Owners of kiosks and other street businesses in Moscow won a respite Tuesday when the city government signed off on a draft order to regulate mobile, small-scale retail businesses.
Following an enthusiastic campaign to rid the city’s streets of vendors, Moscow officials are blushing after it was discovered that no formal order to remove the kiosks was ever issued.
As it turned out, the final document was relatively innocuous. The order requires the city’s architecture committee to develop a new plan for the placement of small-scale retail businesses “taking into consideration the transportation situation, residents’ needs and convenience of the location.” The plan should be completed by May 1, 2011.
Source: www.themoscowtimes.com