Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the municipal president and a municipal councillor had to recuse because of prior participation as jury members in the project competition.
Decisione estratta
Yes. Their prior jury role, combined with the concrete and detailed influence of the competition on the later planning decision, created an objective appearance of bias.
Motivazione estratta
The jury assessed the same central planning questions later raised in the objections; the officials acted as decision-makers and partly as advisers; the selected study largely predetermined the zoning plan; and the municipal authority retained planning discretion, making prior commitment particularly problematic.