In Berlin, land may not be used as a so-called container park where tenants live in caravans, for example. This has now been decided by the Berlin Administrative Court (VG 13 L 325/22 and others). In one of the cases in question, an operator had set up and rented out containers on a 4,000 square meter plot of land in Treptow-Köpenick without permission. The rental costs were partially paid by the job center.
The building supervisory authority of the district office prohibited the use for residential purposes and instructed the operator to terminate the existing tenancy and vacate the property. The operator filed an application for urgent legal protection against this. However, without success. The Administrative Court confirmed the legality of the action taken by the district's building supervisory authority.
This is because the container park was built by the operator without planning permission and therefore illegally. According to the administrative court, the entrances, access roads and escape routes also do not comply with building regulations. The period of notice of six months granted for the termination was also reasonable, according to the administrative court. An appeal against the decision can still be lodged with the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court. The administrative court also made similar decisions for two other properties in Berlin.
Source: berlin.de
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