Question juridique clé
Whether the neighbor had standing to challenge the building permit under public-law appeal rules.
Solution extraite
He had standing only insofar as he invoked the density rules of the Geneva building law, which protect neighboring owners indirectly; his complaint based on Art. 973 CC was inadmissible.
Motifs extraits
The surface-ratio provisions are mixed rules serving both public planning goals and neighboring interests, whereas the Art. 973 CC argument was irrelevant because the lower court relied on constitutional good-faith protection, not that provision.