He built this hut with his own hands in a tree in non-constructible zone. The city council wants to destroy. If he does not comply, he faces a fine of between 1,200 and 300,000 euros.
Xavier Marmier designed his “cabin” ecological Cléron (Doubs) to “blend in with nature” but this house is suspended in a tree in non-building zone and has until July 1 to dismantle, which he refuses. The cabin Xavier Marmier is a wooden housing two bedroom duplex, comfortable, hanging from a tree a dozen meters from the ground. It is accompanied by a small annex and the entire cabin is 44 m2. “The idea was to minimize the impact on the environment, to melt into nature without destroying it, and lead a life in line with my ecological principles,” says climber pruner 45 years bringing the ponytail .
At the center of the cabin, a wood stove heats the house, insulated with 10 cm of wood wool. A car battery, recharged every two months, provides power electricity and an oil lamp made in extra light. The cabin, equipped with dry toilets, is not connected to running water. The occupant recovers rainwater for washing dishes and routes of drinking water containers for personal use. “It was a childhood dream, that of living in this forest and I like to blend in nature, suspending an octagonal tray in the air without damaging the tree to mount a hut” says Marmier, who paid around 25,000 euros of equipment to build his house himself with the help of some friends.
But housing built between 2008 and 2011 on a forest plot owned, is located in the Loue valley in Natura 2000 area, non-buildable. In November, Xavier Marmier has applied for building permits to regularize its position. His application was refused in February and received a notice ordering him to dismantle its construction by 1 July 2015, he said.
“Above 20 m2, Law requires a building permit “ The Mayor of Cléron, Alain Galfione.
” This house does not bother me, but as mayor, I can not go against the law “he added, referring to the” security and insurance problems “posed such a dwelling without legal existence. According to the first elected official, “would let the door open to abuse” and “we might see a lot of people build their hut.” Mr. Marmier, which is supported by the SDN (Defence Association of the interests of businesses and individuals), refused to dismantle his cabin.
According to the notice sent by the city, if does not bend to, the destruction of the State of his arboreal refuge can earn him a fine of between 1,200 and 300,000 euros. “I want to my lifestyle, my life right,” said the pruner. He would manage to “regularize the situation” without destroying its perched house, which sways slightly in the wind, “like the mast of a boat.” Certainly, “it is illegal, but the former municipality was allowed to do. It was allowed to live here for five years and now people come to him while he dismantles all impedes person, “protested Claude Paquis, president of the SDN.
” This cabin will not be destroyed, “says the man who organized the mobilization to” save the hut Xavier. ” Last Friday, a first group of “support for the cabin Xavier” brought together 170 people and as many signatures on a petition in his favor. Another online petition published Wednesday on the Internet has saved more than 120 signatures.
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