The remodeling of the restrooms at Chapala City Hall is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.

Jazmín Stengel –Director of Social Communication Elizabeth Oropeza announced today that the ongoing remodeling of the restrooms at Chapala City Hall will cost approximately  70 thousand pesos and should be completed in a few weeks.  She added that the facilities are being completely remodeled because they were left in very bad condition.

She said that the remodeling consisted of «gutting of the previous restrooms, unclogging and cleaning the  drains, replacing  drinking water pipes, tiling walls, installing  new wall and floor tiles, as well as new bowls, urinals and sinks. » 

In the next stage,  the doors  will be repainted, and the glass in  the mirrors will be replaced, and new screens installed. «Only the screens are contracted out; the rest  of the work is being performed by City Hall’s employees, » Oropeza pointed out.

The remodeling of the  bathrooms in the  Chapala City Hall does not require the supervision of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), because the building was constructed after 1900.The director of Municipal Patrimony, Antonio Velazco,  said that «the  law establishes that it (INAH ) protects paleontological, archeological, historical and artistic assets produced before 1900». Since the building  was constructed in 1908 as the Antiguo Hotel Nido de Chapala, it is exempt.