Appealability of non-binding preliminary decisions on technical building rules

BRKE II Nr. 0142/1999Building Appeals CourtAug 17, 1999Granted

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The court held that preliminary decisions lacking third-party binding effect are nonetheless appealable if they deal with provisions that have no spatial-planning function. This includes primarily technical norms such as structural safety, traffic safety in the narrow sense, fire protection, hygiene, and internal access/arrangement of rooms.

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Preliminary decisions not binding on third parties are appealable if they concern provisions without a spatial-planning function; this is the case in particular for predominantly technical standards governing structural safety, traffic safety in the narrow sense, fire protection, hygiene and internal room access. By contrast, the appeal restriction does not extend to such non-planning norms merely because they arise in a building-law context (consid. 1).

Full text

BRKE II Nr. 142/1999 vom 17. August 1999in BEZ 1999 Nr. 40 Zulässig und damit rekursweise anfechtbar sind nicht drittverbindliche Vor- entscheide hingegen, soweit sie sich mit Vorschriften ohne raumplanerische Funkti- on befassen, wozu die vorwiegend technischen Normen über die baustatische Si- cherheit, die Verkehrssicherheit im engsten Sinne, den Brandschutz usw., aber auch etwa die Bestimmungen über Hygiene und innere Erschliessung der Räume zu zäh- len sind.

Keywords

appealabilitypreliminary decisionbuilding lawtechnical standardsfire protectionstructural safetyhygiene

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Key legal question

Whether preliminary decisions that are not binding on third parties are admissible for appeal when they concern non-spatial-planning provisions such as structural safety, traffic safety, fire protection, hygiene, and internal room access.

Extracted holding

Such preliminary decisions are admissible and therefore challengeable by way of appeal when they concern provisions without a spatial-planning function.

Extracted reasoning

The court distinguished between provisions with a spatial-planning function and purely technical norms. Non-binding preliminary decisions on technical requirements do not fall under the restriction and may be appealed.

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