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Fine confirmed for unauthorized car wreck storage in agricultural zone

ATA/398/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJun 30, 1998Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

The court confirmed a CHF 2,000 fine against the owner of a parcel in agricultural zone who had stored car wrecks, scrap iron, and wood waste there for several years. It held that this kind of deposit constitutes unauthorized, non-authorizable work within the meaning of the applicable planning/building sanction provision.

Omnilex headnote

LCI Art. 137 para. 1; storage of car wrecks and waste in agricultural zone as sanctionable unauthorized work; where the use of land consists in the long-term deposit of vehicle wrecks and similar debris on agricultural land, the conduct is not authorizable and may be penalized by an administrative fine. Persistent failure to regularize the situation justifies confirmation of the sanction.

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Descripteurs

AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; TRAVAUX DE CONSTRUCTION; ILLICEITE; AMENDE; TPE

Normes

LCI.137 al.1

Résumé

Le dépôt d'épaves de voitures en zone agricole doit être cosidéré comme travaux non autorisables et comme tels faire l'objet d'une amende. Amende de CHF 2'000.- confirmée après plusieurs années de tergiversations. Confirmation d'une amende de CHF 2'000.-- infligée à l'encontre du propriétaire d'une parcelle sise en zone agricole qui y entrepose depuis plusieurs années des épaves de voitures ainsi que des déchets de fer et de bois.

Keywords

planning lawagricultural zoneunauthorized useconstruction sanctionsadministrative finewaste storage

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether storing car wrecks and waste on land in agricultural zone constitutes unauthorized construction/work subject to sanction under LCI Art. 137 para. 1.

Extracted holding

Yes. The deposit of car wrecks in agricultural zone is treated as unauthorized work/installation and may be fined.

Extracted reasoning

The court considered the long-standing storage of vehicle wrecks and other waste on agricultural land to be an illicit use not capable of authorization, falling within the sanctionable conduct targeted by LCI Art. 137 para. 1.

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