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Submit a resident application

Description

A residents' petition enables the residents of a municipality, an association municipality or a district to have certain matters dealt with by the municipal council, the association municipality council or the district council.
Residents' applications may only deal with matters within the municipality's, association municipality's or district's own sphere of influence.

Prerequisites

Residents must have reached the age of 14 in order to submit a residents' petition.

The residents' petition must contain a specific request with a justification. This request must not have been the subject of a residents' petition within the last year.

In addition, up to three persons should be named who are authorized to represent the signatories.

Fees (costs)

There are no costs.

Deadlines

If the residents' petition is directed against a resolution of the municipal council, the association municipal council, the district council or a decision-making committee, it must be submitted within two months of the announcement of the resolution.

Processing time

If the residents' petition is admissible, the municipal council, the association council or the district council must discuss it within three months of receiving the petition.

Responsible body

Local municipal or city administration, local association municipal administration, local district administration

Procedure

The residents' petition must be submitted in writing with a statement of reasons and the signatures required to support it.

Further information

Another way of asserting interests at municipal level:

A citizens' initiative is a community founded on the basis of a specific cause. It is not bound to any particular legal form. The aim of a citizens' initiative is to influence public opinion, state institutions, parties or other groups.

Citizens' petitions and referendums enable citizens to decide directly on important matters relating to the municipality, the association of municipalities or the district. A referendum has the effect of a resolution passed by the municipal council, association council or district council.