Rio Mayor Pledges to Veto Council Amendment That Residents Say Would Weaken Peixoto Protections

Overview

• City Council approved PLC nº 92/2025 to create the AEIU Praça Onze Maravilha and sent the full text to Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere for sanction or veto.
• Emenda nº 126, added just before final voting, extends an Operação Interligada to areas including Bairro Peixoto and contains Article 16 saying PAL 22.351's volumetry rules 'will prevail' over the 1989 APA law on four named streets.
• Residents organized by the Oásis association collected about 1,370 signatures and asked the Ministério Público to intervene because they say the wording could let taller buildings replace low-rise homes and change the neighborhood's character.
• The mayor wrote that he will veto emenda nº 126, a pledge made publicly on Tuesday that removes the immediate legal effect of the contested article but leaves the rest of the PLC awaiting final redaction and executive action.
• Next steps include publication of the consolidated PLC text, formal sanction or veto by the mayor, and likely legal review of how PAL limits, the Operação Interligada and the 1989 APA protections will be reconciled, a process that will determine whether revitalization can proceed without changing current height limits.