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A legal dispute is making waves on Lake Garda. A swimming pool at a holiday villa is threatened with demolition. The owner defends himself vehemently.
Peschiera del Garda – A dispute over a villa on Lake Garda (Italy) has been simmering for eight years. The swimming pool in the garden of the property is a thorn in the side of the municipality of Peschiera del Garda. Other buildings on the lakeshore are also illegal. According to media reports, the owner is a “well-known Austrian industrialist”. In particular, his only strategy for defense sounds a bit absurd.
Austrian to tear down pool at Lake Garda
The Tyrolean entrepreneur is said to have built his swimming pool, pavilions, fences and pedestrian paths in his holiday villa without a building permit. The Lake Garda community is calling for the demolition, reports the Italian daily newspaper corrieredelveneto.corriere.it. The municipality sent the demolition notice to the owner of the villa eight years ago. The original condition on the property on Lake Garda should be restored. However, the businessman ignored the demolition notice. Ultimately the case ended up in court.
“I don’t speak Italian” – Tyrolean businessman illegally builds swimming pool on Lake Garda
He argued before the administrative court that the demolition notice was incomprehensible to him. “I don’t speak Italian, only German, I couldn’t understand the meaning of the regulations that were communicated to me by the municipality,” the daily newspaper quoted the Tyrolean villa owner as saying.
In his opinion, the demolition order was illegal because it was not translated into his language. The entrepreneur claimed that this led to a breach of the rules of due process and thus to a violation of his rights of defense.
The Veneto Administrative Court rejected the appeal against the demolition order. According to the Tyrolean daily newspaper probably have to appeal to the State Council, the final authority in administrative matters.
Meanwhile, a dispute escalates at one of the most beautiful spots on Lake Garda: Punta San Vigilio. Nobles want to stop the “mischief” of the “Pasta King”. (ml)
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