Law No. 5 of 1969 on towns and villages planning

\:mex ( tl Law No 5 issued in 1969 FOR rrOWNS ii ND V 11,1;1GE:3 PLJ;~EU}iG-1.~ '1 Chapter one Articl ( 1; on Plans In applying the provisions of this law and the regulations issued accordingly, the following ~hrases and words shall mean +he synomyms shown against each unless the context means otherwise: The Minister: The Ministry: The Mayor Minister of Municipal Affairs II-Tinistry of Municipal .Affairs" The Mayor of the concerned Municipality; the area ·under planning is within its district •. · The Muni-cipal Council: The Municipal Council of the concerned ( Municipality; the are~ under plannine is within its district • .And the technical phrases and words of this law and the regula t lC>l'l;: issued ac:cordingly shall mean the synonyms shown aeainst each~ which Flre stated in the annex attached to this law" unless the context :wans otherwise. Article (2) Every Municipality shall have a plan or more to show how the towns 01nd villages of the municipality will grow and develop and each plan sl' ·.1 especially include tne foJ.lowing: of 1) Directing/the growth and emd.ura :tion of thG town and village and organizition of the development inside each. '2) Following up the growth of each area in thG town or the village, locating within their limits the sites ofemaluration and develop ment, indicating the stages of that growth~ defining the procedures and means which should be taken to organize the ~rowth and its concentration in the areas allotted for that purpose according to the main principles of town and village planning to ensure urban co-ordination, economise costs of public facilities and to protect the agricultural lands surrounding the area. ~,) Subdividing the area into zones and classifying thorn according tc the purposes to be used in each zone. ') Determination of quality of buildings and differant public utilit1e~ ) Establishing the various rules for the subdivision of private.and public lands and their uses and the required procedures for that purpose. ) Determination of areas exposed to danger ant which aro not allowed to be used except. under CGrtain circumstcmccs and :J.ccording to special conditions. ) Location of sites of the existing and proposod public utilities and facilities, specially: A~ Roads, streets and squares; B. Public services - structures C~ Open public aroas such as ga~dens, parks 1 beaches, forests, cemeteries and others. !) Determination of residential arcas 9 organi~ation of their densitioc to meet tho requirements of the future, and the eualuration of the underdeveloped areas. 3'··- Determination of natural archaoological and tourist areas; mainta ining such areas and preserving thoir featureso >) Procedures and means to be taken for tho purpose of promoting the aosthetic values of the area showing the important architectural features and encouraging the Arabic and Islamic architectural. '.i1he plan in each case shall be established according to the effec 1:.-:..vo le5 islati.ons and with the agrooment of the concerned ministries ,n:1 au.thori ties., J1rtic.le (3) Plans shall be divided into two catequries: !t~ · tbste.r plans: Tho. detailed plans which include all engineoring 9 c:conomic and population arrangements. TbGy are be preparsd for the basic important urban areas as regards location economic potential ities and sizo of population. B~ Lay-Out Plans: Tho undctailed plans which a:c,3 confj.ncd to cngin0c!" ing arrangements. They arc be prepared. for arons which arc not included within tho urban areas mentioned abovea Article (4) ~he plans study and analyse tho social~ economic, natural situations lha population and the trend of thoir growth for the purpose of d.G ~:.:J.apin:::,; and promoting the SGctors of prod1...1C:Jtion <1.nd scrvicos in The light of tho }J:t',~scnt ur1:nn. circumstances :-md situstions '1i □ing o.·r, ftn'ding the most convenient solutions and means for developing these toWDS and their natural and human potentialities and improving tho social, heal th and 0conomic situations according to developr:10n't p!arts<) Article (5) The Plan consists of the collection of maps, reports graphs, esti~ations of costs of the different stages of the plan and othGr d8ta, informations and statistics which aim to implementing the plan a:£ter its adoption. Article (6) The plan shall be prepared for a period not less than twenty years ~o be divided into stages provided that in each stage of implementm ~ton the piin shall ~e improved, re-evaluated and the costs re-estim ated in the light of thq State dovelopment plans and within the financial limits included in the budget for tho implementation of the plan e Chapter Two Preparation of the pla~s and their Approval .Article (7) The Ministry shall prepare drafts of the plans togathcr with tho M.Mnicipalitics, Ministry of Planning and DevGlopment and other Ministries and concerned authorities. The Minist~r shall forward the drafts to the concerned Muticipal Council to study them and take a clecision in their concern within two months £ram tho date of their . ,rwarding. The said Council shell then return.the drafts to the M.tnister to submit them·to the committoe mentioned in the following article. The Municipalities which have effecient t0chnical staff may prepare the drsftq of the plans with the assistance of Ministry and authori"'"! lies mentioned in the previous paragraph. ffie same procedures mentioned in this law shall be.followed as rogards these drafts. .Article (8) A committee shall be 0stablishcd to be called 11 Tho Advisory comr.1itte of Towns and Villages Planning" .yli th the I.1inistor as chairman or whomovor he deputises arid moobors ~eproscnting the ministries and authori tics concerned wt th planning, which shall bo dotcr1:1inl'.1 by a ; ·decision from the council of Ministers. I Tho Muhafed and the Mayor of the concerned Nunicipality shall join thi.s Committee when discussing planning affairs of the areas .within t'h0ir boundaries. 'I·he Minister shall issue a decision to form this Committct.:: 3:fter c 0 :1sultations with the aforesaid Ministries and authorities. He shall issue, as woll, a regulation to orGanize the internal procodurcs of the committee. Article (9) i:1hc IVIinister shall submit to the Committee the plans forwarded to him ·/qi thin one month from thG date of their forwarding in-order that the committee shall study, revise the plans and determine whether th~ plan will be Master Plan or Lay-out Plan according to what it ~noludes of data and studies, as regards each arcu according to,its ~ooation and to what extent tho plan has regarded tho dcvolopmonto %'he committee shall issue its roco;:unendations in this concern within two months from the date of submission of tho plans to the committee. Article. ( 10) I'he Minister shall bring boforo tho Nati•onal Planning Council the plafiij with the coJ:1nittoo's reco:mmondations to study and link them wit.h the State development plans, to determine their priority and tho scb:?dules of their impl omentation within the limits of funds allotted for developments and in the light of the state planning and develop ments general policy, as well. as to co-ordinate them with the general pl~niniing and them forward them to the council of Ministers, supported the recommendations of the National Planning Council for approvalo .Article (11) :1.!:::.o council of Ministers shall study the plans passod to them by the council of National Planning • .After having been approved, the cma1cil of Ministers shall issue a decision for the adoption of the Lay-out plan while the .Master Plans shall be adopted by a Royal Decree Tho adopted plans shall bG sGnt to the concorncd ministries and authorities for implomentation. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs shall send tho plans to tho concerned municip~lity and tho technical department in tho Ministry. Jll ministries and authorities concerned sh0uld help. in the plan3 imr,J. cment at ion. l\rticle (12) Pro8edures followed-in p.reparation tho plnns and their approval according to tho provisions of this chapter shall be applied in every amendment to be inserted in the plan. Chapter Three Official Maps Article (13) The official mape shall include: Ao bll the existing roads and squares and those proposed to be constructed at the time of adoption of the plana B. bll sites allocated fro public interest projects as well as all lands proposed to be used in these projects. c. All zones and the use of each. Article (14) The plan shall include the alignment of tho main roads network in tawns and villages and shall specify their catorgories, the building lines of these roads and the buildings setbacks; all these shall be indicated in tho official maps. Article (15) A regulation shall be issuGd by decision from the council of Ministers, up on the recommendations of the :Minister of Municipal Af":fairs, including the classification of public municipal roads, their alimition and standards. The regulation shall define as well, the dimensions and the special conditions of thG buildings located on the public roads outside the Towns and Villages plans and the means of using those buildings~ Article (16) The municipality may perform, on some roads in the plan or on thG map mentioned in Article 14, insignificant modifications for the purpose of these roads improveracnts. A decision for this modification ::;hQll be issu.::d fror.i. the Municip3.l council. If the modification to bo performed concerning the roads of a new subdivision· of lands within the municipality district the land sublivision provisions mentioned in chapter six shall be appliod. Article ( 17) It shall not be allowed to grant a license to use the sitGs of lands 9 mentioned in Parggraphs (A) and (B) of Article 13 1 for non agricultural exploitation. In this case it is allowed for the license to build on thasa sites tor~1por2ry structures. The State or the MW1icipali ty arc not c ommi ttcd ~o pay any compensation for the elimination of these constructions at the time of plan implementation. CHAPTER FOUR Use and Classification of Zones 1-lrticle ( 18) The plan shall specify the town's different zones and the use of ea~h zone, taking into consideration the co-ordination of uses between the zones and tho value of land in each. Article {19) .A regulation shall be issued by a decision from tho Municipal Gou.ncil to determine? the conditions of the use of eo.ch zone G.nd tho conditions which should be providod in the zone as r0g3rds the lands a.nd building according to wo.ys of uses and all that in accordance with the adopted plan. The regulation ,shall include specifically the following: 1) The ge11eral conditions which should bo providod j n the lots of the subdivision as reg2rds their minimum size and width the maximum of their length and the area proportion pcrmissable for building in each lot and other surveying conditionso 2.) The general conditions which should be provided in btulding as regards their total height their vertical limitsJ the distance between each other and botween tho buil(ing line 1 the projection of balconies and towers on tho public op0n space~ Artic1e (20) Zone classification shnll be according to tho uses mentioned below, E~ch use may be divided into categories: i ) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Agricultural Zone. Touristic or archeological Zone. Open Zone. Residential Zone. Administrative Zoneo Comm ere ial Zone Industrial Zone. The regulation provided by Article (19) shall specify the conditiJns and details~concerning each zone in the plan and e~ch catogoryq The regulation may specity as well, protectivo areas far airports and for n thG r similar st rue ture--an-d--shall set the conditions of these protec t i vc areas with the agreement of the concerned authorities • .Article (21) Public facilities may be constructed in each o-:f the zones stated in the previous article according to its requirements provided that its conditions will not c9ntraveno with the general conditions of the zone's lands and buildings. Licenses may by granted to build, alonge )Ublic roads and outside the plan, restaurants 9 rest houses, shops for food staff and fuel and that is according to the provisions of the aforesaid regulation in .Artic le ( 15) of this law. Article (22) 1) It shall not be allowed to grant a license for building outside the plans except for the public facilities or: agricultural or industrial construction or for the accommodation of the proprie tor of the land and his labourers. 2) The license for building shall be in the above mentioned circumstances according to the conditions and situations which the council of Ministers will define in upon-recommendation of the Minister of Municipal Affairs. 3) However the council of Ministers may decide to use a zone outside the plans for purposes other than those mentioned in this article CHAPTER FIVE Public Utilities .Article (23) The Municipality, within its administrative di~trict, shnll co~struct, manage and maintain the public facilities relating to networks of wuter supply, seworage.in the roads and public stroets, adopted in the plan. i~rticle (24) Regulations shall be issued by a decision of the Minister to ·:).rganize the f'ollowing: 'i) The public networks of water supply, seworRGe and gas. 2) The internal networks of waterj sewcraBa ~nd gas and other mechan ical installations within tho building~ Article (25) '.1:he Municipality shall establish a ~)r•.J{sr,-:1:·c:1G f:)r the implementation and improvement of pu?lic facilities proj0ctso It. shall organize as werl-~c!Ihe means of -utilization of public facili t ies and the use of each according to the benefit of the public inter est and the available potentialities of these facilities~ Article (26) The encroachment upon the utilities constructed or managed-by the 1unic 0 ipali ty is not pormissable and it is not pormissable to use or utilize· the above mentioned utilities except in accordance with the onditions and procedures established by the municipality • .Article (27) Any person or authority shall bot be allowed to construct, in the roads, streets and squares adopted in the plan ·or r:oads, streets and squares of tho land subdivision, any public utilities networks without t.he approval of the municipality and without being in accordance with the provisions of this law and the regulations issued accordingly. \ Tho ministries, departments and other public authorities should co-ordinate their works concening the construction of the mentioned u.tilities networks w~th the Municipalities. Article (28) "ii) Within the limits of Munici.palities districtsp emeluration free, ehalJ be imposed on the proprietors of the lands improved by projects of constructing, modifying or widening streets, roads or squares or by other works of public interest which the council of Ministers deems necessary. 2) 11Emeluration free", shall·not acceed 15% of the value of the land improved and this will be'taken in kind if that is required fot lbhe implementation of the said projects and works· and it will be paid in eash in other cases than this on the basis of the land price before improvement. The price shall be fixed in this case accord ing to the procedures of estimation prescribed in the law of Expropriati0n of Proparties for the Public Interest. 3) Each municipality, within the limite of its administrative district shall collect, "emeluration free and ·it will. be ·:.one of, .. i tsz financial sources. Jn,ticle (29) A regulation, inoldding the manner of specifying G.rons to be improved in each case, shall be issued by a docision from the council of Ministers upon the rectilnm-endations of ·tile ~.hnister of Municipal Affairs. This regulation .will include as well the provisions and basis of 11 emeluration fee 11 , the rules of its estimation, its collec tion in kind or in cash and procedures of complaining against its di termination. Article (30) 11 Elneluration f.ee~ 11 shall not be payable on· the lands owned by the state or public organisations and institutions. The philanthropic and religous organizations and societies recognized by the state, shall be exempted from thisj 11 emeluration fee 11 • CHAPTER SIX Land Subdivision Article ( 31) In applying the provisions of this law every splitting of a piece d land prepared for building into two or more lots,for the purpose <Of selling or exchange or rent or monopolisation or construction .of building on it, shall be considered a subdivision. It shall be consider.ed a subdivision "as well by the provision of this article, the construction of.more than onG building and its attachments on one lot of land whether these building are semi-ditached or detached. .Article (32) It shall not be allowed for any person or authority to establish o~ modify a suMivi-sion of any land inside the plan without getting a license for that purpose from the municipality in which the land is iocated inside its admenstrative limits and that is according to the p.rr'ovision of this law a nd the regulations issued accordingly. The ~rovision of this article shall be applied to all projects of land subdivision even if the plan of the area in which the project is located has not been adopted. Article (33) The project of subdivision should be a h~mOGGneous unit with the town adopted plan. The subdivision shquld confront or connect an existing publ·ic road according to what it is indicated in the plan. Each of the subdivision lots should confront a public road or one of the subdivision roads. .i;rticlc ( 34) The subdivider should allocate a proportion of J5fa of the total ::1.roa of tho 1 and to be suhd:±v:i:de d for roa-0.s P squaro s 1 gardens, pu bl L! parks and public facilities and utilities which arc nccossary for the 3ubdivision. That proportion includes half of the aroa of the road or of the existing public roads which are borderinc the land-to bo subdivided. It also ihcludos what is takon from the total 2rea of the land as emeluration fee i1rticle (3-5) It is not allowed to make any subdivision in the aren exposed to Qanger or in the areas not suitable for buildings • .Article ( 36) Roads of the subdivision should include the conditions stated in t.1e road regulation mentionc'd in Article 15.of this law provided that the width of the road shall not be less than twelve motors. Article (37) The area, the dimensions and the uses of each of the subdivision lots should be in consistance with the conditions of, the area of the lots and uses of the zone, according to the classification of the zona ing in the plan and that is in accordance with.the provisions of the rBgulation mentioned in Article 19 of this law, It is not allowed to lot the subdivision ihterferc with the ~tilization of natural drains of rain water of the subdivision lands and the lands adjacent. Article ( 38) A re~ulation shall be issued by a decision from the Minister to 00fine the conditions, situations, procduros and measurements of the subdivision project to be forwarded together Yvi th the documGnts which shGuld be attached to tho project, provided that among these documonts there should be the official dodwnents which prove that the person whb is the project is the owner of the land to bo subdivided, and other necessary dc.1.ta to bo submitted to acquire tho agreement of the munici pality on the subdivision project; This regulation clefines ~s well the fees, which sh,.mld be payable for the subdivision adoption, provided that these fees shall n0t exceed .10 milliemes of every square metre of the land t8 be subdivided. The regulation includes, also, what the 8.J]'.)licant for subdivisio:::. shall be asked tofulfill far public fscilities and utilities as rega rds roads, pavements, side walks, building and water supply and sewu~ ·rage networks in the suba.ivH:ri:=in and to· eonnect these networks with the public nete, or to construct this network in case it is non existent, or to provide the public liGht in the subdivision roads and streets or other works. Ea~h concernGd Municipal Council shall issue a, decision to assigne the applicants for the subdivisions to perform all or some of these ~ork& provided that these works sh~uld be implemented according to the techn1'tc'al conditions and speci.fications and under the subervisirm of the municipality engineers and in accordance with the provisions of the law and the regulations issued accordingly. The applicant for subdivision may ask the municipality to do the works 'Nhich he was assigned to fulfill by paying the mund.cipality, iri advance, the caste estimated by the municipality for the implementa +ion of these works. Article (39) The subdivision project shall be submitted to the concerned municipality to acquire its prelimenary approval. The subdivision ~hauld satisfy all conditions stated in this law and the regulation issued accordingly. fhe municipality should consider the application by preleminary approval or refusal within ninty days from the date of its submission. The elapse of the aforesaid period without considering the applic ation, shall be considered as preliminary approval of the project. Article ( 40) After acquiring the prelimenary approval on the project, the owner of the land should grad, levcl 9 define r,-:,ads auu lots by destinguisheQ marks and it is the re sponsi bil i ty of the owno1~ to level and survey the lands to their final level . .Article (41) The municipality shall issue a dGcision on its final appr•)-val of subdivision project after being acertained that th e project satisfi yed all conditions in accordance with the provision of this law an~ the regulations issued accordingly and after beine assured that ·r;he c.:nvnGr has executed all the works he has been requGsted to fulfill according to Article 38 of this law. A;rtiole ( 42 J . The owner shall deposi te with the concerned Land Registration Offics ad official copy of.bath the adopted subdiv-ision project and the license mentioned in the previous article. Owner should report this deposition to the concerned municipality. The consequence upon this deposition is that the streets, roads, sq uaresp gardens, public parks and whatev&r th& proprietor constructs for public utilities and facilities in the land to be subdivided shall be a ., tached to the public properties of the c,Jnc 0rned municipality. The municipality, shall :plot· on the official maps of the plan,the s~bdivision roads and streets and any other facility or utility menti oned in the previous paragraph. Article (43) •rhe owner by himself or by a mediator as well as the notary-public those who undertake authentication in the Islamic courts and others i':ho are specialized legally in authentication and estate registration, shall be prohibited from taking any measure as regards selling, exchanging, leasing monopelizing or ending joint-tenancy of the land of the subdivision unless after completing the deposition stated in the previous article provided that no contravention to the adopted co~di tions 1of the subdi visi.on will take place as a result to that rooasure; otherwise the act shall be void. Article {44) Tho same established procedures for completely adopting the proj ect shall be applied to the modifications to be included in the subdivis:Lrm project whether ~c.1.rnse modifications took place before or after previously mentioned deposition. Yet if any of the acts mentioned in Article 43 took place, it is necessary to aquire the agreoment of the beneficiaries to carry out the mentioned modifica~ions. Article (45) In the .i-..strument of authorisation tho decision of the final \pproval of the muni,cipali ty on the subdivision should be mentioned ·in .ccordance to Articie 41, it should be mentioned in that ins.trwnent as ,,-:ell the date, the number of deposition in tho concerned Land Registr • ation Office and the general c0nditions and restrictions, also the s,ecial conditions and restrietions which the subdivider seos to be imposed on the beneficiaries provided that these condition were earlier atlo-pted by the concerned municipality. Articl8 (46) Tho conditions and restrictions stated in the previous article shall be considered as mutual easomont rights whether on the subject to any of tho aforesaid actions and the buildings on constructed it. The beneficiaries may hold thoir rights of such esmont torwards each oth.2r. CHAPTER SEVEN Buildings Article (47) A regulation on buildings shall be issued by a decision from the· Mumicipal Council specifying the conditions which should be provided iru buildings whether form the technical or sanitary aspects. The :rl'!,,~:ulation should inc)ude th0 following: 1 ) Height of floors a..Y1d th~ net height of o:;tch. 2~) Condit ions while should be provided in tho· stairs, elevators, entrances, roofs, corridorerio chimneys and the determination of their dimensions and the conditions of thoir utilization. 3) Standards of natural illumation and ventilationby defining the surface areas of windows and doors. 4) Thickness of the outer walls and walls scperating parts of the building. 5} The minimum dimensions of yards and their areas in relation to the height of building provided that the length of any side in the shall not be less t~an three meters. S"}. The minimum dimensions of the light-wells, their areas provided \ that the length of any side shall not be less than two and a half meters. 7) , The conditions which should be provided in the projections of balconies, towers and othors which overlook the private eardens, yards, lightwells, and tho public open space. The conditions relating to alloting the necessary lands m.nd buildings for car parking. BY Conditions relating to the secondary buildings annexed to the main one as well as the conditions of tho accessary buildings to the main one. 9) The technical conditions which should bo provided in some of the building elements and th8 ways which should be followed in their implementation. The special conditions concerning tho hnrm0ny and aesthetic vRluo of buildings. A rt i c 1 G ( 48 ) Tbo regulation mentioned in the previous c1.rticlc sh~1.l.l orgo.nizG th:; procedures of submitting the buildings prnjocts nnd their sco.lcs as well as the drawings, documents and data wl:.ich sh::::iuld be attached thetein and their revision foes, provided that these fees shall not exceed five punds, and fees of issuing building license, its durati;}r and the fees of its renewal~ tho procedure of inspe.ction on the build ing while the operation of constructions is carried out. Th& rcguln ion shall determine as well the periods necessc1ry for the adopti:)n f the project and issuing th6 license and its renewal. Article ( 49) It shall not be permissablc for any person or any nuthority to ~t3rt any 9peration of construction or extension or raising or modification of an existing building, supporting or demolishing it before aquiring the license for that according to the conditions and s .,uations indicated in the aforsaid regulati 1)n •. Article (50) It shall not be permissable to the licensee to st8rt construction ·u~.less after informing the concerned municipality and after one of its specialists shall determine the organizational lino and road I.imi t according to cir·curnstanccs. These determinations shall be confirmed in the license. When the height of the building reaches on8 meter in thG maximum ')Ver the street or road-level 9 the licensee should report to the con-:!erned municipality for t\H:: purpose of being o.scort8.ined that he is ~ llowing the building line or road limit. A· minute of inspectio.n shall be written for tl12t purpose n.nd a copy nf which will be delivered to the licensee. If the licensee ceased to work for □ period more than throe months and does not excoed the period of the license validity 9 he should report to the concerned municipality in acco:c<.."L:tnce with tho proccdurer.; before followed/resuming the work. llrticlG (51) fhG licensed building and constructions sh0uld be implcmontcd a0c::,rding to the dr~wings. documents, data and conditions on which ~a0is the license was granted. It shall not be pcrmissablc to introduce ~ny a.mondr;wnts or chsr,.i··Qs on the adopted drawings unless aquiring the i t,y wh0 issuE:d tho- license • CHAPTER EIGHT Re-planning of Blighted Rnd UndefdovelupQd Aroas Article (52) If it is noticed by the Municipal Council- that one of the municip; ali ty fanes became blighted or underdeveloped 2nd it hns become impossible to rehabilitate or utlize, whether as a result or its sca:ttured ownership and the non-performance of its owners to improve i.ts situation or for any ether reason, the council" shall prepare a nev: plan for this area to expropiate it and rohabilita it. The provisions of this article shall be applied to areas afflictod CQmpletely or partialy with one of tho accidents or natural disastars 3.n aJl. a decision from the municipal Council shall be issued in this Article (53) The Municipal Council, in preparing and o.pproving the plan mentic, n.ed in the previous article 1 shall take into c•Jnsideration thoprocedu• rea stated in this law and tho regulations and decisions issued= acco;rdingly. The plan shall be adopted by a decision from the Council 01£· r~ini sters. A rt icl u ( 5 4) Tho plnn shall indicate thG boundaries of a:; "oa and ':i.ts uso after rr.:habilitationo It sho.11 defines- in gencrar, r,.lwt shall be allotted 1'0r streots, roads and publi.c facilities and utilities and for reside nce as well. Tho Municipal Council shall co-opcra.te in this concern with the Ministry of :Municipal Affairs and the concerned authorities. Tho Council sh&ll composG a regulation showing tho basis u~on Which organization of the new area shall take place, as rog2rds rohabilitation, allocating tho public fscilitios and utilities, streets public squares and the locations proposed to be sold by priority tor Pl\jvious priJprietors,owned o.n( right ho.lders in the area according to a1·ticle 53 and other matters role.ting to tho aroa which niming at its development and raising of its standard. Tho council CTay, as well, determine stages fur replanning the are~ and its improvement. as to specify each stage f,:ar some quort8rs in the areao .Article (55) After adopting the plan, tho lands nnd estates located in the area 0f tI.1'-J pl'.J.n oh:ill be exp.rr,pri:::.tc,d Gcc0rdi4;to the provj si·)r:s of thi:-.l law of Bxprupri'.J.tian of Estat0s for, A1blic I~tercot .Article (56) i) The owners·and r~ght ha±ders in the- expropriatod lands are in titled to a compansation in cash according to the provisions of law of Expropriation for Public Interest~ 2) However, if it is decided to sell the expropriated lands or p~rt of them, the priority for purchasing shall be given to the original.propri?tors in tho area according to the conditions anc situation which shall be set in a-regulation to be issued by a decision of the council of Ministers. Article ( 57) The Municipal Council with the agreement of Ministries of Munici-• pal Affair~, Housing and state property and Interior shall arrange a program to accotnmodate the limited income families in the sites alloc• ated for them in the rehabilitated areas and in the areas for which r~~sures gf ~mprovment to be taken in tho technical, sanitary and ·social aspects. Chapter Nine General Rules Article (58) In every municipality a comrni tt'e shall be formed and shall be call ed nTowns Planning and Buildings Organization Committe 11 • The format ions of the said· cornmitte is as follows : 1) Mayor of the mwiicipaljty or whomever he deputises from the memebers of municipal council. 2) Two members of tke Municipal Council to bo selected by the cowicil 3) One of the technicians t~, be chosen by the municipal council. d!.) The representitives of the Ministry of Public Works and Al Muhafadahin tho council. 5) The head of the tchnical section in the municipality or the person acting'for him. 6) The head of the sanitary section in the municipality or the persor:: acting for him., 7) Rapriatutrec from .the Ministry of AgriculturG and Animal wealth to bo nominated by the concerned Minister. Rapriatutree from tho. 11-'Iinistry of. Tourism <'!nd antiquitos nominnted by the concerned Minister shall be 3ddcd Jo tho comrnittc in the Muni~i pali ties within which-. adminstrati ve boundaries there are archaeological and touristic siteso .A decision for the formation of tho cornmitte shall be j ssued by the Minister of municipal affaires upon thG recomendation of the Mayor (;:)Oncerned Municipality~ The committe with the assistance of the Municipal council shall sUtd.y the plans of the tD..wns. .and village.§, propose the arnmcndrnen ts be included in these plans and study and issue the recomrnondations concerning projects of land subdivisions and construction of build: Article (59) It shall be permissable by a dec.is:ton from the Minister of Munici . p~l Affairs, upon the recommendation of the Mayor of the concered municipa.1ity take the measures of ex-propriating Fo~ the ir.iplcmontatlon of Towns ana Villages Plans which shall be prepairea according to th~ utevisions of this law and the regulations issued accordingly, in this ., ase, ·all provisions of the law of Esta to Expropriation for :?ubl ic rterest shall be followedo In ~xception of theso provisions it shall be permissablc that all com:p~nsation or part of it due to the people conc~incd may be lands o .r buildings, which. the Ministry of Municipal .Affairs or the concerned mm, ~i"pali ty shall pre~are for this purpose, and that is according to the application of the concerned people and in accordance with tho co.ndi tions and situations for which a decision from the council of tinictries shall be issued. Article (60) It shall not be allowed to connect the new buildings or lots of the subdivisions with wnter-net works , clectrici ty and sewor<Y.;,;e or other. public utilities unless the approval of the concerned municj •· pali ty is obtained. A rt i cl e ( 61 ) lhe provisions of this law shall.not contravene with the provisions of law No. 5, 1963, concerning the organization of planning and devel epment Affairs,and, Th.e law issued on 27 July 1967, for the establishment of a supermc council and two public corparations for electricity, the The law No. 5, 196~ concerning the organizations of industry, an'd, The law issued on 31 July 1968, concerning antiquites Article (62) The provisions of the law protecting Afforasted Aruas issu~d on 18 March 1 1967, shall be observud when carrying out any '/tork for tho imp] omontation of "thE;; plans '<vhich will bG prepnred according to the provisions of this law. Be.foli"e starting any work in the areas located outside the adopted pln· n$: the approval of the !offiniE;try of .Agriculture and .Animal Weal th shall be required. .Article (63) The due amounts to be paid by the concerned people according to the provisions of this law shall be a previlaga on the land on which thosJ amounts are due. This privilage shall be in sequence second to the legal expenses and the aforsaid amounts shall be collected by adminis trative detention. Article (64) The regulations and decisions mentioned in .Articles 16, 19, 47 of this law shall be issued by the concerned municipal council and they shall be approved according to Article 13 of .the: law of Municipalities. Chapter Ten Sanctions Article (65) ·1-. Without breaching any of the severer sanction provided under the Penality law or any other law 12ory contravention to the provisions of one of tho .Articles 26 9 27,/43, 49, 51., 60 shall be pWlishable by imprisonment for a period which shall not exceed six mounths and a fine which shall not exceed two hundred pounds or by one of these two punishments. 2. Further to th3.t the sentonco will include the demolition or elimin,a tion of the contravening ~orks correcting nr completing them. 3. If° the case of contravention is confind to carrying out the works without acquiring the licenses togather with the applications of the provisions of tho first paragraph of this article, double of the fees due for the licenses should be included in the sentence. Article (66) The perpetrator of ev6ry ~ther contravention to the provisions of this law and the re~ulations and decisions issued a~cordingly, shall be pumished by prison for> a period not more than one month and a fine not m or~ th.::m ten pounds, or by one of these two punishments and to be semtoncoad further to thnt troremove the C3US~s of the contravention • .Article ( 67) :i=f tho convi::!tod shall not execute the scnt&nco of dc-0nolishing or moving the contr.wcning works in th-J period de:tc.:rr;1in0d t0 p.irn by "the concernedi munj c ipsl i ty f the ,:nmic ip::iJ. i ty r:iSiy ~-~o,n )VO tho c i1usc s of contrnvontio.n en his :icc)unt o Article (68) If criminal measures werG taken as re~ards contravening the provis ions of this law or regulations and decisions issued accordingly, th8 w0rks subject to the contravention shall be suspended by the 3.dminis trative measures; a decision for the suspension shall he issued by the Mayor of municipality and the concerned people shall be informed by the administrative measures, if it was impossible to inform them by the reason of their absence, or the impossibility of detecting them or their residences or their refused to receive the notice, a copy of 'the decision· of suspension shall be glud · in the site of the contrave ning works and in the municipality offices and in the police office under which these works lie The decisions of suspension shall be final Article (69) The officials of the municipalities who will be defined by a de,· 3ion from the -Minister shall have the capacity of legal Inspection of.ficers to prove the comrni tted contravenes of the provisions of this. la/W and the regulations and decisions issued accordingly. Chapter Eleven Provisional and Final Rules Article (70) The buildings and the lands subdivided and wther constructions existing at present and lic0nsed according to the provisions of· .prsud: ous law~ and regulations shall be considered liable to bo used in their existing condition provided that no e.ssontial modifications on them shall be carreid out excipt for purpose of ce-ordinating them with ~he new plan according to the provisions of this law. Article (71) The provisions of this law shall be applied to tho applications of 1ands subdivision which are not finally adopted untill the date of its coming into force. .Article (72) As a result of the adoption of a new paln t0 any area, the annul ment of the not implo~ented licenses and decisions issued provionsly :;Ct~1cerning any works or lands or buildings in tl1is zone shall tako place., The peoples concerned may apply to th,-=; concerned autl1ori ties for their renuwal in accordance with the provisions ~f the new plan. Article (73) The law of Town Planning No. 2 of 1951, afoi~cnamed shall be cEH'lCel 1ed, it shall be cancelled as well every othc:r provisions contr2vcm ing to the provisions of this lnw and until the regulations uxecutiae it arG issued, the existin~ regulations and ~ocisions 3t tho time 9f i. ts coming into force shall continue effective where no contrave!l·tion GO its provisions is taking place . .Articl·e (74) l'he Minister of Municipal .Af.fairs should execute tho provisions of 'tis law- and it shall come into force frora tho date of its publicetian tho Official Gazett • ..... 8S'1 • .J.ed