(haipo) Business owners in Carmel have received warning letters from the municipality in recent days, claiming that leachate and waste are being dumped on the front of their businesses. According to many of them, the letters were sent indiscriminately and indiscriminately, even to businesses not located on the front of the street, and without clear instructions on how to clean the business environment without violating the municipality's instructions.
Business owners' claims: "They didn't ask, they didn't explain, they just sent a warning"
According to the business owners, for many years the streets of Carmel have suffered from dirt and oil residue, but instead of having a direct dialogue with the business owners, explaining what is required of them and detailing which materials and methods are allowed to be used, the municipality chose to send collective warning letters. "It was possible to set days and times for washing facades, recommend permitted cleaning materials, and do this in cooperation, but instead blanket letters were sent that blame everyone," the merchants say.
Gal Bakeri: "This is an unfair collective move"
Gal Bakery, one of the business owners who has owned a confectionery in Carmel for many years and received the warning letter, describes a feeling of frustration: "The municipality's conduct is improper. They issue a warning letter without explaining why, without saying what is wrong and how to act. I work with the Ministry of Health, and when there is a problem, an inspector comes and explains. Here, the person who signed the letter was not even in the field. It feels collective, without logic. And if there is logic, why not explain it to us?"
He said the accusations are not relevant to his business at all: "I don't have a street frontage, I'm in a yard, and yet I also make sure to clean the driveway, which is private land and doesn't belong to the municipality. Blaming all businesses together is wrong and unjust."
A call for dialogue instead of blanket enforcement
Businesses in Carmel emphasize that they are willing to act in accordance with the guidelines, but are asking the municipality to create a clear and transparent dialogue. "We are not opposed to keeping public spaces clean," they say, "but we expect to receive clear and regulated rules and not blanket warning letters that create injustice."
Haifa Municipality gave a response to Haifa: "The Haifa Municipality is taking steps to improve cleanliness in all neighborhoods of the city, including in the center of the Carmel. Currently, the municipality is conducting an intensive cleaning operation throughout the city. As part of this, washing machines, vacuuming and garbage removal are being operated, alongside thorough manual cleaning in public spaces.
During tours conducted by the Inspection Division, cases of flushing, accumulation of dirt, and uncontrolled use of cleaning agents by some business owners were identified, which could harm the safety of pedestrians and damage the paving stones. As a result, warning letters were sent to all business owners in the area. This is a complementary step to the municipality's overall effort to improve the appearance of the city and maintain a clean, safe, and inviting public space."
We must not give in to deliberate "vandalism"... There are "cameras" and you can see who these people are, who are deliberately destroying the pleasant "atmosphere" in the "Center of the Carmel" area...???!!! - I believe that even the "municipality" knows...!😘
The broken "stations" must be repaired/replaced.
In the center of Carmel… and “fine” food businesses that do not maintain “cleanliness” in the business environment during all hours of operation!!!@@@😭
Move the "homeless gentiles" from the "Carmel Center" @
This is a deliberate "industry", which has become disturbing, all over the city…!@
I was happy to "donate" with all my heart... until I realized that no one wants "help", only "money"!😭😭😭
I'm not surprised at all about the city of Haifa.
Shabtai Levy ran away. He runs a business that requires a license from the city. An indictment was filed against him. In a plea bargain, he admitted to the offense and paid a fine. An order was imposed on him prohibiting him from reopening the business. However, he joined the court and the city. There was a visit to the place and a new indictment was filed against him that will expire in 5 years, but he continues to operate the place normally.
The question being asked is why does the city issue a closure order for a place and this is a business that requires a license from the city?
If you would like more precise details, I would be happy to provide them.
A disgraceful municipality.
Street cleaning workers are sparingly.
Why ?
Offer a job. Provide a livelihood.
The sidewalks will also be cleaned.
And the employees will be happy too.
We wanted to change the mayor, we got a replacement, we wanted to change the lady, why did we go back to the old and tired instead of the new, young and energetic. This is an unfortunate mistake. There comes a time when a person has to say I did my best. I'm going home. The opportunity is not over yet and I hope the mayor will do this for the residents, it's not too late.
About that? And what about smoking in all the pubs? They forget that.
It's time to walk past the shawarmas and see napkins on the floor and dirt all around. Everything looks neglected. Well done, Haifa Municipality. And to act with force. That's the only way. Only force against criminals.
A municipality of criminals.
You wanted an old and tired mayor!!!!
You got the results!!!!!
Keep electing the old loser, you'll eat shit.
This is the worst municipality in the country in every area! In the area of no culture, in the area of no entertainment, in the area of no cleanliness, in the area of no treatment of residents… Shame on a municipality with the most expensive property taxes in the country…. A municipality that is only against the citizen! Sad and depressing to live in this city!!!
A city that mourns its fate. It was a cultural center, elegant, stylish, with fine people.
Today it is a center of explosions and homeless people.
That's how the greatest achievement is killing pigs.
Shame and disgrace, Louis Promenade, one of the most beautiful places in the country, is neglected to such a degree that everyone comes and does what they do there and nothing, nothing, every evening and night, the same mess, noise, dirt and clans from all the villages in the north, and what does the city do?
A welcome move by the municipality. Finally.
Just have a follow-up.
I'm amazed at the audacity of business owners - did anyone think that cleaning around wasn't required?
Are they really complaining that the municipality isn't teaching them how to make sponge cake??????
WTF
They probably pour the leftover water and dirt from washing businesses into the street – "let the municipality clean it up"
The department managers in the municipality who choose to blame the residents for their shortcomings should be fired.
The truth is that there is indeed a problem with certain business owners throughout the city who every morning take a hose, wash the sidewalks, and push all the dirt away from the entrance to their store and business with the water, and they don't care that the dirt doesn't disappear, it accumulates in the place where the water couldn't move it any further. The inspector's letter explains well what is forbidden and is not "too general" as the article tries to present.
This is so true, we need warnings, because even in the lower city it's horrible, the dirt and stone alleys are all black, disgusting, greasy, and there are many chairs, there is no pedestrian crossing, the smells of smoking, drugs and alcohol are really strong, it's even disturbing to prove the smell, and also the noise of music, street dwellers really need to do something about it, not just in Carmel. In Carmel, it's nothing compared to the neglected lower city, unfortunately.
A. The municipality must take action to ban vehicles parked on sidewalks. They endanger and injure pedestrians and blacken the sidewalks and curbs.
B. Also, clear demarcation for restaurants to leave a clear passage for pedestrians without having to cross restaurant tables.
C. Establish clear rules for signage and advertising. Remove signs on poles that obstruct pedestrians and stop pirated advertising on signposts.
Also in the center of Carmel
Also at the Ziv Center
Also in Jaffa, in the lower city
Also in Hadar
Everywhere. Maintain pedestrian space for pedestrians without hazards.
I don't believe the municipality, they use untrue and unfounded arguments.
😍You are right!
Let's hope that the municipality will read! Understand! Implement!@
The city literally needs a wash.
The city literally needs a wash.
It would be appropriate for the municipality to also address the blocking of public walkways with tables, chairs, and motorcycles, especially near Giraff and Ruben.
These business owners are jerks.
The municipality sent out warnings not to litter public spaces.
Very good – that's her job.
What did you want? To receive bouquets of flowers?
What's unfair?
Have you seen the entrance to your own business from the street?
What dirt and filth.
And fucking start draining your air conditioners into flower pots! (Intended for all the businesses in Carmel who think that a pipe dripping onto the street front is normal)
I agree with the opinion.
I don't go to the pastry shop because of the dirt at the entrance and around it.
Go clean and stop being so petty, you're not stupid, and if you are, hire a cleaning company.
You turned a beautiful street into a dirty market.
Absolutely true!@
They are deliberately destroying the "Carmel Center"...
Turn it into a "development town center" of the 70s…!!!@@@😭
Kudos to the municipality, it's time for someone to be responsible for the filth in public spaces.
And if anyone else comes to Gal's patisserie, well, that's their problem.