Key legal question
Whether a building commission member who acted as architect for the project had a duty to recuse under § 148 Abs. 1 lit. a Gemeindegesetz.
Extracted holding
Yes. The architect had a direct personal interest in the permit outcome and had to abstain from deliberation and voting.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that approval affected the architect’s fees and possible responsibility for project defects; this is a classic case of direct personal interest requiring recusal.