(1) Subject to the provisions
of any other law for the time being in force, the Municipality, with
a view to securing planned and integrated development of the city
and balanced use of the land, shall carry out a detailed survey of
the city and prepare a Master Development Plan and other
statutory plans. The Municipality shall, for this purpose, coordinate with the Metropolitan Planning Committee or the District
Planning Committee, as the case may be, and also Chief Town
Planner of the State. The plans mentioned herein shall be prepared
with the following time perspective, namely:-
(i) Master Development Plan - for a 20 year period;
(ii) Execution Plan - for a 5 year period; and
(iii) Annual Municipal Action Plan - for a 1 year
period.
(2) In addition to the Master Development Plan, Execution
Plan and Annual Municipal Action Plan, the Municipality, may
prepare such other plans for each ward as it may consider appropriate or as may be directed by the State Government from
time to time.
(3) The Master Development Plan shall precisely define the
time targeted development to sub-serve the needs of the growing
area of Municipality, the net work of public utilities, civic
amenities, community facilities, housing, communications and
transport, the projects or schemes for conservation and
development of natural resources and may provide for following
matters, wherever required-
(i) transport and communications such as roads,
high-ways, railways, canals, international air
ports, air cargo complexes and bus-service,
including their development;
(ii) water supply, drainage, sewerage, sewage
disposal and other public utilities, amenities
and services, including electricity and gas;
(iii) preservation, conservation and development of
areas of natural scenery, city forests, wild life,
natural resources and landscaping;
(iv) preservation of objects, features, structures or
places of historical, natural, architectural or
scientific interest and educational value;
(v) prevention of erosion, provision for forestation
or re-forestation, improvement of water front
areas, rivers, drains, lakes and tanks;
(vi) irrigation, water supply and hydro-electric
works, flood control and prevention of water
and air pollution;
(vii) educational and medical facilities;
(viii) district business centers, other shopping
complexes, export oriented industrial areasand clearing houses, permanent exhibition
centers, cattle fairs and markets;
(ix) games and sports complexes worthy of
holding national and international events;
(x) amusement parks, including artificial lakes
and water reservoirs;
(xi) cultural complexes including theatres,
cinemas, studios, recreation centers,
conference hall complexes, concert halls, town
halls and auditoria;
(xii) tourist complexes including hotels and motels,
car hiring services, organized tours and treks;
(xiii) allocation of land for different uses, general
distribution and general location of land and
the extent to which the land may be used as
residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
or as forests or for mineral exploitation or for
other purposes;
(xiv) reservation of areas for open spaces, gardens,
recreation centers, zoological gardens, naturereserves, animal sanctuaries, dairies and health
resorts and other purposes;
(xv) the relocation of the population or industry
from over populated and industrially congested
areas and indicating the density of population
or the congested areas and indicating the
density of population or the concentration of
industry to be allowed in the area;
(xvi) housing;(xvii)filling up or reclamation of low lying, swampy
or un-healthy areas or leveling up of lands; and
(xviii) re-development and improvement of existing
built-up areas.
(4) The Master Development Plan may also define the
various zones, wherever required, into which the Municipality may
be divided for the purposes of development and indicate the
manner in which developmental works are to be carried out, and
indicate the manner in which the land in each zone is proposed to
be used (whether by the carrying out therein developmental works
or otherwise), and the stages by which any such developmental
works shall be carried out and shall serve as a basic pattern of
frame-work within which the Zonal Development Plans of the
various zones may be prepared:
Provided that the Municipality may, if it considers
necessary in the public interest, alter the area of any zone.
(5) The Municipality may decide about the items of
development to be included and extent of surveys required, in the
case of other statutory plans mentioned above.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section the
Municipality may undertake any of the schemes included in the
Master Development Plan having regard to the availability of its
financial resources
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