Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Government Council may grant an exemption itself when the municipal council has refused it.
Decisão extraída
No. In building-police matters the Government Council’s review power is broad, but it may only decide on an exemption that has already been granted; it cannot grant one on its own after a municipal refusal.
Fundamentação extraída
Constant cantonal practice distinguishes between approval of an already granted exemption under Art. 27 BauG and appeal review under Art. 28 BauG. The Government Council can only compel the municipal council to grant an exemption in strictly identical cases where the municipality has departed from its own consistent practice without objective reason. Outside such identical cases, unequal treatment of others contrary to law does not create a right to equal unlawful treatment.