The mayor of Paris has asked the various actors of "quick commerce", the delivery of ultra-fast shopping at home, the closure of 45 "dark stores" which were
"illegally created"
in the capital, detailed on Monday to AFP the first deputy PS Emmanuel Grégoire.
"Out of 65 dark stores that have been instructed"
by the town hall's urban planning services following feedback from Parisians,
"45 are illegal",
explained Emmanuel Grégoire.
Read alsoDelivery in 15 minutes: Paris, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux... How big cities are tackling "dark stores"
These “dark stores” are considered by the town hall and the urban planning departments as warehouses, whereas the premises in which they have been installed are most often commercial premises.
"To transform a business into a warehouse, the actors of quick commerce should have requested authorization, even a building permit in certain cases, and they did not do so, which is a violation of the town planning code",
he detailed at the end of a meeting to which all the players in this booming sector since the Covid-19 epidemic were invited.
Underground car parks planned
The actors present were, according to the town hall of Paris: Cajoo, Gorillas, Flink, Glovo, GoPuff, Yango Deli, Zapp, Rohlik, Bam courses, Frichti, Deliveroo and Uber Eats.
Concretely, after finding a violation of the town planning code, the court is seized and can, in addition to the decision on the merits, pronounce a financial penalty
“capped at 25,000 euros per warehouse”
, explains Emmanuel Grégoire.
Read alsoHome delivery: a Franprix “dark store” to prepare orders
"I explained to the actors that they may not have an interest in making a bet on going to court, which is a long time but an inescapable time"
, he further detailed with of AFP, specifying that
"those who wish to play the game of transparency"
can get in touch with the services of the town hall to find more suitable places to settle.
The chosen one, for example, cited the
“underground car parks, some of which are under-occupied”.
The town hall has planned to organize a public information meeting for local residents on March 25 at 7 p.m., during which
“an overall update on the state of the law, the remedies available to the town and that available to local residents.
