independent Councilman conveyed that it would be necessary to contemplate it in favor of commerce and as long as this did not endanger other neighbors or their interests.
As for example in the case of a commercial place where the poster protrudes from the facade about 5 cm and does not affect the security of anyone or the aesthetics of the area itself and the businessman has difficulty correcting the "deficiency", as the Ordinance, more than 1,500 €, to be forced to change it whole or against, to assume the sanction that in this respect that could be derived from such breach.
Also proposed by the Independent Councilman, on the subject of sanctions, dosify them and take into account from this consistory the difficulties that entails today to maintain an open business.
On the other hand, that it is necessary to facilitate to the maximum the opening of new local businesses, both of neighbors of Totana and of outside entrepreneurs.
Since there are also few, the cases of entrepreneurs of other localities that by the legal difficulties that they find when implanting their companies in our municipality, they are forced to install them in other populations.
What is causing in time and in a continuous way, a severe loss of jobs and the stagnation of the local economy at all levels.
The councilor of urbanism, told Mr. Carrillo his intention and project already planned, to go over the town planning ordinances to make them more flexible and thus avoid those damages that are being caused to local commerce and its economy.
Mr. Carrillo offered to help in what they consider opportune from this area of ​​urbanism but that as long as these changes were being enhanced, we also had to take into account the demands transmitted to the responsible of this urbanism to go and attacking and giving solution To the current problems denounced by small local entrepreneurs.
Source: Juan Carlos Carrillo Ruiz / Foto: archivo