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Federal Act
on Spatial Planning
(Spatial Planning Act, SPA)1

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 22 June 1979 (Status as of 1 January 2019)

1 Amended by No 1 of the FA of 6 Oct. 1995, in force since 1 Jan. 1997 (AS 1996 965; BBl 1994 III 1075).

Art. 16 Agricultural zones 36

1 Ag­ri­cul­tur­al zones shall en­sure the long-term use of the land for food, the con­ser­va­tion of the coun­tryside, of re­cre­ation­al areas and of the eco­lo­gic­al bal­ance. They shall be kept largely un­developed, ac­cord­ing to their vari­ous func­tions. Ag­ri­cul­tur­al zones shall in­clude land which:

a.
is suit­able for ag­ri­cul­tur­al or hor­ti­cul­tur­al use and is re­quired to ful­fil the vari­ous ag­ri­cul­tur­al tasks; or
b.
should be used for ag­ri­cul­tur­al pur­poses in the gen­er­al in­terest.

2 Wherever pos­sible, ag­ri­cul­tur­al zones shall be de­marc­ated as large and con­tinu­ous areas.

3 The can­tons shall take ap­pro­pri­ate ac­count of the vari­ous func­tions of the ag­ri­cul­tur­al zones in their plan­ning activ­it­ies.

36 Amended by No 1 of the FA of 20 March 1998, in force since 1 Sept. 2000 (AS 2000 2042; BBl 1996 III 513).