In this regard, the city council points out that maintaining the city’s green areas and floral decorations represents an investment of more than 140,000 euros a year. The incident on Alfonso I Street is thus added to other behavior affecting public furniture and public spaces, which the new Civic and Citizen Coexistence Ordinance seeks to punish. The regulation, approved this September, establishes fines ranging from 50 to 3,000 euros and also includes an obligation to repair damage caused to public property.
UP TO 3,000 EUROS FOR VANDALISM
Very serious offenses include vandalism against municipal infrastructure and furniture, with fines of up to 3,000 euros. The specific amount, however, depends on how the offense is classified and graded, so this does not mean that removing these plants will automatically be punished with that amount.
With the video, Zaragoza City Council aims to highlight an apparently minor act that affects an item installed and maintained with public money. “Respect what belongs to everyone,” officials urged, using the incident to remind residents that the new municipal regulations have come into force.
