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851-0702-01L 2 Credits BSC , DS , MSC D-ITET , D-ARCH , D-BAUG , D-MAVT , D-GESS

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Public building Law

Öffentliches Baurecht

Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Arnold Marti

Examiners: Prof. em. Dr. Alexander Ruch, Prof. em. Dr. Gérard Hertig, Prof. Dr. Arnold Marti

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Abstract

The teaching of the basic know-how concerning the building laws that apply to a building project, from the viewpoint of city and national planning o.cials, environmental and common law, as well as, the way that the decision process can be expedited.

Objective

Content

The relationship that exists between laws governing building permission and planning laws (mainly property guarantees) are presented. Building permits and the conditions that must be met to obtain a permit are dealt with. These include: projected usage, accessibility, any changes to the land use, changes due to construction, especially changes to the environment (i.e. water, natural habitat, and energy use regulations). The process of obtaining a permit is described (i.e. how to present a case).

Resources

Lecture Notes

Skript «Raumplanungs- und Baurecht», Auflage 2007

General Information

Language: German
Levels: BSC , DS , MSC
Frequency: Yearly recurring

Examination

Type: session examination
Mode: written 90 minutes
Aids: Hilfsmittel gemäss separatem Merkblatt

Course Components

Type	Title	Time & Place	Hours
lecture	Öffentliches Baurecht 1. Semesterhälfte Prof. Ruch ist im FS08 im sabbatical	Mon 09:45-11:30 (HIL E 1)	2 h weekly

Offered In

Architecture
- 8. Semester
Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (In order to be awarded credits, please register under "Pflichtwahlfach GESS"!. The language courses are offered by the ETH and University of Zurich Language Center ( ))
- Governance
  - Law
Compulsory Electives GESS
- Courses of D-GESS
  - Governance
    - Law
Civil Engineering Bachelor
- 4. Semester (Programme Regulations 2003)
  - Compulsory Courses 4. Semester
    - Examination Block 2 (In place of the German courses 851-0720-01 Public building Law students can take the French course 851-0712-00 Introduction to Public Law.)
Architecture Bachelor
- Second and Third Year Basic Courses
  - Examination Blocks (Programme Regulations 2004)
    - Examination Block 3 (Students are free to take the exam either in German or in French. They may choose between 851-0702-01L Public building Law or 851-0712-00L Introduction to Public Law (French).)
  - Examination Blocks (Programme Regulations 2007)
    - Examination Block 2
Energy Science and Technology Master
- Multidisciplinary Courses (The students are free to choose individually from the entire course offer of ETH Zürich, ETH Lausanne and the Universities of Zürich and St. Gallen.)
- Compulsory Electives in Humanities, Social and Political Sciences