Overview
- The Metropolitan Council approved the rule on Friday, allowing immediate 48-hour closures of premises used as clandestine depots in galleries, parking lots, and tenement houses in the Historic Center.
- Repeat violations can lead to definitive closure and license revocation, with cases escalated to PROLIMA to start revocation proceedings.
- The proposal was presented by councilor Miguel Ciccia Ciccia and enforcement chief Mariella Falla Chanamé, who cited risks including flammable goods, irregular structural changes, and storage of carts and modules for illegal street vending.
- The municipality says the ordinance complies with constitutional and municipal law and it was published in El Peruano as Ordinance No. 2787.
- Separately, the city declared Plaza San Martín intangible in response to protest calls as authorities prepare enforcement actions.