A Graz Pizzeria boss is stunned: due to an event he had to close his garden in Karmelitplatz last summer, but would still have to pay rent. He did not even receive a permit this year.
With his two Pizzaiolo-Loocals, Raimondo Trombature not only brought the real Napolitan pizza to the Mur, but can now also look forward to a large fangroep far beyond the city limits far beyond the city boundaries. The store buzzes, you would say. And yet the mood of Italian is currently limited.
“Last summer there was a concert series on Karmelitplatz. That is why we had to close our garden for eight days. For me it is therefore only logical that I do not have to pay compensation to the city these days.” In the responsible street office, however, the business was seen differently and compensated for the costs for the entire month.
“It’s about the principle”
Trombature took protest and also called in a lawyer. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s about a total of 250 euros. But I am worried about the principle. The city apparently wants to cash in twice – from the concert organizer and from me for a garden that was not open at all.” He has never heard of the city since November – that changed a few weeks ago.
When he asked for his garden this year, he received the rejection by the authority a few days before he wanted to open on 1 May. The shortage of last August is still not paid. For the family man, who has been home for a long time in Graz, an incredible process: “I am used to such methods from my original home country of Sicily, so I am gone there.”
Street chef Thomas Fischer cannot understand the excitement: “We only stick to the signed contract. And if payments are still open from the previous year, no new permits are issued. The costs are only one passage for us.”
Source: Krone
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