The Zurich cantonal Parliament adopted on Monday morning, the first Block of the partial revision of the cantonal structure plan, the spatial development in the long term steered and across all policy areas will be coordinated. In the present revision is a “relatively loose compilation of separate indicative plan templates” as President of the Council Dieter Kläy (FDP, Winterthur) explained in the introduction.

The so-called plan for partial revision of 2016 was divided into three different templates. First of all, the member of the Parliament discussed on Monday with the block settlement, landscape, and Public buildings and facilities.

New Connections for wildlife

Here, for a territory planning, the principles and basic values can now find the entrance to the cantonal structure plan should have been completed. And it was shown that the change in the level of development of individual projects needs to be updated.

updates were also added, the planned landscape connections. It is Connections for people and wildlife between habitats that are fragmented by roads. The indicative plan has been adjusted in the case of 14 landscape connections the function. The two Connections have been omitted, as they are no longer needed.

barracks and the ETH Hönggerberg in the indicative plan

From “planned” to “existing” was changed to the Status of the territory planning of the ETH Hönggerberg and of the city’s Barracks. The plans for these areas have been completed.

the “principles and benchmarks” for their development were Recorded. Has been omitted, however, to a determination of the individual projects within the Perimeter, so as to leave sufficient room for the concrete design.

With respect to the resulting police – and justice centre Zurich is repealed, the temporary police prison in a few years. The barracks area office, military barracks, police barracks and the Arsenals will be released for other use.

The entry to the barracks is based on the master plan for its redevelopment. The area is made according to the construction Director, Martin Neukom (Green) accessible to the General population. Surfaces are provided as well as restaurants, a Park and commercial. An urgent postulate of the FDP and the SVP, which wanted to toast in the last Minute, a specific use for the Site was rejected by 92 to 81 votes short. The idea of Start-Ups in the “digital creative industries” to settle, there is consistently positive. It was feared a delay.

Larger safety zone for Pöschwies

As the definitive location for a new middle school, the Site of the CPH Chemie Paper Holding AG in Uetikon am see has been included in the indicative plan. With this choice of location, the student flows are to be reduced in the direction of Zurich.

an extension of the security perimeter of the prison Pöschwies in the rain village was established. To prevent that cell phones, weapons or drugs from the outside through the prison wall can be thrown. Is tangent to a landscape protection area, the forest should be cleared.

In record time

dealt with adopted The entire Revision of the first indicative plan block with the three themes of the chapters was adopted by the Parliament promptly in little more than an hour. “I am surprised that the debates are so short,” stated the Director of planning Neukom.

The Council was divided on whether the brevity was good or bad. “We should talk about how we want the space to make,” said about Esther Guyer (Green, Zurich). You complain of the lack of interest. In contrast, Hans-Peter Amrein (SVP, Küsnacht) held: The discussion takes place in the preparatory Committee. It is not a good idea to in Detail again in the Council.

Finally, the part was passed in the revision of the indicative plan Chapter municipal, landscape, as well as Public buildings and facilities unanimously. (sda)

Created: 28.10.2019, 15:15 PM