Ephemeral terraces: bars-restaurants hope for an exemption

How much will Parisian restaurants and cafes have to pay for the renewal of their ephemeral terraces after the reopening?

A certain confusion reigned this Tuesday at the Town hall after the information of the Parisian on the decision of the town hall of Paris to end the free of the ephemeral extensions authorized at the end of the first confinement and perpetuated until June 2020.

Asked on Monday, the Paris city hall indicated that this measure had cost 34 million euros (including displays) between May 2020 and April 2021, without giving details on the future price of terraces.

Olivia Polski, the deputy (PS) in charge of trade at the town hall of Paris had however specified that "the price would harmonize with that of the terraces (

and would remain stable".

This Tuesday, his services indicated, after the publication of our article, that "the median cost of a terrace is 425 euros per year".

"We are going to be successful"

“At that price, restaurateurs sign within 24 hours. But the amount displayed by the town hall is much lower than the real cost of a terrace in Paris ”, retorted this Tuesday afternoon Franck Delvau, president of Umih Paris-IDF, one of the professional unions of the hotel industry, well decided to fight to obtain the extension of free access at least “until the end of summer” for ephemeral terraces. The City had issued 9,800 authorizations (out of 15,247 requests), thus mobilizing 9,000 parking spaces (out of a total of 146,000).

“We have made a big effort since the start of the crisis and the restaurant owners thanked us for this help which saved them. But from July, the terraces and the ephemeral extensions will be paying ”, said Monday Olivia Polski, the sales assistant. "We will win our case, yet believes Franck Delvau, interviewed this Tuesday. Olivia Polski assured me that new exemption measures would be voted ”. A meeting between the town hall, professionals and local residents' groups took place this Tuesday evening.