Key legal question
Whether the expropriated land had to be valued as building land or non-building land.
Extracted holding
The parcel was not in a building zone at the valuation date and was not shown to have probably been zoned otherwise absent the expropriation; it had to be valued as land outside the building zone.
Extracted reasoning
Compensation is based on market value at the conciliation hearing. Only developments not caused by the work may be considered. The non-zoning was not work-related and the municipal planning rules showed only agricultural/forestry-type uses.