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ATA/129/1998•No vested right to a restaurant terrace location
ATA/129/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberMar 10, 1998Dismissed
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The appellant sought to rely on an alleged right to occupy public land with a restaurant terrace in Geneva. The court held that the 1826 convention on renting places on the public domain did not help him because he was neither a gardener nor a food merchant. It further found that there is no vested right to a particular terrace location. Balancing interests, the court gave precedence to pedestrian traffic flow over the private interest in maintaining the terrace.
LR.56 al.1; public domain occupation and restaurant terraces; alleged local convention and acquired rights. A private party may invoke a local convention only if it falls within the personal and material scope of the right asserted; absent such scope, no enforceable entitlement arises. No vested right exists to maintain a terrace at a particular location on the public domain. When balancing interests, the public interest in the free and fluid movement of pedestrians may prevail over the private interest in retaining the terrace (consid. implicit).
Descripteurs
DOMAINE PUBLIC(PROPRIETE DE TOUS); TERRASSE DE RESTAURANT; INTERET ACTUEL; USAGE LOCAL; DROIT ACQUIS; VG
Normes
LR.56 al.1
Résumé
- Dès lors que le recourant n'est pas jardinier ou marchand de comestibles, il ne peut se prévaloir de l'existence d'un droit découlant de la convention de 1826 entre la Ville de Genève et les propriétaires d'immeubles concernant la location de places sur le domaine public.
- Il n'y a pas de droits acquis à l'emplacement d'une terrasse.
- L'intérêt à la fluidité du trafic des piétons l'emporte sur l'intérêt privé.
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Whether the appellant could invoke a contractual/local right arising from the 1826 convention between the City of Geneva and property owners for renting places on public land.
No. As the appellant was neither a gardener nor a food merchant, he could not rely on that convention.
The court held that the convention did not confer an enforceable right on the appellant in his situation.
Whether there was an acquired right to the terrace location on the public domain.
No acquired right existed to the specific terrace location.
The court denied any vested entitlement to keep the terrace in place.
Whether the private interest in keeping the terrace prevailed over the interest in pedestrian traffic flow.
No. The interest in pedestrian circulation prevailed over the private interest.
The court weighed the competing interests and gave priority to the fluidity of pedestrian traffic on the public domain.
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