What is special use?
Special use is the use of public roads, paths and squares beyond the public use.
Public use is the use of public areas within the scope of their dedication.
If a publicly dedicated area is used beyond the public use, this constitutes a special use requiring a permit according to the special use statutes and the special use fee statutes.
There are two types of special use permits
- The special use permit under public law (notice): Special uses on or above publicly dedicated traffic areas, such as construction site equipment, containers, sales booths, merchandise displays, billboards or advertising and information booths, require a special use permit under public law. This also includes advertising signs that project more than 15 cm into the public traffic area.
- The special use permit under civil law (permit contract): Special uses that either take place under the road surface, such as private pipelines, or above the road surface serve the public supply and in doing so impair the public use not only for a short time, require a special use permit under civil law.