Forest setback: no equal treatment from unlawful buildings

ZZ.1985.29Other CourtAug 5, 1985Dismissed

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The Administrative Court held that a builder cannot derive a claim to equal treatment from the fact that other constructions had been erected below the statutory forest setback without the forest authorities' consent or knowledge. Such unlawful practices do not bind the authorities or justify a further deviation from the forest setback requirement.

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§ 9 Kantonales Forstgesetz; equal treatment and unlawful comparative practice: A building applicant cannot invoke the principle of equal treatment to demand approval contrary to the statutory forest setback merely because similar structures exist elsewhere. Where the earlier encroachments were erected without the knowledge or consent of the competent forest authorities, they do not constitute a lawful comparator and create no entitlement to analogous treatment (consid. not specified).

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Geschäftsnummer:	ZZ.1985.29
Instanz:	Verwaltungsgericht
Entscheiddatum:	06.08.1985
FindInfo-Nummer:	O_VW.2015.237

Titel:	Waldabstand

Resümee:	§ 9 Kantonales Forstgesetz. Aus dem Umstand, dass an anderer Stelle ohne Zustimmung und ohne Kenntnis der Forstbehörden Bauten errichtet worden sind, welche den gesetzlichen Waldabstand unterschreiten, kann ein Bauherr keinen Anspruch auf Gleichbehandlung ableiten.

	SOG 1985 Nr. 29 *§ 9 Kantonales Forstgesetz.Aus dem Umstand, dass an anderer Stelle ohne Zustimmung und ohne Kenntnis der Forstbehörden Bauten errichtet worden sind, welche den gesetzlichen Waldabstand unterschreiten, kann ein Bauherr keinen Anspruch auf Gleichbehandlung ableiten. * Verwaltungsgericht, Urteil vom 6. August 1985

Keywords

forest setbackequal treatmentunlawful constructionbuilding permitforest law

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Key legal question

Whether a builder can rely on equal treatment to obtain approval despite violating the statutory forest setback because other unlawful buildings exist elsewhere.

Extracted holding

No. Unauthorized buildings erected elsewhere without the forest authorities' knowledge or consent do not create an equal-treatment entitlement.

Extracted reasoning

Equality cannot be derived from comparable unlawful practice by others when the prior violations occurred without the competent authorities' awareness or approval.

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