Local urban planning regulations were adopted in Kazan

(KZN.RU, December 14, Alsu Safina). Local urban planning regulations were adopted in Kazan. The decision was made by deputies at the XII session of the Kazan City Duma in the City Hall and enters into force on July 1, 2017.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, said that there is no town-planning document in any city that combines all aspects of city life, including the development of social, engineering and transport infrastructure, natural and recreational complex, the requirements for the development of low-rise buildings in the conditions of the city, creating a barrier-free environment for people with limited mobility.

“It really is a unique document, which will determine the rules and norms of urban development in our city for many years”, said I. Metshin. “It is particularly important that the local regulations are socio-directional, all indicators, incorporated in them, are calculated with reference to our city”. This document does not only affect the activities of executive bodies of Kazan, but also the activities of the ministries of Tatarstan, network and other organizations.

As told Vladimir Fomin, the head of Architecture and Urban Planning Department, the document establishes estimates of the minimum security level of local significance objects, and the maximum allowable level of territorial availability of such facilities for the residents of the city. Indicators are set for the objects of social, transport and engineering infrastructure.

“This is the main document that regulates urban development activities in the territory of Kazan to create a comfortable urban environment, primarily for the population”, said V. Fomin. “The project of the General Plan, the Rules of construction and land use are developed on the basis of it, this document also applies to detailed design”.

According to the head of the local regulations, the local norms are a document to the authorities that enables to monitor the development of the construction and project documentation, and residents and public organizations allows evaluating the discussed projects for the subject support for a planned development of the territory during the public hearings.

V. Fomin said that the additional section is designed in the document, not covered by the Urban Planning Code of the Russian Federation. It is dedicated to the natural and recreational complex, the requirements for the organization of individual residential construction, a barrier-free environment for people with limited mobility and organization of the garden partnership.

The speaker noted that the composition of the local regulations project includes requirements, based on a new approach to the regulation of urban development, in contrast to most of the documents, terminology and operating indicators, which are bad applicable in the market economy. “This is especially true for housing, against which more transparent approach established in the draft document: all calculated figures are tied to construction density and not to the population density”, said V. Fomin.

Requirements for functional and planning organization of territory displayed in a separate section, in which 4 levels of functional planning elements are marked with a focus on residential areas: residential district, residential area, residential block and a spot for the placement of a house.

In order to ensure the city's population with affordable housing and encouraging the development of areas with low efficiency of using, the additional factors are set, which allowing to increase the building density of 20% for housing under the program of social mortgage, as well as the reorganization of the territory under the need of demolition of capital construction.

Also part of the local regulations project provides detailed requirements for the development of transport infrastructure. New adapted classification of the road network of the city, including the streets and roads citywide (1st and 2nd class), district and local value, has been proposed. A detailed set of parameters, corresponding to all applicable federal technical regulations, was established for each category.

The need for the development and approval of the local regulations project of urban planning is due to the requirement of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation. V. Fomin said that the document was posted on the official website of the Kazan local governments for two months prior to its approval. During this time, 82 proposals for revision of the project were received from designers and developers.

Ilsur Metshin thanked all those who participated in the discussion of the local regulations project. He agreed with the deputies about the fact that the document needs testing and linkage to the project of Kazan General Plan and Rules of Land Use and Construction, which are currently being developed. “I ask the Executive Committee to continue its work and try to take into account all possible risks that we face in further building our capital. We must also take into account the direction of development, which is incorporated in the Strategy-2030”, said the Mayor.