Case Study: Cluj Court of Appeal Admits Appeal and Upholds Validity of the PUZ Approved in 2007, Overriding the New PUG, and Requires the Mayor to Issue the Building-Zone (Construction) Certificate
Facts Established by the Court In the case at hand, the plaintiff—owner of a land parcel in the Dâmbul Rotund area of Cluj-Napoca—challenged the Mayor’s refusal to issue a building-zone (construction) certificate. The plaintiff’s land had been regulated under a Zonal Urbanistic Plan (PUZ) approved by City Council Decision No. 524/2007, which defined parcel configurations, …