A bar will be able to open its terrace so far not in accordance with a future relaxation of Ville-Marie’s regulations

After the scandal that occurred during the Grand Prix last summer, the Ville-Marie district will change its regulations on the terraces to the delight of a bar which opened its own despite its non-compliance.

“The regulations will be modified to leave more close to traders if security is not compromised,” announced Robert Beaudry, head of roaming and town planning at the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal and Municipal Councilor in Ville-Marie.

“We will finally be able to exploit our terrace in peace,” rejoiced Martine Daigneault, co -owner of the Le Psy bar, who is full of street in the Latin district.

A question of centimeters

Last year, the borough left her to open his terrace despite his non-compliance. It overflowed a few centimeters and the universal access ramp was too narrow.

This year, M^me Daigneault and his partner, Jean-Yves Mas, solved the second problem, but not the first.

This difference of a few centimeters was sufficient for municipal inspectors to be prohibited from operating the terrace, under penalty of fines.

“You shouldn’t be too zealous either, there is nothing that endangers customers and the street is pedestrian in summer!” Exclaimed the bar owner.

Gain de cause

These arguments seem to have resonated until the arrondissement. After receiving the visit of two representatives of the Plante Administration, M^me Daigneault obtained the case.

“The shrink will be able to operate his terrace this summer,” decided the advisor.

The latter made a tour of shops in its arrondissement last Friday. He was accompanied by the mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal and responsible for economic development, Luc Rabouin. The latter will seek the Montreal town hall at the head of the Montreal project during the next municipal elections.

The scandal caused by the closure of terraces during the Grand Prix of Formula 1 of last summer pushed the district of Ville-Marie, which includes in particular the city center, the village and the Latin district, to begin “a regulatory modification process”, explains Mr. Beaudry.

Silo work

Julien Vaillancourt Laliberté, the director general of the Economic Development Society of the Latin district, is delighted with the positive resolution of this story, but hammers that there is “a silo work to the city which must be deconstructed”.

“The difficult exchange of internal information” would be the node of the problem, according to him. Officials who grant permits would not contact the inspectors on the ground.

Martin Guimond, the owner of the Saint-Bock brewery, knows something about it. “I’ve been receiving notices of non-compliance for my terrace for about ten years when it has already been approved,” he said.

“If there is a change of rules, it would be fun that the city considers all the constraints of restaurateurs,” said the tenant.

Details of these new rules should “probably” be announced later this summer, promises Robert Beaudry.