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| Natural
Environment |  |
- Setting up of recreational
zones, open spaces and public outdoor recreational facilities.
- Regulations
on wet lands, water bodies, sea front, hillocks, agricultural land and other nature
reserves.
- Integration of agriculture in urban land use
- Establishment
of tree lined boulevards and malls for comfortable walking and visual comfort.
- Rehabilitation of canals for scenic diversity and as an alternative mode of
transport.
- Developing canal banks as attractive promenades.
- Management
of solid waste and garbage disposal
| Housing
Policy and Policies for other Amenities |
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- Residential development
as part of integrated urban development.
- Policy on low income settlements.
- Incentives on housing development.
- Review of the legal system on private
sector housing development.
- Decentralization of educational facilities of
the schools in high demand in the city by opening up of branches in suburbs.
- Relocation of administrative functions to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and its
environs from the city of Colombo.
| Security
operations in the Core area | |
- Establishment of
security nodes at strategic locations
- Relocation of administrative establishments
of security forces outside the Colombo City.
| Implementation
of the Plan | |
In order to implement
the Development Plan successfully, a zoning plan supported by planning and building
regulations are designed and implemented.
The purpose of the zoning plan
is to ensure that urban activities are confined to the designated development
zones within the core area. Development zones have been determined with a view
to sustaining an environmentally friendly and economically sound urban development.
The planning and building regulations will determine the acceptable densities
and planned development in each zone. The densities have been determined with
a view to optimizing land use.
| Proposed
Zones | |
- Concentrated Development
Zone (Finance/Hotels/Apartments etc.) (CBD)
- Port related activity Zone
- Commercial Zone
- Mixed Development Zone (offices, Apartments, Entertainment
& shops etc.)
- Tourism and allied zone
- Administrative Zone
- Security Zone
- Primary Residential Zone
- Special primary Residential
Zone
- General residential zone
- Special control zone
- Recreational
zone
- Environmental conservation zone
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