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No preliminary review of development-zone statute

ATA/508/1995Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberOct 3, 1995Dismissed

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The court held that a building permit conforming to a development zone may not be granted before the Conseil d'Etat has issued the decree authorizing application of the zone's norms. It further held that the statute establishing the development zone cannot be subjected to incidental judicial review in the permit proceedings.

Omnilex headnote

LGZDI.4; a building permit based on a development zone may be granted only after the competent executive authority has adopted the decree making the zone's special norms applicable. In the absence of that decree, the norms are not yet enforceable for permitting purposes. A statute instituting a development zone is not amenable to incidental review in proceedings concerning an individual building permit; the legality of the legislative act must be challenged by the appropriate direct avenue, not collaterally (consid. unspecified).

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Descripteurs

CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; ENTREPOT; AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; NORME; EXAMEN PREJUDICIEL; TPE

Normes

LGZDI.4

Résumé

Une autorisation de construire conforme à la zone de développement ne peut être accordée tant que la CE n'a pas pris un arrêté autorisant l'application des normes de la zone de développement. Pas de contrôle préjudiciel possible d'une loi instituant une zone de développement.

Keywords

construction permitdevelopment zoneland-use planningincidental reviewzoning normsexecutive decree

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a building permit consistent with the development zone may be granted before the Conseil d'Etat has adopted the decree authorizing application of the zone's rules.

Extracted holding

No. The permit cannot be granted until the required Conseil d'Etat decree authorizing application of the development-zone norms has been issued.

Extracted reasoning

The application of the special development-zone regime depends on the prior executive decree; without it, the zoning norms are not yet operable for permit purposes.

Key legal question

Whether a statute establishing a development zone may be subject to incidental or preliminary judicial review.

Extracted holding

No. The court held that such preliminary review is not available against a law instituting a development zone.

Extracted reasoning

The challenged statute is not open to incidental review in the permit proceedings at issue.

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