Throughout this week, the Alhama City Council, through its municipal technicians, has carried out measurement and drawing up plans for the terraces of the different hotel and restaurant establishments.
All this with the aim of helping these businesses to resume their activity, granting them an extension of the limits of space, in the cases that the hygienic-sanitary measures required by the Ministry of Health are guaranteed.The Official State Gazette has published this Saturday the 'Order SND / 399/2020 for the relaxation of certain restrictions of national scope, established after the declaration of the state of alarm in application of phase 1 of the Plan for the transition to a new normality ', where it states that for the hotel and restaurant activities the reopening of the outdoor terraces of these establishments to the public is established.
The maximum occupancy allowed will be ten people per table or group of tables, limiting to fifty percent the number of tables allowed with respect to the immediately previous year.
Likewise, the necessary prevention and hygiene measures to be adopted are regulated.Article 15.
Reopening of the outdoor terraces of the hotel and restaurant establishments1.
The open-air terraces of the hotel and restaurant establishments may be reopened to the public, limiting themselves to fifty percent of the tables allowed in the immediately preceding year based on the corresponding municipal license.
In any case, you must ensure that the proper physical distance of at least two meters is maintained between the tables or, where appropriate, groupings of tables.
For the purposes of this order, open terraces shall be considered any uncovered space or any space that, while covered, is laterally surrounded by a maximum of two walls, walls or walls.2.
In the event that the hotel and restaurant establishment obtained the permission of the City Council to increase the surface area for the outdoor terrace, the number of tables provided in the previous section may be increased, respecting, in any case, the fifty percent proportion between tables and available surface and carrying out a proportional increase in the pedestrian space on the same section of public road where the terrace is located. 3.
The maximum occupation will be ten people per table or group of tables.
The table or group of tables used for this purpose must be in accordance with the number of people, allowing the minimum interpersonal security distance to be respected.Article 16.
Hygiene and / or prevention measures in the provision of the terrace serviceIn the provision of the service on the terraces of the hotel and restaurant establishments, the following hygiene and / or prevention measures must be carried out:a) Cleaning and disinfection of the terrace equipment, in particular tables, chairs, as well as any other contact surface, between one client and another.b) The use of single-use tablecloths will be prioritized.
In the event that this is not possible, the use of the same tablecloths or trivets with different clients should be avoided, opting for materials and solutions that facilitate their change between services and their mechanical washing in washing cycles between 60 and 90 degrees centigrade.c) Dispensers of hydroalcoholic gels or disinfectants with virucidal activity authorized and registered by the Ministry of Health must be made available to the public, in any case at the entrance of the establishment or premises, which must always be in conditions of use.d) The use of letters in common use will be avoided, opting for the use of own electronic devices, blackboards, posters or other similar means.e) Auxiliary elements of the service, such as crockery, glassware, cutlery or table linen, among others, will be stored in closed rooms and, if this is not possible, far from areas where customers and workers pass.f) Self-service products such as napkin rings, toothpicks, cruets, oil cans, and other similar utensils will be eliminated, prioritizing disposable monodose or their service in other formats upon customer request.g) The use of the toilets by customers will comply with the provisions of article 6.5.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia