On Wednesday the mayor presented the amended bylaw that deals with motorhomes, caravans and camper vans. The bylaw will prohibit their use as homes. The town hall will fine people for spending the night in them. Considered to be a 'serious' infraction, the fine will be from 750 to 1,500 euros.
It has taken since May for the town hall to finalise the amended bylaw. When the potential ban and fines were highlighted in the spring, there were protests. The town hall was asked to allow eating and sleeping inside the vehicles. The final text of the bylaw doesn't permit this.
"We have repeated it several times. A motorhome, a car, a bus; these are not for living in. They are for moving around, for transport. The ordinance has an objective - in Palma people live in houses, not in caravans."
A ban on camping in vehicles will apply to the whole of Palma except in specific authorised places. As for parking, this must be in these places, but vehicles will have to move after ten days. This implies that caravan settlements such as those in Son Gual or Son Hugo will be dismantled. If a vehicle is being used as a habitual residence, the police will have permission to remove it but without entering it, except in exceptional cases.
If people are in a situation of social exclusion, the town hall will provide assistance and make social services available.
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BerlingoBerlingo: "most of these camper pests are from Mainland Spain because it cost´s almost nothing to go from Dania to Ibiza and then Mallorca if you are Spanish" Discounts don't apply to mainland RESIDENTS (regardless of citizenship) and vehicles aren't covered anyway.
Richard PearsonDamn it, that's €750 next time I pop into the McDonalds drive in. ...town hall was asked to allow eating ... inside the vehicles
"If people are in a situation of social exclusion, the town hall will provide assistance" Well that's good to know. Off you go then.
The backlash he has received and is continuing to receive in the local Spanish press is out of all proportions. If he values his future as a career functionary/politician, he will start back pedalling pretty damn fast.
This imbecile of a mayor says; "... in Palma, people live in houses, not in caravans!" Well, fix the housing crisis you fool. This is not in issue of choice, but one of necessity. It's a pity "planned obsolescence" doesn't seem to apply to this type of politician!
Yes I have recently purchased a motorhome 6 meter in the UK , and I would love to be able to park up in resorts in Mallorca, and be able to have facilities to be able to dispose of toilet and washing water in a safe place. Also if need be to pay to use the roads and pay a tourist tax to keep the locals happy. There could be a time limit of say 7 to 14 night stay in any one place, and a maximum visit stay of 28 days to the island for tourists. This could bring extra revenue to the resort bars, restaurants and shops.
Martinez was born a fool, is a fool and will die a fool. I look forward to seeing him confront a 185 cm, 95 kg international TIR lorry driver after he has woken him up when he was sleeping in his € 145.000 Scania tractor trailer unit whilst waiting for the depot to open the next morning.
Caravan´s Tricky subject and long been neglected by the Government in all of Spain now all of a sudden it´s a Problem , It's unfortunate but most of these camper pests are from Mainland Spain because it cost´s almost nothing to go from Dania to Ibiza and then Mallorca if you are Spanish or a resident and it´s a quite beautiful place to spend some time even if the people don´t like it , another thing and this also causes problem´s is that there are no camping facilities to assist the camper´s with facilities which you will find easily in the south of France with shower´s toilets laundry facilities bar´s and restaurants and easy beach access , guess will just have to kick this one around in Spain for the next 50 year´s or until the situation changes .
So where does the mayor think these hundreds of people are going to sleep now? They should all head to the town hall and sleep there
This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time. Taking away your right to sleep in your vehicle? How can this be even legal. . Sounds a lot like old time East Germany. The politicians here just make up laws that make no sense at all.