Land Utilization (Corozal District East Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. 163 of 1991)

[ ] 14 [CAP. 188 Land Utilization THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize CHAPTER 188 LAND UTILIZATION (COROZAL DISTRICT EAST SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA) REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Citation. 2. Declaration of Special Development Area. 3. Permitted development. 4. Development Plan and administration. 5. Penalty. SCHEDULE CHAPTER 188 LAND UTILIZATION (COROZAL DISTRICT EAST SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA) REGULATIONS (section 19) 1. These Regulations may be cited as the LAND UTILIZATION (COROZAL DISTRICT EAST SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA) REGULATIONS. 2. The area in the Corozal District as more fully described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby declared to be a Special Development Area. S.I. 163 of 1991. Act 16 of 1981. Citation. Declaration of Special Development Area. [21st December, 1991] [ ] Land Utilization [CAP. 188 15 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize 3. The type of development that will be permitted in the Special Development Area declared by regulation 2 above shall be the following or any combination thereof– (a) agriculture; (b) residential; (c) commercial; (d) tourism; (e) forestry; (f) wildlife reserve; and (g) environmental protection. 4.-(1) The Land Utilization Authority shall, after consultation with such local persons and institutions as it may think fit, draw up a Development Plan for the Special Development Area referred to in regulation 2 above, to demarcate the zonation and density of the types of development as stipulated in regulation 3 above. (2) Every Development Plan prepared by the Land Utilization Authority under subregulation (1) above shall be subject to approval by the Minister. (3) After approval by the Minister, the Development Plan shall be made available for inspection at the Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan as well as the Lands and Surveys Office, Belize City. (4) Every Development Plan approved by the Minister under this regulation shall be administered by the Land Utilization Authority either directly or through the agency of such local institutions as it may deem fit to appoint. Permitted development. Development Plan and administration. [ ] 16 [CAP. 188 Land Utilization THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize 5. Any person who commences or carries out in the Special Development Area declared by regulation 2 above, any development in contravention of the form of zonation and density drawn up in a Development Plan as stipulated in regulation 4 above, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. MADE by the Minister of Natural Resources this 29th day of November, 1991. (FLORENCIO MARIN) Minister of Natural Resources Minister responsible for Land Penalty. [ ] Land Utilization [CAP. 188 17 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize SCHEDULE [regulation 2] COROZAL DISTRICT EAST SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in Corozal District East area, containing approximately 196,250 acres, and bounded on the north by Corozal Bay, Lowry’s Bight and Bahia Chetumal; on the East by Bahia Chetumal and the Caribbean Sea; on the South by the Belize/Corozal District border; and on the West by parts of Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve, Freshwater Creek Work, Little Belize, Reserve Bank, Bar Works and lands around San Fernando (Copper Bank), and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point where a creek flowing from Saltillo Lagoon has its confluence with the New River having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2029 445 North and 353 800 East; thence in a general East North East direction along the coast at the Low Water Mark to the head of a peninsula having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2030 785 North and 360 785 East; thence in a South and South West direction along the coast to a point on the West bank of the sea where Laguna Seca meets Lowry’s Bight having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2027 265 North and 356 790 East; thence in an East South East direction across the sea to a point on the Eastern Bank having a scaled U.T.M. co ordinate of 2027 100 North and 358 060 East; thence in a general Eastern direction along the coast to Rocky Point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2031 725 North and 384 000 East; thence in a general Southern direction along the coast to a point where the Corozal/Belize District boundary meets the sea having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1985 900 North and 376 540 East; thence in a West North West direction along the said District border for approximately 41,650 feet to a point having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1987 500 North and 364 060 East; thence in a North West direction along the Corozal District [ ] 18 [CAP. 188 Land Utilization THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize border for approximately 24,250 feet to a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1992 395 North and 358 570 East; thence in a North East direction for approximately 79,580 feet to a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2014 300 North and 368 640 East; thence in a North West direction for approximately 23,580 feet to a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2024 535 North and 363 165 East; thence in a West North West direction for approximately 18,800 feet to a point on the East bank of the sea where Laguna Seca meets Lowry’s Bight having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2027 100 North and 358 060 East; thence in a West North West direction across the sea to a point on the Western Bank having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 2027 265 North and 356 790 East; thence in a West North West direction for approximately 13,750 feet to the point of commencement.