When the heat greenhouse, many are encouraged to remove the T-shirt even outside the beach or the pool. But what some see as a solution to cope with high temperatures is causing discomfort among many citizens who have to share public spaces such as banks, streets and squares with those who choose to show their shirtless.
This is what residents of the center of Malagatired of seeing people wandering foreigners in shorts, swimsuits and even bikinis as if they were sunbathing in La Malagueta. “Maybe we all have to do it like this, with the new times,” suggests the neighborhood association Centro Antiguo in a publication on X – formerly Twitter – that it accompanies with images of several couples circulating in Granada, Carretería and Puerta Nueva streets.
Many users have expressed through their comments that the solution to the problem would be to sanctionsBut what does the regulation dictate in Malaga? Many Spanish municipalities, mainly in coastal areas, already establish or consider including sanctions in their ordinances to contain this practice that has become common during the summer months.
In the capital of the Costa del Sol, faced with the increase in certain behaviors linked mainly to private celebrations such as bachelor parties, a change in the Ordinance on citizen coexistence which introduces several precepts which, although concise, can be subject to interpretation.
Thus, Article 36 includes the prohibition – except with municipal authorization for specific locations – of circulating or remaining on the road or in public space. “without clothes or only in underwear”but it is not specified whether this includes walking around bare-chested or walking around in a swimsuit.
Fines for this behavior, which would be considered a minor offense, could be as high as 750 eurosThe standard also places particular emphasis on two elements often associated with controversial farewells and to the above adds the prohibition of wearing items representing human genitalia or carrying dolls and dolls or items of a sexual nature.
Also in Marbella
Other municipalities in the province have put an end to these practices. Since 2018, the Marbella Municipal Coexistence Ordinance stipulates in its article 63 that, unless there are municipal permits, for specific public places, it is prohibited transit or stay on the road or in public spaces with a bare torso.
Toplessness is considered a minor offence in the municipality of Marbella, which alludes to reasons of aesthetics and hygiene to justify the said limitation. Furthermore, express reference is also made to the prohibition of circulating or remaining on the public highway in public spaces only in the following cases: swimsuit or other similar clothing.
