The Lyon administrative court rejected on Wednesday the requests of two groups of residents and traders who had attacked the state and the mayor of Lyon for their failure in the management of urban rodeos.
In his judgment, he held that the “disturbances to the peace”, namely the rodeos in cars and two-wheelers in the city center, were the act of “passing people”. They “therefore do not constitute disturbances in the neighborhood that it is up to the mayor to put an end to”, he argues. And to add: “It is not up to him either to take measures regulating the circulation and the parking with an aim of preserving the peace and the public safety”.
“No serious fault”
With regard to the prefect of the Rhône, the court finds “no fault”, considering that the representative of the State had taken the necessary measures to curb the phenomenon. “It produced a set of elements likely to justify the mobilization of State services in the prevention of these nuisances, including in particular the organization of police operations aimed at checking vehicles in the municipality of Lyon. and the visit of common parts of buildings in the Tonkin district in Villeurbanne, during the years 2019 and 2020 ”, he explains.
“No fault likely to engage the responsibility of the municipality of Lyon or the State is characterized”, concludes the administrative court.