Federal Act
on Second Homes
(Second Homes Act, SHA)

¹ In com­munes with a pro­por­tion of second homes in ex­cess of 20 per cent, homes that are the sub­ject of a pro­ject-re­lated spe­cial land use plan that at least to a sig­ni­fic­ant ex­tent in­volves the con­struc­tion of second homes may be au­thor­ised without any re­stric­tion on use un­der Art­icle 7 para­graph 1 if this plan:

a.

re­ceived ap­prov­al which took leg­al ef­fect be­fore 11 March 2012; and

b.

stip­u­lates the es­sen­tial ele­ments of the build­ing per­mit re­lat­ing to loc­a­tion, lay­out, size and design of the build­ings and in­stall­a­tions as well as nature and ex­tent of their use.

² Amend­ments to spe­cial land use plans in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 1 are per­mit­ted provided there is no in­crease in the pro­por­tion of homes without re­stric­tion on use un­der Art­icle 7 para­graph 1 and in the pro­por­tion of main us­able areas oc­cu­pied by such homes.