COASTAL REGULATION ZONE II

Notification under section 3(1) and section 3(2)(v) of the Environment (Protection) act, 1986 and rule 5(3)(d) of the Environment (Protection) rules, 1986 declaring coastal stretches as coastal regulation zone (CRZ) and regulating activities in the CRZ.

New Delhi, the 19th February, 1991, (as amended up to 3rd October 2001)

Category-II (CRZ-II):

The areas that have already been developed upto or close to the shoreline. For this purpose, "developed area" is referred to as that area within the municipal limits or in other legally designated urban areas which is already substantially built up and which has been provided with drainage and approach roads and other infrastructural facilities, such as water supply and sewerage mains.

Norms for Regulation of Activities.

6(2) the development or construction activities in different categories of CRZ area shall be regulated by the concerned authorities at the State/Union Territory level, in accordance with the following norms:

CRZ-II

1. Buildings shall be permitted only on the landward side of the existing road (or roads approved in the Coastal Zone Management Plan of the area) or on the landward side of existing authorised structures. Buildings permitted on the landward side of the existing and proposed roads/existing authorised structures shall be subject to the existing local Town and Country Planning Regulations including the existing norms of Floor Space Index/Floor Area Ratio:
   Provided that no permission for construction of buildings shall be given on landward side of any new roads (except roads approved in the Coastal Zone Management Plan) which are constructed on the seaward side of an existing road.


2. Reconstruction of the authorised buildings to be permitted subject to the existing FSI/FAR norms and without change in the existing use.


3. The design and construction of buildings shall be consistent with the surrounding landscape and local architectural style.