Contents of Zonal Development Plan

(1) The zonal development plan shall define in detail the land use as indicated in the development plan and shall -- (a) specify the land which is to be acquired for public purposes for the Union Government, State Government, Town and Country Development Authority, Special Area Development Authority, local authority, public utility or any other authority established under any law for the time being in force : Provided that no land shall be designated as such unless the acquisition proceedings are likely to be completed within ten years of the preparation of the plan; (b) define in detail and provide for, areas reserved for agriculture, public or semi-public open spaces, parks, playgrounds, gardens, recreational areas, green belts and nature reserves; (c) set out in detail the allocation of areas or zones for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and other purposes; (d) define and provide for the pattern of complete road and street layout for present and future, and indicate the traffic circulation; (e) specify in detail the road and street improvements; (f) specify and provide for areas reserved for public buildings, institutions and civic development; (g) specify the future requirements, make layouts and provide for community facilities, services and public utilities like municipal, transport, power, water and drainage; (h) specify in detail the regulations regarding the zoning for each zone with a view to facilitate single-plot development and to regulate the location, height, number of storeys and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces and the use of buildings, structures and land; (i) define areas which have been poorly laid out or developed in such a manner that they have become slums and provide for their proper development or re-location; (j) designate areas for future development and expansion; (k) indicate the phasing of the development programme. (2) The zonal development plan shall include-- (a) control of architectural features, elevation and frontage of buildings and structures; (b) development details for specific areas for housing, market centres, industrial estates, educational and cultural institutions and civic centres.