Last but not least: For a few more poster sites
An unnamed billboard company has appealed to the Federal Court over two unauthorized billboard sites in Zurich. The company had to pay CHF 3,000 for the fun.
An unnamed billboard company has appealed to the Federal Supreme Court over two unauthorized billboard sites in Zurich. This farce came about after the Office for Urban Development, which has to decide on new advertising sites, rejected a planning application for five new poster stands at the beginning. According to the report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, it argued that the stands did not respect the townscape in Doldertal, where they would have been erected on private land.
The Building Appeals Commission, which was subsequently entrusted with the case, considered the poster sites to be less disruptive, especially as the poster company had reduced its application to two sites. It ruled against the city. The next-instance administrative court, however, again ruled in favor of the city, which is why the poster company angrily turned to the Federal Supreme Court, claiming a serious violation of its economic freedom.
Without success. The Federal Supreme Court ruled that the non-approval was in any case only a slight infringement of economic freedom and that the posters visually encroached on the valuable green space. The poster company was ordered to pay CHF 3,000 in court costs. Not really that much when you consider the trivial matter the country's highest court had to deal with.
The Building Appeals Commission, which was subsequently entrusted with the case, considered the poster sites to be less disruptive, especially as the poster company had reduced its application to two sites. It ruled against the city. The next-instance administrative court, however, again ruled in favor of the city, which is why the poster company angrily turned to the Federal Supreme Court, claiming a serious violation of its economic freedom.
Without success. The Federal Supreme Court ruled that the non-approval was in any case only a slight infringement of economic freedom and that the posters visually encroached on the valuable green space. The poster company was ordered to pay CHF 3,000 in court costs. Not really that much when you consider the trivial matter the country's highest court had to deal with.
