§ 9 Planning and Building Act (PBG) - A. General Provisions 1. Competence and Content

1. The local planning is the responsibility of the municipality.

2. It consists of the enactment of zoning plans (§§ 14 et seq.) and the corresponding regulations and is based on a spatial planning report. The planning authority is the municipal council.

3. The municipality provides its population with the opportunity to express their views on the basic principles of the desired spatial order of the municipality (conceptual framework).

4. The local planning must adhere to the cantonal and regional plans and, within the framework of §§ 1 and 4, in particular consider

a) the conceptual framework of the municipality adopted by the municipal assembly or the municipal parliament;

b) the cantonal and regional interests;

c) an effective coordination with the planning of neighboring municipalities.

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