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Labour and Employment 3508312 Natural Resources 3508312 Conservation Of The Natural And Built Environment 3508312 m Natural Conditions 35OB -35OB314 Economic· Activity 35OB315 Transportation 3508315 Drainage 35OB316 Growth Areas 35OB316 Vision 35OB317 Strategy 35OB318 The Purpose of the Order 35OB318 Format of the Order 3508318 How to use the Order 35OB319 320 Objectives 3508 -3508322 Transportation 350B328 Housing 3508320 Conservation of theNatural and Built Environment 35OB328 Rural Economy 35OB321 Urban Econoiny 35OB321 Minerals 35OB322 Waste Treatment Disposal 3508322 Tourism 35OB322 Energy Generation and Conservation 35OB322 Telecommunications 3509322 323 Sectoral Policies 35O8 -35OB365 323 Transportation and Traffic 35OB -35O8333 333 Housing 35OB -35OB338 338 Conservation of the Natural and Built Environment 35OB -35OB348 348 Rural Economy 35OB -35OB350 351 Urban Economy 3508 ,-3508353 353 Minerals 3 5OB -'-35OB354 35 Waste Treatment and Disposal 3508 �-3508358 35 Energy Conservation 35OB 8-35OB368 360 Tourism 35OB -35OB362 3 2 Telecommunication 35OB 6 -35OB365 3 General Development Policies 35OB 65-35Oa374 3 The Design of New Developments 35OB 68-35OB373 CONTENTS Page New Settlements 3 508373-3508374 Advertisements 3508374 The Undeveloped Coast 350s375-350s378 Rural Area Policies 3508378-3508382 Petrol ·and Oil Filling Stations 3508383 Section II-Local Development Area 3508384-3508419 Port Antonio Local Planning Area 3508384-3508395 BuffBay Local Planning Area 350B395-350s400 Spring Hill Local Planing Area 350s40o_3509403 Hope Bay Local Planning Area 350s403-350s406 St. Margaret's Bay Local Planning Area 3508406-3508409 Windsor Local Planning Area 350s409-350s411 Long Bay Local Planning Area 350s411-350s414 Manchioneal Local Planning Area 3508415-3508419 Appendices 3508420 Appendix I General Glossary 350B420-350s423 Appendix2 List Of Urban Communities 3508424 Appendix3 Schedule of Historical and Archaeological and 3508425-3508427 Ecological Sites and Buildings Appendix4 Schedule of Beaches along the Portland Coast 3508428 Appendix5 Main Road Deviations and New Major Roads 3508429 Appendix6 List of Roadside and Seaside Parks 3508430 Appendix? Schedule of Road Standards 350B431-350s432 Appendix8 Parking and Loading Requirements 3508 433-3 508436 Appendix9 Guidelines for the Proper Siting and Design of 350B437-350B438 Petrol and Oil Filling Stations Appendix 10 The Design of Parking Facilities 3508439 Appendix 11 Residential Density-Standards and Controls 3508440-3508442 Appendix 12 Caves of Portland 350B443-350s445 Appendix 13 Informationto be Supplied with Subdivision 350B445-3508446 Application Scheme Plan Appendix 14 Subdivision Assessment Criteria 3508446 Appendix 15 General Development Standards for 3508447-3508448 Telecommunication Network CONTENTS Page Appendix 16 Visibility Splays 350B448-350B449 Appendix 17 Guidelines for Hotel Development 350B449-350B450 Figures 350B451-350B459 Figure 1 Density, Height and Lot Coverage for Major 350B451-350B452 Land Uses Figure 2 Parking for Disabled 350B453 Figure 3 Parking Layout 350B454 Figure 4 Setbacks from High Watermark 350B455 Figure 5 Parking Standards 350B456-350B459 List of Abbreviations 350B460 Acknowledgements 35 0B461-35 0B462 Maps Map 1 Portland Parish Development Order Area Map Inset 1 Port Antonio Inset Inset 2 BuffBay Inset Inset 3 Hope Bay Inset Inset 4 St Margaret's Bay Inset Inset 5 Long Bay Inset Inset 6 Manchioneal Inset Inset 7 Windsor Inset Inset 8 Spring Hill Inset THE JAMAICA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT PROClAMATIONS, RULES AND REGUlATIONS 350&257 Vol. CXXXVI FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013 No.49C No. 89c THE TOWN AND COUNTRYACT PLANNING THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (PORTLAND PARISH) PROVISIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER, 2013 In exercise of the power conferredupon the Town and CountryPlanning Authority by section 5 (I) of the Town and CountryPlanning Act, the following Provisional Development Order is hereby made afterconsultation with the Parish Council of Portland. Citation 1. This order may be cited as the Town and CountryPlanning (Portland Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2013. Interpreta­ 2. In this Order- tion. "the Act" means the Town and CountryPlanning Act; "base station"means a structure,fixed or mobile, consisting of transmitters and receiversthat are connected to antennae by feeder cables and may be microcell, macrocell or picocell. 3508258 PROCIAMATIONS,RULES AND REGULATIONS [JUNE21, 2013 ''theAuthority" has the meaningassigned to it by section 2 of the Act; "building" in relation to outline permission, does not include plant or machinery or a structure or erection of the nature of plant or machinery; "broadcasting"has the meaning assignedto it by the Telecommunications Act andthe Broadcasting and Radio Re-DiffusionAct; "conservation areas" means an area of special architectural or environmentalinterest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance; "development" has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 of the Act and "develop" shall be construed accordingly; "development area" means the area specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule; "erection" in relation to buildings includes extension, alteration andre­ erection; "fillingstation" means land, building or equipment used forthe sale or dispensing of petrol or oil formotor vehicles or used incidental to thesale or dispensing of petrol or oil formotor vehicles, and where any partof such land building or equipment is used foranother purpose, shall include the whole, whether or not the use as a fillingstation is the predominant use of such land or building; "landscaping" means the treatment of land (other thanbuildings) being thesite or part of thesite in respect of which an outline planning permission is granted forthe purposeof enhancing or protecting the amenities of the site and the area in which it is situated and includes screening by fence,walls or other means, the planting of trees hedges, shrubs,or grass, the formationof banks, terraces or otherearth works, and the layingout of gardens or courts and the provision of other amenity features; "local authority" has the meaning assignedto it by section 2 of the Act; "local planning areas" means the areas specified in Part II of the First Schedule; "local planning authority", has the meaning assignedto it by section 2 of the Act; "macrocell" .means a base station that provides the largest area of signal transmission coverage and capacity within a mobile network; "mast" means a ground-based or roof-top structure that supports antennae at a height where they can satisfactorily transmit and receive radio waves; JUNE21,2013] PROCLAMATIONS,RULES ANDREGULATIONS 350B259 "microcell" means a base station that provides additional signal transmission coverage and capacityto macrocells; "Minister" has the meaning assignedit by section 2 of the Act; "mobile network" has the meaning assigned to it by the Telecommunications Act; "national parks" has the meaningassigned to it by the Natural Resources Conservationm AuthorityAct; "national monument" has the meaning assignedto it by section 2 of the Jamaica National Heritage TrustAct; "operators" mean those who own or operate a telecommunication/ broadcast mast/tower, base station, macro cell, micro cell and or picocell; "outline planningpennission" meansplanning pennission forthe erection of a building which is applied for by the applicant directly and is granted subject to the subsequent approval of reserved matters submitted by the applicant to thelocal planning authority; "permitteduse class" has the meaning assignedto it by paragraph6; "picocell" meansa base station, usually located within existing buildings, which provides more localised signaltransmission coverage than a microcell; "portland" means the area prescribed in PartI of the First Schedule; ''preservation scheme" has themeaning assigned to it by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust
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