Key legal question
Whether the Grand Council violated Art. 33(3)(b) LAT by deciding the zoning law before the local plan was finally adopted.
Extracted holding
No. The Grand Council had free review authority and could decide without a prior local plan; the reasons for its choice were discernible and the federal safeguard was respected.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 33 LAT, a cantonal review authority must have free examination, including appropriateness review, but it need not be bound by a prior local plan. Geneva law does not make zoning adoption conditional on prior adoption of a local plan, and the Grand Council knew the relevant planning context.