Serviceportal–Baden-Württemberg
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Procedure descriptions
Locking period - apply for reduction or cancellation
A general closing time is set for restaurants and public entertainment venues. During this time, the restaurants must cease their operations.
Start of the closing time:
- during the week: 3 a.m
- during the week in health resorts and recreational areas: 2 a.m
- at weekends on Saturday and Sunday nights: 5 a.m
- for amusement arcades: 24 hrs
General end of the curfew is 6 a.m.
Notice: On the night of 1 January, the curfew is lifted. On Shrove Tuesday night and 1 May it starts at 5 am. This does not apply to gambling halls.
Under certain conditions, the authorities may extend the curfew in individual cases for the benefit of individual establishments
- extend,
- limit it,
- revocably shorten or
- revoked.
Note: The authority may impose conditions at any time when shortening or lifting the closing time.
Under certain conditions, the authorities may also generally extend, shorten or abolish the curfew by ordinance. Such ordinances shall be issued by the municipalities, the district officesthe regional councils or the Ministry of the Interior.
Responsible authority
- for reductions of curfew times in individual cases: the municipality in whose district the business premises for which a reduction of curfew times is requested is located
- for a general reduction of the curfew: the municipalities and districts, large district towns as well as the municipalities and administrative communities with their own responsibility for building law. Enter the location of your business premises in the location selection.
Fachbereich Bürgerdienste und Bildung [Stadt Kuppenheim]
Personal contact
Peter Müller
Fachbereichsleiter Bürgerdienste & Bildung
Building Rathaus
Room 0.09
Details
Prerequisite
Prerequisites for a reduction of the curfew are:
- Existence of a public need
- Existence of special local conditions
Procedure
You can informally apply for a reduction of the closing time for your business to the municipality in whose district the business premises are located. Indicate,
- in what form and
- reasons why you want to shorten the closing time.
Depending on what the municipality offers, an application form is available or you can download it from the internet.
Deadlines
There is no legal deadline. Apply for the reduction of the blocking period as early as possible.
Required documents
None
Costs
Find out from the responsible office what costs you should expect.
Miscellaneous
none
Legal basis
Gaststättenverordnung (GastVO)
- § 1 GastVO (Sachliche Zuständigkeit)
- § 9 GastVO (Allgemeine Sperrzeit)
- § 11 GastVO (Allgemeine Ausnahmen)
- § 12 GastVO (Ausnahmen für einzelne Betriebe)
§ 18 Gaststättengesetz (GaststättenG) (Sperrzeitverkürzung)
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 16.07.2024