Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
A development plan shall- (a) indicate broadly the land use proposed in the planning areas; (b) allocate broadly areas or sector of land for,- (i) residential, industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes (ii) open spaces, parks and gardens, green belts, zoological gardens and play grounds, (iii) public institutions and offices, (iv) such special purposes as the Director may deem fit; (c) lay down the pattern of National and State highways connecting the planning area with the rest of the region ring roads, arterial roads, and the major roads within the planning area; (d) provide for the location of airports, railway stations, bus terminal and indicate the proposed extension and development of railways; (e) make proposals for general landscaping and preservation of natural areas; (f) project the requirement of the planning area of such amenities and utilities as water, drainage, electricity and suggest their fulfillment; (g) propose broad based regulations for sectoral development, by way of guideline, within each sector of the location, height, size of buildings and structures, open spaces, court-yards and the use to which such buildings and structures and land may be put *“including regulations for facade control and sloping roof conforming to the hill architecture and environs”; * As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2013 (Act No.41 of 2013). Development Plan 17 (h) lay down the broad based traffic circulation patterns in a city; (i) suggest architectural control features, elevation and frontage of buildings and structures; (j) indicate measures for flood control, *“and protection against land slide”, prevention of air and water pollution, disposal of garbage and general environmental control. 19.(1)The Director shall forthwith publish the draft development plans prepared under section 18 in such manner as may be prescribed together with a notice of the preparation of the draft development plan and the place or places where the copies may be inspected, inviting objections and the suggestions in writing from any person with respect thereto, within thirty days from the date of publication of such notice. Such notice shall specify in regard to the draft development plan the following particulars, namely:- (i) the existing land use maps; (ii) a narrative report, supported by maps and charts, explaining the provisions of the draft development plan; (iii) the phasing of implementation of the draft development plan as suggested by the Director; (iv) the provisions for enforcing the draft development plan and stating the manner in which permission to development may be obtained; (v) an approximate estimate of the cost of land acquisition for public purposes and the cost of works involved in the implementation of the plan. (2) The Director shall, not later than ninety days after the date of expiry of the notice period under sub-section (1), consider all the objections and suggestions as may be received within the period specified in the notice under sub-section (1) and shall, after giving reasonable opportunity to all persons affected thereby of being heard, make such modifications in the draft development plan as he may consider necessary, and submit not later than six months after the publication of the draft development plan, the plan so modified, to the State Government for approval together with all connected documents, plans, maps and charts. 20.(1)As soon as may be after the submission of the development plan under section 19 the State Government may either approve the development plan or may approve it with such modifications as it may consider necessary or may return it to the Director to modify the same or to prepare a fresh plan in accordance with such directions as it may issue in this behalf. (2) Where the State Government approves the development plan with modifications, the State Government shall, by a notice published in the Official Gazette invite objections and suggestions in respect of such modifications within a period of not less than thirty days from the date of publication of the notice in the official Gazette. (3) After considering objections and suggestions and after giving a hearing to the persons desirous of being heard the State Government may confirm the modification in the development plan. *As amended vide Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 2013 (Act No. 41 of 2013). Publication of Draft Development Plan Sanction of Development Plan 18 (4) The State Government shall publish the development plan as approved, under the foregoing provisions in the Official Gazette and shall along with the plan publish a public notice, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the approval of the development plan and the place or places where the copies of the approved development plan may be inspected. (5) The development plan shall come into operation from the date of publication thereof in the Official Gazette and as from such date shall be binding on all Development Authorities constituted under this Act and all local authorities functioning within the planning area. (6) After the coming into operation of the development plan the interim development plan shall stand modified or altered to the extent the proposals in the development plan are at variance with development plan. CHAPTER-V SECTORAL PLAN