Municipal standing to appeal a building permit

ATA/765/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberDec 9, 1997Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The case concerns an attempt by a municipal council president, who also held the office of deputy, to appeal a building permit decision on behalf of the municipality. The court held that neither the role of deputy nor that of municipal council president grants standing to appeal. Under the relevant municipal rules, the defense of municipal interests belongs to the administrative council, the mayor, or the mayor's deputies. The appeal was therefore dismissed as inadmissible for lack of standing.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 60 lit. b LPA; municipal standing to appeal a construction permit decision: the capacity to defend the interests of a municipality and to act procedurally on its behalf belongs to the executive municipal authorities, namely the administrative council, the mayor and the deputy mayors. The president of the municipal council, even if simultaneously deputy, is not entitled to lodge an appeal in the name of the municipality. Standing to appeal cannot be derived merely from political office; it requires procedural representation competence conferred by law (consid. implied).

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Descripteurs

AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); PERMIS DE CONSTRUIRE; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; QUALITE POUR RECOURIR; COMMUNE; TPE

Normes

LPA.60 litt.b

Résumé

Ni la charge de député, ni celle de président du Conseil municipal n'octroit la qualité pour recourir contre une décision d'autorisation de construire. La compétence de défendre les intérêts d'une commune appartient au Conseil administratif, au maire ou à ses adjoints. Le président du Conseil municipal d'une commune ne peut recourir pour le compte de celle-ci car seul le Conseil administratif ou le maire ont cette compétence (art. 30 et 30A LAC).

Keywords

construction permitstanding to appealmunicipalityrepresentationadministrative lawplanning

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the municipal council president has standing to appeal against a building permit decision on behalf of the municipality.

Extracted holding

No. The office of municipal council president, even when combined with the status of deputy, does not confer standing to appeal for the municipality.

Extracted reasoning

The power to defend municipal interests belongs to the administrative council, the mayor, or the mayor's deputies. A municipal council president is not among the bodies empowered to act for the municipality in this respect.

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