The Law of Ukraine On the Principles of Town Planning
Date of Entry into Force: December 9, 1992
According to the Law, town planning is a purposeful activity of state bodies, bodies of local self-government, enterprises, establishments, organizations, citizens, unions of citizens related to creation and maintenance of full value living environment. This activity includes forecasting of development of settlements and territories, planning, building and other use of territories, projecting, building of town planning objects, construction of other objects, reconstruction of historical settlements together with preservation of traditional character of environment, restoration and renewal of objects of cultural heritage, creation of engineering and transport infrastructure.
Pursuant to the Law, basic directions of town planning activity shall be: · planning, building and other use of territories; · carrying out architectural activity; · placement of building of living and civil, production and other objects, forming town planning ensembles and landscape complexes, rest and of population recovery zones; · creation of social, engineering and transport infrastructure of territories and settlements; · preservation of objects of cultural heritage, etc.
The objects of town planning are: · territory of Ukraine and territories of its administrative and territorial units, their parts and separate land plots; · functional territories (zones) of administrative and territorial units (residential and public building, production, recreational, communal, protection of immovable cultural and natural heritage and other); · buildings and constructions, as well as their complexes; · communications and constructions of engineering and transport infrastructures; · objects of architectural activity.
The subjects of town planning are bodies of executive power, bodies of local self-government, natural persons and legal entities.
Article 5 of the Law sets basic requirements to town planning activity.
State regulation in the sphere of town planning shall be conducted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Supreme Rada and the Council of Ministers of Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local state administrations, bodies of local self-government, as well as by the specially authorized bodies on town planning and architecture issues.
Chapter III of the Law is devoted to state standards, norms and rules in the sphere of town planning.
The Law regulates land relations in town planning. It is envisaged to keep town planning cadastre of settlements.
The Law also sets responsibility for violation of legislation on town planning.