Chairs, tables and planters removed from Sliema café

Enforcement officers struck again at the Sliema Strand yesterday afternoon, removing chairs, tables and planters at Costa Café after finding that permit conditions had been exceeded.

The enforcement officers also removed a 20-centimetre high platform the owner had built.

Neighbours had complained that access to their property had been hindered by the street furniture.

A spokesman for the parliamentary secretariat responsible for lands said this was the second time that the café was the subject of enforcement action. The first was on June 13.

Violation of the law will not be tolerated and such enforcement action would continue, the spokesman said.