Alexander Subbotin held a personal reception of citizens in Vitebsk
What to do if a public catering establishment located in an apartment building turns residents' lives into a struggle against noise, smoking, and profanity under their windows? Residents of Vitebsk came to the personal reception of the Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Subbotin, with this question.
The people have already written a collective appeal to various authorities, called the police, but so far without success. The owners of the mini-cafe do not violate the law, operating according to the schedule approved by the city authorities until 24:00. They are not responsible for the behavior of visitors outside the establishment, and residents cannot rest peacefully or open their windows due to cigarette smoke from the street.
This is not a problem of a single house, on the first floors of which public catering facilities are opened. Alexander Subbotin noted that it is necessary to initiate amendments to the legislation that could regulate this issue. Perhaps it is not worth allowing a public catering establishment, and primarily a drinking establishment, to operate in former apartments withdrawn from the housing stock.
The applicants' appeal has been taken under control. The City Executive Committee has been instructed to consider the possibility of legally reducing the cafe's operating hours by one or two hours, as well as installing a no-smoking sign.