Restoration of building permit for lakeside rescue facility

ATA/77/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberFeb 10, 1998Granted

Extracted by Omnilex

Omnilex summary

The court restored the permit to build a new lakeside rescue building. It held that the public interest in improved and better organized rescue services on the lake outweighed the limited spatial impact of the construction project.

Omnilex headnote

LALAT. 19 al. 3; restoration of a construction permit for a lakeside rescue building; a building authorization may be upheld where the project serves a significant public interest and its impact on the site is modest. In balancing interests, the importance of the public task and the limited extent of the encroachment are decisive factors.

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Descripteurs

CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; LAC; TPE

Normes

LALAT.19 al.3

Résumé

Rétablissement de l'autorisation de construire au bord du lac un nouveau bâtiment pour le sauvetage, en raison de l'intérêt public à une meilleure organisation des sauvetages et de la modestie de l'emprise de la construction.

Keywords

construction permitpublic interestrescue serviceslakeplanning lawbalancing of interests

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the construction permit for the new lakeside rescue building had to be restored.

Extracted holding

Yes. The public interest in better organized rescue services outweighs the limited impact of the project on the site.

Extracted reasoning

The project serves an important public purpose, namely improving rescue operations on the lake, and the planned building only minimally affects the surroundings.

Restoration of building permit for lakeside rescue facilityAI generated