Local area
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Local area is a fixed term of the Austrian road traffic regulations , which refers to the road network within the signs "Ortstafel" and "Ortstafel". In the colloquial sense, it is understood to be a closed place and it is used to separate the settlement area from open land (corridor) .
Definition and function
The term is laid down in Section 2, Paragraph 1, Item 15 of the StVO 1960, Federal Law Gazette No. 159/1960 and serves to delimit this area from the Freilandstraße and to set up its own traffic regulations.
The local area is defined as the road network within the signs “Ortstafel” and “Ortstafel” . It is therefore not an area in the sense of spatial planning , but only refers to streets or sections of streets.
The beginning and the end of the local area are indicated to the road user with the help of a place-name sign (traffic signs 17a and 17b). Signs that deviate from this are not legally binding. If a cluster of several buildings does not have its own place-name sign, but only an information board with a geographical name, special traffic regulations apply. In order to achieve a speed reduction anyway, a speed limit is usually prescribed as an addition.
A local area is considered to be contiguous if the vacant lots, i.e. undeveloped areas, are no longer than 200 meters.
Traffic rules
The best-known traffic rule in the local area is the speed limit of 50 km / h . In addition, others apply: a. Driving on the left and turning back on priority roads with oncoming traffic are prohibited (except on regulated intersections). Trucks with more than 3.5 t and buses with more than 7.5 t maximum gross vehicle weight may not be closer than 25 m from buildings that are primarily used for residential purposes or hospitals between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and during the weekend driving ban , Sanatoriums or retirement homes are to be parked.
Furthermore, buses of the motor vehicle service that leave bus stops are only to be given priority within the local area. These are just a few of the points that apply especially to drivers. The correct placement of traffic signs also often depends on whether they are inside or outside the local area. Outside the local area, danger signs must be at a distance of 150–250 m from the actual danger, while in the local area they may also be at a different distance without this fact having to be displayed on an additional board.
But there are also numerous regulations that apply to residents of houses along a street within the local area. So u must. a. in the absence of a sidewalk, a walking lane can be kept snow-free in winter, which is not necessary outside the village.
In connection with the local area, the validity of other administrative regulations can also be marked on the local sign.
expansion
Since the concept of the local area has no administrative component, the place-name signs showing the extent of the local area are not at administrative limits and cannot be converted into a planar structure. The local area thus has no extension in a geographical sense. In some cases, subordinate traffic routes that do not serve through traffic are not even provided with place-name signs. The place-name sign is only at the administrative border in areas that have grown together, provided that this is possible in terms of traffic and building structures.
Extended term local area / closed locality
Some legal regulations refer to the local area ( built-up area ) as a surface, regardless of roads. This is then generally an area that is built in contiguous and is permanently inhabited. Such areas play a role , for example, in regulations on noise protection (such as: special permits for “ large fireworks within the local area”), and also in matters of nature conservation law (such as: definition of the landscape protection area ) as “areas outside built-up areas of particular scenic nature or beauty [ ...]. "(§ 10 Abs. 1 TNSchG)
Here you can find concrete findings such as:
“According to Section 3 (2) TNSchG, a“ closed place ”is an area that is built up with at least five residential or commercial buildings in a continuous manner, whereby the connection is not considered to be interrupted at a distance of at most 50 meters between two buildings. The enclosed locality also includes parks, sports facilities and similar other largely undeveloped properties that are predominantly surrounded by such an area. Agricultural and forestry buildings that may be erected outdoors in accordance with regional planning regulations are not considered business premises. "
Statistics Austria specifies this uniformly across Austria using the term settlement unit, i.e. the contiguous settlement areas.
See also
- Closed locality (Germany)
Individual evidence
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^ Statistics Austria: settlement units , statistik.at → classifications ; detailed redefinition of settlement units 2010 , (pdf, statistik.at);
this terminology is implemented in the local plans of all state GIS (area color pink)