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ATA/98/1998•Building permit upheld despite surface ratio excess and unsigned plans
ATA/98/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberMar 4, 1998Confirmed
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The court upheld the authorization to build four contiguous villas with carports. It held that a 0.20 excess in the surface ratio was covered by the derogation in Art. 59 para. 4 LCI. It also held that the fact that the plans were not signed by the architect did not, by itself, justify annulment of the permit. Any civil-law dispute concerning the easement for connecting pipelines to the private collector was left to the civil courts.
Art. 59 para. 4 LCI; building permit and surface-ratio derogation; unsigned plans and civil-law servitudes: a permit may be upheld where the project falls within the statutory derogation for exceeding the surface ratio by 0.20. The absence of the architect’s signature on the plans does not in itself render the authorization void or require its annulment. Civil-law issues relating to easements or pipeline connections are not determined in the building-permit proceedings and remain reserved to the civil courts.
Descripteurs
AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); VILLA; ARCHITECTE; DROITS REELS; AFFAIRE CIVILE; SURFACE; CONDUITE(TUYAU); 5E ZONE; PLAN DE CONSTRUCTION; TPE
Normes
LCI.59 al.4
Résumé
Confirmation d'une autorisation de construire quatre villas contiguës avec couverts à voitures, en dépit du dépassement au rapport des surfaces de 0,20, conformément à la dérogation prévue à l'art.59 al.4 LCI. Les problèmes de droit civil liés à la servitude de raccordement des canalisations au collecteur privé en cause reste dévolu aux tribunaux civils. L'autorisation de construire ne peut être annulée du simple fait que les plans n'étaient pas signés par l'architecte.
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Whether the building permit had to be annulled because the plans were not signed by the architect.
No. The absence of the architect's signature on the plans did not justify annulment of the permit.
The defect was not treated as a decisive ground invalidating the authorization in itself.
Whether the construction project exceeded the permitted surface ratio and, if so, whether the derogation under Art. 59 para. 4 LCI could apply.
The permit could be confirmed despite a 0.20 excess in the surface ratio because the derogation in Art. 59 para. 4 LCI applied.
The exceedance remained within the scope of the statutory derogation allowing confirmation of the project.
Whether alleged civil-law issues concerning the easement for connection of pipes to the private collector affected the building permit.
No. Those civil-law questions were reserved to the civil courts and did not affect the permit decision.
The dispute over the servitude belonged to the civil jurisdiction, not to the planning authorization review.
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