**Art. 1 Guidelines concerning the Transfer of Building Land and Real Estate - Purpose**

1. The municipality of Glarus Nord may sell land within the construction zone for building purposes or grant it under a building lease. In exceptional cases, building land can be rented out. These guidelines also apply, mutatis mutandis, to already developed properties.

2. These guidelines are to be understood as an internal working paper for the preparation of the respective transaction and the pre-selection of potential contracting partners for the attention of the competent decision-making body. The decision rests with the respective competent body.

1. Responsibilities in connection with the disposal of building land within the building zone or properties are governed by the currently applicable competency regulations in the municipality of Glarus Nord.

1. Building land or properties are advertised in a building land and property overview on the municipality's homepage. This overview is also available to private owners for properties in Glarus Nord. The overview records the following for each parcel / property: location, size, zone, minimum price, date of prospective availability, reference to special allocation criteria, and further remarks. The municipality may also directly contact potential interested parties (e.g., neighbours).

2. The allocation of building land or a property (sale, building lease, or rental) may additionally occur via a public tender.

3. A sales procedure may be terminated if minimum criteria requirements are not met.

1. **Award Criteria** are criteria for evaluating bids based on a uniform evaluation system.

2. The **award** or the **award proposal** typically goes to the economically most advantageous bid (highest score).

3. The evaluation of bids is generally carried out according to the criteria set forth in the following tables. For each criterion, 0 to 5 points are awarded; decimal places are possible (scoring scale).

4. The Municipal Council may, in individual cases, define deviating criteria and publish them with the tender. In doing so, objectives such as affordable housing, increasing attractiveness as a commercial and industrial location, or the establishment of specific businesses may be pursued.

5. For the tendering of properties for residential use, the following criteria with their corresponding weightings are generally applied

| Criterion | Weighting | Remarks / Examples / Solution Approaches |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Purchase Price Offer | 40% | Staggered, linear deduction down to zero at half the purchase price of the highest offer in each case |

| Resident Capacity | 20% | Number of persons who could reside in the development |

| Integration, Site Solution, Traffic Situation | 15% | Good integration into the neighborhood – but also resolution of problems at the old site (e.g., residential building in a commercial area) |

| Letter of Intent for the Promotion of Sustainable Construction and the Implementation of a Natural Landscape Design | 15% | Good infiltration possibilities, ample quality green space / open space, commitment to quality assurance procedures with municipal participation, etc., production and use of renewable energies |

| Utilization (Dense Construction) | 10% | Full points from 95% utilization – linear deduction down to 75% utilization with zero points |

| Total | 100% | |

6. For the tendering of properties for commercial use, the following criteria with their corresponding weightings are generally applied

| Criterion | Weighting | Remarks / Examples / Solution Approaches |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Purchase Price Offer | 40% | Staggered, linear deduction down to zero at half the purchase price of the highest offer in each case |

| Creation of Jobs and Tax Substrate | 20% | New jobs (also applies to the expansion of existing businesses), if the existing location is abandoned, these jobs are also counted, quality of jobs |

| Integration, Site Solution, Traffic Situation | 15% | Good integration into the neighborhood (both in terms of design and use) – but also resolution of use conflicts at the old site (e.g., commercial enterprise in a residential area) |

| Letter of Intent for the Promotion of Sustainable Construction and the Implementation of a Natural Landscape Design | 15% | Good infiltration possibilities, ample quality green and open space, commitment to quality assurance procedures with municipal participation, etc., production and use of renewable energies |

| Utilization (Dense Construction) | 10% | Full points from 95% utilization – linear deduction down to 75% utilization with zero points |

| Total | 100% | |

7. For mixed-use properties, the proposed residential and commercial uses are evaluated separately. The weighting of residential and commercial uses is carried out according to their respective proportion of the total main usable area.

1. The municipality may sell land, grant it under building rights, or lease it.

2. The decision on the sale and the form of sale is made by the body of the municipality responsible according to financial competence, pursuant to Appendix 1 of the municipal regulations.

1. The conversion between land price and building lease interest rate is carried out using the respective interest rate of the 1st variable mortgage of the Glarner Kantonalbank.

1. The contracts in the appendix are to be understood as model contracts, which can be supplemented or adapted in individual cases. Based on these model contracts, it is evident in the individual points which regulation is fundamentally intended.