Chapter V Master Development Plan and Zonal Development Plans

1. (1) The Authority with a view to securing planned integrated development and use of land shall carry out a civic survey of and prepare a Master Development Plan for Jodhpur Region.
2. (2) The Master Development Plan shall precisely define the quality of life that a citizen of Jodhpur Region could desirably be expected to lead in (i) medium range perspective of the year 2016 A.D. (ii) long term perspective of the year 2023 A.D. and thereafter, and (iii) such other intermediate stages, as the State Government may direct balanced and time targeted development to sub-serve the needs of the growing city of Jodhpur and other areas of Jodhpur Region, the network of public utilities, civic amenities community facilities, housing, communications and transport, the projects or schemes for conservation and development of natural resources and such other matters as are likely to have bearing on the integrated development the Jodhpur Region and in particular may provide for: -
   • (i) transport and communications such as roads, high-ways, railways, canals, international airports, air cargo complexes and bus-service, including their development;
   • (ii) water supply, drainage, sewerage, sewage disposal and other public utilities, amenities and services including electricity and gas;
   • (iii) prevention, conservation and development of areas of natural scenery, city forests, wild life, natural resources and landscaping;
   • (iv) prevention of objects, features, structures or places of historical, natural, architectural or scientific interest educational value;
   • (v) prevention of erosion, provision for afforestation or re-forestation, improvement of water front areas, rivers, nallahs, lakes and tamks;
   • (vi) irrigation, water supply and hydro-electric works, flood control and prevention of water and air pollution;
   • (vii) educational and medical facilities;
   • (viii) district business centers, other shopping complexes export oriented industrial areas and clearing houses, permanent exhibition centres, cattle fairs and markets;
   • (ix) games and sports complexes worthy of holding international events;
   • (x) amusement parks including disney land, style complexes, safari parks and other gardens and parks, picnic centres and day amusement including artificial lakes and water reservoirs;
   • (xi) cultural complexes including theatres, cinemas, rangmanch, studios, recreation centres, conference hall complexes, concert halls, town halls and auditoria;
   • (xii) tourist complexes including hotels and motels, car hiring service organised tours and treks;
   • (xiii) development of satellite towns in Jodhpur region and their appropriate integration with the City of Jodhpur including development of new
   • (xiv) townships land for different uses, general distribution and general location of land and the extent to which the land may be used as residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or as forests or for mineral exploitation or for other purposes;
   • (xv) reservation of areas for open spaces, gardens, recreation centres, zoological gardens, nature-reserves, animal sanctuaries, dairies and health resorts and other purposes;
   • (xvi) the relocation of the population or industry from over populated and industrially congested areas and indicating the density of population or the concentration of industry to be allowed in any area of Jodhpur Region;
   • (xvii) housing including rural housing; (xviii) filling up or reclamation of low lying, swampy or unhealthy areas or levelling up of lands;
   • (xix) re-development and improvement of existing built-up areas;
   • (xx) planning standards and zoning regulations for different zones including development of "abadi"; and
   • (xxi) planning for Jodhpur Region for management of urban growth and all matters connected therwith and other matters as are consistent with the objective of the Act.
3. (3) The Master Development Plan may also define the various zones into which the Jodhpur Region shall be divided for the purpose of development and indicate the manner in which the development is to be carried out and the land in each zone is proposed to be used (whether by the carrying out therein development or otherwise) and the stages by which any such development shall be carried out and shall serve as a basic pattern of frame-work within which any such development shall be carried out and shall serve as a basis pattern of frame- work within which the Zonal Development Plan of the various zones may be prepared: Provided that the Authority may, if it so considers necessary in the public interest alter the area of any zone.

1. (1) Simultaneously with the preparation of the Master Development Plan or as soon as may be thereafter, the Authority shall proceed with the preparation of a Zonal Development Plan for each of the Zone into which the Jodhpur Region may be divided.
2. (2) A Zonal Development Plan may: -
   • (a) contain the provisions for the developmental activities to be carried out as mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 21;
   • (b) contain a site-plan for the development of the zone and show the approximate locations and extents of land uses proposed in the zone for such things as public buildings and other public works and utilities, roads, housing, recreation, industry, business, markets, schools, hospitals, public and private open spaces and other categories of public and private uses;
   • (c) specify the standards of population density and building density;
   • (d) show every area in the zone which may. in the opinion of the Authority, be required or declared for development or re-development; and .
   • (e) in particular, contain provisions regarding all or any of the following matters, namely: -
     • (i) the division of any site into plots for the erection of building;
     • (ii) the allotment or reservation of land for roads, open spaces, gardens, recreation grounds, schools, markets and other public purposes.
     • (iii) the development of any area into a township or colony and the restrictions and conditions subject to which such development may be undertaken or carried out;
     • (iv) the erection of buildings on any site and the restrictions and conditions in regard to the open space to be maintained in or around buildings and height and character of buildings;
     • (v) the alignment of buildings on any site;
     • (vi) the architectural features of the elevation or frontage of any building to be erected on any site;
     • (vii) the number of residential buildings which may be erected on any plot or site;
     • (viii) the amenities to be provided in relation to any site or buildings on such site whether before or after the erection of building and the person or authority by whom or at whose expenses such amenities are to be provided;
     • (ix) the prohibitions or restrictions regarding erection of shops, workshops, warehouses or factories or buildings of a specified architectural feature or buildings designed for particular purposes in the locality;
     • (x) the maintenance of walls, fences, hedges or any other structural or architectural construction and the construction and the height at which they shall be maintained;
     • (xi) the restrictions regarding the use of any site for purposes other than erection of buildings; and
     • (xii) any other matter which is necessary for the proper development of the zone or any area thereof according to plan and for preventing buildings being erected haphazardly in such zone or area.

1. (1) Before preparing any Plan finally the Authority shall prepare a Plan in draft and publish it by making a copy thereof available for inspection and publishing a notice in such form and manner as may be determined by regulations inviting objections and suggestions from any person with respect to the draft Plan before such date as may be specified in the notice.
2. (2) The Authority, shall also give reasonable opportunity to every local authority within whose local limits and land touched by the Plan is situated, to make any representation with respect to the Plan.
3. (3) After considering all, objections, suggestions and representations that may have , been received by the Authority, the Authority shall finally sanction the Plan.
4. (4) Provisions may be made by regulations with respect to the form and content of a Plan and with respect to the procedure to be followed and any other matter, in connection with the preparation and sanction of such Plan.
5. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section. (1) to (4), the procedure as laid down in the said sub-section shall not be required to be followed in case the development of any project or scheme or any improvement thereof, in any zone is to be carried out on any land vested in the Authority.

Immediately after a Plan has been sanctioned by the Authority, it shall publish in such manner as may be determined by regulation a notice stating that a Plan has been approved and naming a place where a copy of the Plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours and upon the date of the first publication of the aforesaid notice, the Plan shall come into operation.

1. (1) At any time after a Plan has come into operation according to provisions of section 24, the Authority may make any modification to the Plan as it thinks fit, the modification, which in its opinion, does not affect material alterations in the character of the Plan and which does not relate to the extent of land uses or the standards of population density.
2. (2) The Authority with the approval o( the State Government may make any other modifications into the plan in order to promote planned development of any part of the Jodhpur Region in more efficient manner.
3. (3) The Authority or the Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur, or any other body or Committee, as may be authorised by the State Government in this behalf, may, in order to promote planned development of any part of the Jodhpur Region in more efficient manner, make such modification in land use of the Plan for such area, as may be specified by the State Government by notification in the official Gazette.
4. (4) Before making any modification to the Plan. The Authority, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur or any other body or Committee shall publish a notice, in such form and manner as may be determined by regulation inviting objection before such date as may be specified in the notice and shall consider all objections and suggestions that may be received by the Authority, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur or any other body or Committee.
5. (5) Every modification made under the provisions of this section shall be published and the modification shall come into operation either on the date of publication or on such date as the Authority, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur or any other body or Committee may fix by notice published in the official Gazette whereupon the modified Plan shall come into operation to all interests and for all purposes of this Act.
6. (6) Upon coming into operation of any modified Plan, any reference in any other section except in the foregoing sections of this Chapter, to the Master Development Plan or to the Zonal Development Plan shall be construed as a reference to the Master Development Plan or as the case may be a Zonal Development Plan as modified under the provisions of this section.

As soon as may be, on the coming into operation of any plan, the Authority shall take such action for implementation of the Plan as may be deemed necessary subject to the provision of this Act.

Any Master Plan or a Zonal Plan prepared under the provisions of any other law in force prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been prepared under the provision of this Act, to which the provisions of the foregoing sections relating to the sanction, modification and operation of a Master Plan/Master Development Plan shall mutatis mutandis apply: Provided that any Master Plan or Zonal Plan sanctioned for the urban area of Jodhpur under any other provisions of law shall cease to operate as soon as a Plan is sanctioned under the provisions of this Act.

Notwithstanding anytime contained in this Act, if the State Government or the Authority at any time within ten years from the date on which a Plan comes into operation under this Act is of the opinion that the revision of such Plan is necessary, the State Government may direct the Authority to revise or the Authority, may on its own motion undertake, revision of such Plan, after carrying out if necessary fresh civic survey and preparing an existing and use map of the Jodhpur Region and thereupon the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall, so far as they can be made applicable, apply to the revision of such Plan as those provisions apply in relation to the preparation, publication and sanction of a Plan.