The municipalities issue a building code (building regulations and zoning plan) for their territory which allocates all land of the municipality to a specific zone and regulates the type and extent of permitted use. If you wish to construct or modify a building or a facility, you need a building permit. The owner of the building or affected neighbors as well as the municipality may appeal against the decision of the licensing authority (refusal or granting of the building permit).
If you own a plot of land and would like to grant another person a temporary right to build on or under the ground, you can encumber your land with a building lease and usually obtain a building lease interest. The advantage for the landowner is that he or she remains the owner of the land, although he or she waives the right to use it for the duration of the building lease. The building lease is transferable and inheritable. It can also be registered in the land register and thus sold, given away or encumbered with other easements or a mortgage. The provisions on construction law can be found in the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB).
We offer comprehensive legal advice in matters of construction and planning law and provide efficient support in the areas of construction and planning law, environmental law, expropriation and tendering. In addition, we advise you in the negotiation and drafting of contracts in construction law and in the enforcement of your claim.
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50th digital foundation in the canton of Zug
The Zug Commercial Registry Office has registered the 50th company in cooperation with the partners from the digitalisation project "digitalise foundig process" (IBM, dvbern, Proxeus, VZ VermögensZentrum, weblaw.ch and Kaiser Odermatt & Partner). Diego
Diego Benz contributed to the Circular «Registered Book-Entry Securities» of the Swiss Blockchain Federation
As one of the authors, Diego Benz contributed to the latest circular «Registered Book-Entry Securities» of the Swiss Blockchain Federation. The authors have intensively dealt with the new securities law provisions of the DLT
New expert at Kaiser Odermatt & Partner AG
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Registration of the trademark “Blue Ecology” in the trademark register
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Foundation of the association “Digital Identity and Data Sovereignty” (DIDAS)
Diego Benz and Philippe J.A. Kaiser were able to participate in the founding of the association Digital Identity and Data Sovereignty (DIDAS for short). The primary goal of DIDAS is to establish and promote
Diego Benz contributed to the Circular 2020/1 of the Swiss Blockchain Federation
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