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Art. 20 Gesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (kNHG) - Archäologisches Erbe
Schutzmassnahmen
Art. 20 kNHG · Archäologisches Erbe
1. Die archäologische Ausgrabung, die Prospektion und die Forschung sowie die Veröffentlichung der Forschungsergebnisse unterliegen der Zuständigkeit und Verantwortung des Kantons. In diesem Zusammenhang ergreift er alle Massnahmen, die zur Erfüllung dieser Aufgaben notwendig sind. Das Departement kann diese Aufgaben durch Dritte ausführen lassen.
2. Archäologische bewegliche Funde und Ausgrabungsdokumentationen sind Eigentum des Staates. Der Kanton kann Personen, die zur ihrer Entdeckung, Rettung oder Behändigung wesentlich beitragen, ein angemessenes Entgelt entrichten.
3. Der Staatsrat regelt das Verfahren zur Festlegung archäologischer Schutzbereiche und für den Schutz des archäologischen Erbes und dessen Umgebung.
4. Jedermann ist verpflichtet archäologische Entdeckungen anzuzeigen. Vorsorgliche Schutzmassnahmen erfolgen durch die Dienststelle gemäss Artikel 9 Absatz 6 dieses Gesetzes.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (13)
100 2022 371 · be (Art. 20 Abs. 2 Bst. a NHV)
Cantonal Court Upholds Multi-Family Housing Permit Despite Swift Colony Concerns Due to Compensatory Measures
Cited regarding the prohibition against harming protected animals like swifts or destroying their nests.
100 2022 371 · be (Art. 20 Abs. 3 Bst. b NHV)
Cantonal Court Upholds Multi-Family Housing Permit Despite Swift Colony Concerns Due to Compensatory Measures
Cited alongside Art. 27 Abs. 2 NSchV, relating to the obligation to impose protective or substitution measures for an exception permit for technical interventions.
110 2022 181 · be (Art. 20 Abs. 1 i.V.m. Anhang 2 NHV)
Building Permit Appeal: Landslide Protection and Orchid Transplanting Approved
Cited as the basis for protecting the Bocks-Riemenzunge species.
110 2022 181 · be (Art. 20 Abs. 3 Bst. b NHV)
Building Permit Appeal: Landslide Protection and Orchid Transplanting Approved
Cited as a condition for issuing the exception permit concerning habitat impairment.
AC.2017.0209 · vd (Art. 20 OPN)
Applicants v. Municipality on Public Lighting Installation and Bat Colony Impact
Cited in the reasoning (consid. 3dd) regarding the protection of species and the requirement for special authorization for technical interference with their habitats (nests/incubation sites).
AC.2017.0209 · vd (art. 20 al. 3 let. b OPN)
Applicants v. Municipality on Public Lighting Installation and Bat Colony Impact
Cited in the reasoning (consid. 3d) as the legal basis for granting a special authorization for technical interference with protected species/habitats, the absence of which is a ground for annulment.
VWBES.2019.413 · so (§ 20 Abs. 1 und Abs. 3 NHV, BGS 435.141)
Applicant v. Municipality (Building Permit Access Dispute)
Cited in the reasoning concerning the legal classification of hedge reduction versus removal under nature protection law.
VWBES.2019.413 · so (§ 20 Abs. 2 NHV)
Applicant v. Municipality (Building Permit Access Dispute)
Cited in the reasoning to establish the local building authority's competence to grant exceptions for hedge reduction due to important reasons.
AC.2017.0208 · vd (Art. 20 OPN)
Wind Farm Approval with Enhanced Avian Protection Conditions
Cited in the reasoning regarding protection of protected species (bats and birds), but the decision on this point was absorbed by the confirmation of the DTE decision.
A-5641/2016 (Art. 20 Abs. 3 Bst. b NHV)
Road Project: Partial Construction Permit Upheld Amid Environmental and Utility Arguments
Basis for granting an exception permit for technical interventions affecting protected species.
VWBES.2011.310 · so (§ 20 NHV)
Administrative Court Overturns Building Permit Due to Setback Violations for Watercourse and Protected Hedge
The court concluded that the municipal exception permit regarding the hedge was inadmissible because the planning designated the hedge as non-removable under this regulation.
VWBES.2002.149 · so (§ 20 NHV)
Planning Amendment Invalidated Due to Conflict of Interest and Environmental Non-Compliance
Cited as the basis for the protected status of hedges, leading to the conclusion that the planned clearing of the hedge was not justified by important reasons.
ZZ.1989.26 · so (§ 20 NHV)
Administrative Halt on Terrain Modification Upheld Based on General Biotope Protection Ordinance
Cited as a parallel provision supporting the interpretation that the protection is statutory and does not require prior designation.