Question juridique clé
Whether the keeping of five horses in a residential zone is zone-compliant.
Solution extraite
Keeping five horses in a pure single-family residential district is not zone-compliant because such hobby-scale larger livestock keeping exceeds what is compatible with residential use and the resulting immissions.
Motifs extraits
The FAT guidelines 1995 apply only to agricultural animal husbandry and are unsuitable for direct or analogical use inside a residential zone. Hobby animal keeping must remain limited to a small number of animals and may not impair residential hygiene through noise, odors, pests, or dust. Previous practice had never approved more than four horses, and five horses already went beyond what can still be regarded as residential use.