Restaurant terrace on public land must be authorized

ATA/796/1997Cour de justice / Chambre administrative23 déc. 1997Granted

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Résumé Omnilex

The court held that the appeal no longer had a current interest as to the 1997 authorization because a request for 1998 was foreseeable. On the merits, however, it found that the pedestrian traffic at the site was modest and that the terrace should therefore be authorized. It also relied on equal treatment, noting that similar terraces had already been approved in the Pâquis area.

Regeste Omnilex

LEDP art. 19; restaurant terrace on the public domain; current interest and equal treatment. The requirement of a current practical interest may cease where the contested authorization concerns a period that will imminently be replaced by a new application. A terrace on public land must be admitted where the actual burden on pedestrian circulation is limited and the refusal would create unequal treatment compared with comparable terraces already authorized in the same area. Consid. 2-3.

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Descripteurs

TERRASSE DE RESTAURANT; INTERET ACTUEL; USAGE COMMUN ACCRU; DOMAINE PUBLIC(PROPRIETE DE TOUS); EGALITE DE TRAITEMENT; VG

Normes

LEDP.19

Résumé

Dès lors que la recourante sollicitera vraisemblablement une autorisation en 1998, l'intérêt actuel au recours concernant l'autorisation pour 1997 peut être abandonné. Etant donné que le trafic de piétons à cet endroit est modeste, une terrasse doit être autorisée. De plus, la terrasse en cause est similaire à d'autres terrasses qui ont été autorisées aux Pâquis.

Mots-clés

restaurant terracepublic domaincurrent interestequal treatmentpedestrian trafficauthorization

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Question juridique clé

Whether the appeal still had a current practical interest regarding the 1997 terrace authorization.

Solution extraite

The current interest could be abandoned because the appellant would likely seek authorization for 1998.

Motifs extraits

Since a new authorization request for the following year was foreseeable, the dispute over the 1997 authorization no longer required separate resolution.

Question juridique clé

Whether the restaurant terrace on the public domain had to be authorized despite increased common use.

Solution extraite

Yes. Given the modest pedestrian traffic at the location, the terrace had to be authorized.

Motifs extraits

The court considered the intensity of pedestrian use limited and found no sufficient basis to refuse the terrace on that ground.

Question juridique clé

Whether equal treatment required allowing the terrace because similar terraces had already been authorized in Pâquis.

Solution extraite

Yes. The terrace was similar to other terraces already authorized in Pâquis, so refusal would breach equal treatment.

Motifs extraits

Comparable treatment of similar situations required consistency with existing authorizations in the same area.

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