Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has approved a hawkers’ holiday or moratorium on street vending in 22 recommended sites to enable small vendors to legitimately pursue their livelihood during the Christmas season.
During the moratorium, the city government will only allow vending activities on approved and regulated vending sites so as not to cause obstructions to both pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Pedestrian footbridges are not included in the moratorium, Bautista stressed.
The moratorium requires the use of uniform temporary stalls or tents not exceeding an area of two square meters, payment of required taxes and fees, endorsement from concerned barangays, maintenance of cleanliness and voluntary dismantling of vending stalls at the end of the moratorium period.
Marilou Arrieta, Market Development and Administration Department officer in charge, said 22 vending sites for 802 vendors will be covered by the moratorium effective last Thursday until Jan. 8, 2017.
Monitoring and implementation of the moratorium will be coordinated by Arrieta’s office, the Quezon City Police District, Metro Manila Development Authority, the city’s Department of Public Order and Safety, and the barangays involved.