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Parking in agricultural zone not a partial transformation

ATA/590/1995Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa24 ott 1995Dismissed

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The court held that converting two access paths on agricultural land into a fifteen-space rental car park was not a mere partial transformation under Art. 24(2) LAT. The project would markedly change the parcel's external appearance and introduce a wholly new commercial use. The court further noted that such a commercial parking facility is, in principle, not among the constructions permitted in the villa zone under Art. 26A LALAT. The challenge to the refusal of the project therefore failed.

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Art. 24 al. 2 LAT; qualification of a project as a partial transformation and zoning compatibility. A transformation may be treated as partial only if it remains limited in scope and does not substantially alter the character, outward appearance, or function of the parcel. Where the intended works replace access paths by a parking lot for fifteen rental cars, the intervention is of such importance that it constitutes a materially new use and cannot be subsumed under a partial transformation (consid. 2). Moreover, a parking facility serving commercial activity does not, in principle, belong to the constructions permitted in a villa zone; the planning regime applicable to the zone must be respected (consid. 3).

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Descripteurs

ECONOMIE DE PROCEDURE; AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; ZONE AGRICOLE; PLACE DE PARC; PRINCIPE DE LA BONNE FOI; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; PROCES-VERBAL; FORMALISME EXCESSIF; TPE

Normes

LAT.23

Résumé

La transformation de deux chemins, situés en zone agricole et permettant l'accès d'une parcelle à une route, en un parking de quinze voitures de location, constituerait un changement d'affectation dont l'importance empêche qu'il puisse être qualifié de transformation partielle, au sens de l'article 24 alinéa 2 LAT, notamment en raison de la modification notable de l'apparence extérieure de la parcelle et de son usage économique entièrement nouveau. En outre, la création d'un parking destiné à des activités commerciales n'entre en principe pas dans la catégorie des constructions autorisées dans la zone villas, zone dont les normes doivent être respectées en application de l'article 26A LALAT.

Parole chiave

planning lawagricultural zoneparkingchange of usepartial transformationzoning compliancegood faithexcessive formalismadministrative procedure

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the conversion of two access paths in agricultural land into a fifteen-space rental car park can be treated as a partial transformation under Art. 24(2) LAT.

Decisione estratta

No. The change is too significant to qualify as a partial transformation because it substantially alters the parcel's external appearance and creates a wholly new economic use.

Motivazione estratta

The court considered the scope of the change, the marked alteration of the parcel's outward appearance, and the fact that the planned use was commercially new and not merely ancillary.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether a parking area for commercial activity is authorized in the villa zone under Art. 26A LALAT.

Decisione estratta

No, as a matter of principle such a commercial parking facility does not fall within the constructions authorized in the villa zone.

Motivazione estratta

The intended use is commercial and does not correspond to the category of constructions permitted in that zone; zoning rules therefore bar the project.

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