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Spitting, playing music on the bus or misparking an e-scooter: what Zaragoza’s new ordinance says

The new Civic Ordinance of the Aragonese capital is not limited to major acts of vandalism or behavior that causes the most conflict. The text approved by Zaragoza City Council also addresses small everyday actions that affect cleanliness, rest or the shared use of public streets. Some are classified as minor offenses and can carry fines of up to €750.
Spitting, playing music on the bus or misparking an e-scooter: what Zaragoza’s new ordinance says

These behaviors include urinating or spitting in public, throwing cigarette butts or rubbish on the ground and failing to clean up after pets. The ordinance also covers tampering with waste containers and abandoning bicycles and e-scooters in public spaces, another behavior that the regulation expressly adds to its list of offenses.

MUSIC VOLUME IS ALSO SUBJECT TO PENALTIES

The ordinance also places limits on certain behaviors that can disrupt coexistence without causing material damage. This includes using sound systems on public transport when they disturb other passengers. The text also covers the indiscriminate or exclusive use of public space, such as occupying parks and gardens to spend the night.

These are behaviors of different kinds, but they all fall under the same objective: regulating how the city’s shared spaces are used and establishing consequences when certain practices affect other residents.

The regulation restores a specific municipal catalog of behaviors after years without a Civic Ordinance in force. The difference is that some situations that may appear minor are now also expressly included and classified within a system of penalties.