Dénia removed from the public via advertising that does not comply with the Ordinance 1998

The municipality of Dénia, based on the Ordinance Aesthetics and Urban Furniture Fronts, adopted in 1998, will remove from the street all that advertising and commercial information that does not meet the established standard.

According to the city council, there is currently a lot of publicity for private companies that does not respect this ordinance that aims to "restore aesthetic parameters and the correct image of a tourist city that is committed to quality."

The ordinance provides in Article 92, the express prohibition of advertising on informational signs, dumpsters, bins, kiosks, trees, public banks, downpipes and staffs of streetlights.

The same article includes, among others, the prohibition of placing ads on easels on sidewalks or supported by trees and public benches and large painted signs, both on facades and on party walls.

The application of these regulations not only affect advertising on the street, but also in advertising on fences, posts or other media in parcels or other areas of private nature and the council urged owners to respect and comply with the Ordinance, in order to preserve adequate and regulated aesthetic conditions.

Currently, 52 files are being processed corresponding to infractions for the installation of large posters and billboards on main roads, such as the Les Marines road, La Xara-Jesús Pobre, Camí de Gandia and the Xàbia road.