Lisbon Chamber dizspejo da dizspejo The Goddess could have been that apathetic, but “is evaluating the situation” – Observer
The Lisbon City Council said this Friday that “it is evaluating the situation” of the eviction of the A Deusa shoe store, which “could have been avoided” because the establishment is protected as a Loja com História, having protection in the 2023 lease.
“We were informed of the eviction at the time it was taking place, so the City Council went to the place to take care of the situation. What we realized is that the owner did not have, from the start, presumably he was not aware that the shoe store A Deusa was a store with history”, declared the councilor for Culture, Diogo Moura (CDS-PP).
Speaking to the Lusa agency, the mayor of Lisbon explains that the classification as a Store with History “a legal safeguard with respect to the tenancy agreement42/2017 on the Recognition and Protection of Establishments and Entities of Historical and Cultural or Local Social Interest, which provides for protection in the lease for a period of five years, ending in 2023.
The order to evict the A Deusa shoe store from the property it occupied on Rua 1.º de Dezembro, in the Baixa area, was carried out on Wednesday, but the situation “could have been avoided, at least for another year”, which is protected by protection provided for in term for the Government of the Stores with appeal of the lease contracts.
“The Government will have to understand that this law will have to be changed by city and will have to extend this deadline longer, because we are talking about older stores that are part of the city’s identity, we are not just talking about businesses that we want to have in the city because they are old, they are important because they are old, but it is mainly because they are part of the city’s DNA and that’s what from a commercial point of view, it differentiates us from other capitals and other cities in the worldso obviously we don’t want these stores”, explained Diogo Moura, referring that the revision of the law has to be lost together with the municipal councils and the associations of the commerce sector, including to decide the extension period: “if it is five years, if it is possible to apply 1 years or until it is definitive”.
Law No. A 2/2017 and the protection of general criteria for Recognition and Entities of Local Cultural or Social Interest “The recognition and recognition of susceptible activity for 25 years” the existence of tangible or intangible heritage.
About the eviction situation of the shoe store A Deusa, an establishment founded in 1951, assured that “the council is evaluating the situation”, which “there is a licensing request for the building where this store is located, therefore, in the regulation of this Chamber does not have to take into account that in this building there is a Shop with History and that a specific protection does not concern the lease contract”.
“We are working to understand what you can do”, indicated the councilor for Culture, trying to work in articulation with the Union of Commerce and Services Associations (UACS).
The association Fórum Cidadania Lx envy this Friday an appeal to the Lisbon City Council to intercede in this case “as it has done in the recent past in relation to other historic stores”, in order to also negotiate with the landlord to guarantee maintenance. of the shoe store The Goddess in the property.
Diogo Moura added that the legal mechanisms to reverse the eviction order “must be activated by the lawyer or lawyer representing the tenant”, in which the chamber will “formally inform” the owner that it is a Store with History, but without being able to predict is that the situation can be resolved and the shoe store will open its doors again.
Not knowing the content of the eviction action, the mayor stated that, if the lawsuit had a reference to the store’s classification, “it probably wouldn’t have considered an eviction, because there is legal protection“.
Within the scope of the municipal program Lojas com História, Lisbon registers “a little over 170 stores that have already been rated“, 22 will close “varied until Friday, reasons to close, some arrived with the landlord, they do not intend to leave an agreement, they will continue to leave according to the other dates”, while others will leave, Diogo Moura said next, informing who will not leave, Diogo Moura said next, informing that in the month he will leave with the next landlord a classification of “more than 10 Stores with History“, the decision in a chamber meeting.
On Thursday, UACS estimates that “more than half of the core stores of the initial 300 pre-selected by the municipality for the Lojas com História” program are already closed. This year, the executive intends to reformulate the municipal regulations for Lojas com História, to “distinguish other good practices” from commerce in the city, including neighborhood stores.