First rezoning

Hallein man gives up his building land

Last Thursday, a plot of land was rededicated for the first time in the Hallein municipal council.

(Bild: ANDREAS TRÖSTER)

A Hallein landowner should have paid 1260 euros a year for his undeveloped land. Now he has had his building land rededicated as grassland because he does not want to pay the tax and cannot build anyway. An unusual but, from the city's point of view, advisable step.

Building land is expensive and in high demand. For one Hallein resident, that didn't matter. He owns undeveloped building land, just over 600 square meters on the Dürrnberg. The problem: it is located in the red zone, so building on it is actually out of the question. Nevertheless, he was supposed to pay a fee of 1260 euros per year for vacant building land. "Not with me!", thought the owner and had the plot rezoned.

He doesn't want to pay the provisioning fee, doesn't need the building land because he can't build and we comply with his wish by rezoning the land.

Alexander Stangassinger, Stadtchef von Hallein (SPÖ)

Bild: Tschepp Markus

"It was his wish to rededicate" 
Mayor Alexander Stangassinger says: "The owner applied for the rezoning at his own request. He doesn't want to pay the tax, doesn't need the building land because he can't build there and we are complying with his wish by rezoning the land." From the point of view of the local planner, Christian Salmhofer, the new dedication is to be recommended.

Only a few property owners pay
The levy that the owner did not want to pay is a provision levy for undeveloped residential land. This has been collected annually by the municipality since 2023. Specifically, 143 plots of land in Hallein are undeveloped, 67 of which fall under the levy guidelines. The city has only received the provision levy from 18 plots so far. Depending on the size, between 1260 and 5040 euros per year are due. There has not yet been a rezoning.