TYPE OF LAND DESCRIPTION

USE
PROTECTED & UNDEVELOPABLE USE ZONE SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AS ALL
EARTHQUAKE/LANDSLIDE PRONE, CLIFFS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS
UNDEVELOPABL AREA, AREAS ADJACENT TO FAULT LINES, AREAS WITH SLOPE HIGHER THAN 45
E USE ZONE DEGREE (NBC), FLOOD PLAIN AND AREAS ADJACENT TO MAJOR DRAINAGE
LINES191 FOR GENERAL GUIDANCE, OTHER AREAS IDENTIFIED BY STATE
I. WATER DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND ALL THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE
AREAS.
BODIES : E1 ECOSENSITIVE
ZONES: GUIDELINES FOR DECLARATION OF ECO‐SENSITIVE ZONES AROUND
II. SPECIAL NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, HAS PROVIDED THE EXTENT OF
RECREATION ECO‐SENSITIVE
ZONES AS FOLLOWING:
ZONE/  MANY OF THE EXISTING PROTECTED AREAS HAVE ALREADY UNDERGONE
PROTECTIVE TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT IN CLOSE VICINITY TO THEIR BOUNDARIES. SOME
AREAS SUCH OF THE PROTECTED AREAS ACTUALLY LYING IN THE URBAN SETUP (EG. GUINDY
AS NATIONAL PARK, TAMIL NAIDU, SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK, MAHARASHTRA,
ETC.). THEREFORE, DEFINING THE EXTENT OF THE ECO SENSITIVE ZONES
SANCTUARIE AROUND PROTECTED AREAS WILL HAVE TO BE KEPT FLEXIBLE AND PROTECTED
S/ RESERVE AREA SPECIFIC. THE WIDTH OF THE ECO‐SENSITIVE ZONE AND TYPE OF
FORESTS & REGULATIONS WILL DIFFER FROM PROTECTED AREA TO PROTECTED AREA.
HOWEVER, AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE THE WIDTH OF THE ECO‐SENSITIVE ZONE
ECO- COULD GO UP‐TO 10 KMS AROUND A PROTECTED AREA AS PROVIDED IN THE
SENSITIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STRATEGY‐2002.
ZONE : E2  IN CASE WHERE SENSITIVE CORRIDORS, CONNECTIVITY AND ECOLOGICALLY
IMPORTANT PATCHES, CRUCIAL FOR LANDSCAPE LINKAGES, ARE EVEN BEYOND
10 KMS WIDTH, THESE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ECO‐SENSITIVE ZONE.
III. UNDEVELOPA  FURTHER, EVEN IN CONTEXT OF A PARTICULAR PROTECTED AREA, THE
BLE USE DISTRIBUTION OF AN AREA OF ECO‐SENSITIVE ZONE AND THE EXTANT OF
ZONE : E3 REGULATION MAY NOT BE UNIFORM ALL AROUND AND IT COULD BE OF VARIABLE
WIDTH AND EXTENT.
SPECIAL AREAS IN ADDITION TO THE VARIOUS USES/ACTIVITIES, PERMITTED, RESTRICTED ON
APPLICATION TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND PROHIBITED, LISTED UNDER
VARIOUS USE ZONES, ZONE MAY ALSO BE SPECIFIED KEEPING IN VIEW THE
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF SUCH AREAS/POCKETS. THIS MAY COMPRISE OF
OLD BUILT‐UP AREAS HAVING MIXED LAND USE: S1, AREAS OF HISTORICAL OR
ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE HAVING HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND
ARCHITECTURALLY IMPORTANT BUILDINGS: S2, AREAS OF SCENIC VALUE: S3,
WHICH NEED TO BE PRESERVED WITHOUT SPOILING THE CHARACTER BY PUTTING
UP VARIOUS KINDS OF STRUCTURES, THE AREA RESTRICTED FOR DEVELOPMENT
BY GOVERNMENT: S4, OR IT MAY BE AREA UNDER OTHER USES/ SPOT ZONES: S5.

THEREFORE, IT IS NECESSARY THAT USE/ACTIVITY PERMISSIBILITY IN SPECIAL

AREAS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY THOUGHT OF IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHILE
FORMULATED, KEEPING IN VIEW THE PREDOMINANT AND COMPATIBLE ACTIVITIES
OF A SPECIFIC USE, OF WHICH SUCH A SPECIAL AREA IS A PART OF.

URBAN LAND USE ZOING REGULATIONS

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