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ATA/621/1996 ΓÇó Terrace permit: pedestrian traffic prevails over restaurant interests
ATA/621/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative29 oct. 1996Dismissed
The case concerns a restaurant's request to extend its terrace with two additional tables on the public domain. The court held that the public interest in ensuring fluid and normal pedestrian circulation, particularly for schoolchildren, outweighs the restaurant's private economic interest. The authorization was therefore refused and the appeal dismissed.
LR.56 al.1; use of the public domain for a restaurant terrace may be refused where it would hinder the normal and safe flow of pedestrian traffic. The balancing of interests gives priority to the public interest in unobstructed circulation, particularly where schoolchildren or other vulnerable pedestrians are affected, over the operator's merely economic interest in additional seating. A limited private commercial benefit does not justify encroachment on pedestrian access.
Descripteurs
RESTAURANT; AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); DOMAINE PUBLIC(PROPRIETE DE TOUS); TERRASSE DE RESTAURANT; ACCES; VG
Normes
LR.56 al.1
Résumé
L'intérêt public que constitue la fluidité et le cheminement normal de la circulation piétonne, en particulier des écoliers, doit prévaloir sur l'intérêt privé économique que représente l'installation de deux tables supplémentaires sur une terrasse de restaurant.