Exceptional permit for a hangar in forest zone

ATA/240/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 15, 1997

Extracted by Omnilex

Omnilex summary

The City of Geneva planned a hangar to cut and store wood from public parks on existing slabs in a forest area. The legal question was whether the project could be exceptionally authorized despite the forest-zone designation. The summary indicates that authorization is permissible where the construction uses pre-existing slabs, does not require any clearing, and causes only minimal impact on the surrounding environment.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 13b al. 2 lit. a LFo; construction in a forest zone may be exceptionally authorized when the project is situated on pre-existing slabs, entails no clearing, and affects the surrounding environment only minimally. The decisive criteria are the absence of deforestation and the limited ecological impact of the installation; where these conditions are met, the prohibition on forest-zone construction does not preclude authorization.

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Descripteurs

AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); AFFECTATION; PERMIS DE CONSTRUIRE; HANGAR AGRICOLE; ZONE DE VERDURE; TPE

Normes

LFORETS.13B al.2 litt.a

Résumé

La construction par la Ville de Genève d'un hangar permettant de débiter et d'entreposer du bois provenant de parcs publics peut être exceptionnellement admise en zone de bois et forêts dans la mesure où elle est projetée sur des dalles préexistantes, où elle ne nécessite aucun défrichement et où elle ne porte atteinte à l'environnement avoisinant que d'une façon minime.

Keywords

land-use planningconstruction permitforest zoneexceptional authorizationclearingenvironmental impactshed

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the planned hangar could be exceptionally authorized in the forest zone.

Extracted holding

Yes, exceptionally, because it was to be built on pre-existing slabs, required no clearing, and would cause only minimal environmental impact.

Extracted reasoning

The project satisfied the exceptional conditions for construction in the forest zone as it did not entail deforestation and the interference with the surrounding environment remained minimal.

Exceptional permit for a hangar in forest zoneAI generated