Terrace permit refusal annulled for lack of proportionality

ATA/746/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberDec 2, 1997Modified

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Omnilex summary

The TA allowed the appeal against the refusal to authorize a restaurant terrace. It held that the measure did not achieve its public-order purpose because the neighborhood complaints related mainly to noise from an indoor gaming room rather than the terrace itself. The police report was favorable to the terrace and did not establish that its use would disturb the residents' tranquility. The refusal was therefore disproportionate under Article 13 LEDP.

Omnilex headnote

LEDP art. 13; public-domain use and authorization for a restaurant terrace; proportionality. A refusal to authorize use of public property must be based on concrete disturbances attributable to the requested use and must be suitable and necessary to achieve the public-order objective. Where the complaints concern other sources of nuisance, and the competent police report does not show adverse effects from the terrace itself, the refusal is disproportionate and cannot be upheld (consid. implicit).

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Descripteurs

DOMAINE PUBLIC(PROPRIETE DE TOUS); AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); TERRASSE DE RESTAURANT; ORDRE PUBLIC(EN GENERAL); USAGE COMMUN ACCRU; PROPORTIONNALITE; VG

Normes

LEDP.13

Résumé

Le TA a admis le recours contre le refus d'installer une terrasse, dans la mesure où la mesure ne permet pas d'atteindre le but visé. En effet, les plaintes des habitants de l'immeuble ont trait essentiellement au bruit provenant du salon de jeux situé à l'intérieur du bâtiment, et non de la terrasse. Par ailleurs, le rapport émanant de la gendarmerie est favorable à l'installation de la terrasse et n'indique pas que l'usage de cette dernière aurait perturbé la tranquillité publique des habitants de l'immeuble.

Keywords

public propertyauthorizationrestaurant terracepublic orderproportionalitynoise nuisance

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the refusal to authorize a restaurant terrace was lawful under Article 13 LEDP.

Extracted holding

The refusal was unlawful because it did not concretely further the stated public-order aim and was not proportionate in light of the actual source of disturbances.

Extracted reasoning

The residents' complaints concerned mainly noise from the indoor gaming hall, not the terrace. The gendarmerie report supported the terrace and did not show that its use would disturb public tranquility.

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