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Land Utilization (Burrell Boom/Hattieville/Ladyville Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. 164 of 1991)

Made 1991-11-29 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Country
Belize
Subjects
Land and soil
Keywords
governance, inspection, land-use planning, offences/penalties, zoning

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  1. [ ] Land Utilization [CAP. 188 19 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize CHAPTER 188 LAND UTILIZATION (BURRELL BOOM/HATTIEVILLE/LADYVILLE 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 (BURRELL BOOM/HATTIEVILLE/LADYVILLE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA) REGULATIONS (section 19) 1. These Regulations may be cited as the LAND UTILIZATION (BURRELL BOOM/HATTIEVILLE/LADYVILLE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA) REGULATIONS. 2. The Burrell Boom/Hattieville/Ladyville area, as more fully described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby declared to be a Special Development Area. S.I. 164 of 1991. Act 16 of 1981. Citation. Declaration of Special Development Area. [21st December, 1991] [ ] 20 [CAP. 188 Land Utilization 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) wildlife reserve; and (f) 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 available for inspection at the Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan, as well as at the Lands & 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. 5. Any person who commences or carries out in the Special Development Area, declared by regulation 2 above, any Permitted development. Development Plan and administration. Penalty. [ ] Land Utilization [CAP. 188 21 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize 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 [ ] 22 [CAP. 188 Land Utilization THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize SCHEDULE [regulation 2] BURRELL BOOM/HATTTEVN UE/LADYVN UE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate in the Belize District, containing approximately 100,000 acres, and bounded on the North by Black Rock and John Evans Work, Double Run Work and the Salt Creek Estate; on the East by the Caribbean Sea, the Burdon Canal, Jones Lagoon and the Sibun Canal; on the South by the Sibun River; and on the West by Double Head Cabbage Work, Cook’s Lagoon Creek and Mussell Creek, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the East bank of Mussell Creek having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1946 000 North and 343 360 East; thence in an East North East direction for approximately 29,750 feet to a point on the West bank of the Belize River by St. James Boom having a scaled U.T.M. co ordinate of 1947 000 North and 352 315 East; thence due East across the Belize River and for an approximate distance of 34,850 feet to a point on the sea having a scaled U.T.M. co ordinate of 1947 000 North and 362 875 East; thence in a South and South West direction along the Low Water Mark of the coast to the North bank of the mouth of the Belize River at a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1939 075 North and 368 950 East; thence in a general North West direction along the North bank of the Belize River; for approximately 2,800 feet to a point across the river from the confluence of the Haulover Creek having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1939 050 North and 368 070 East; thence in a general South and South East direction along the West bank of the Haulover Creek to its junction with the Burdon Canal at a point having a scaled co ordinate of 1935 965 North and 369 960 East; thence in a South West direction along the West bank of the Burdon Canal to Jones Lagoon; thence in a general Southern direction along the [ ] Land Utilization [CAP. 188 23 THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize West bank of Jones Lagoon to the Sibun Canal; thence in a South West direction along the West bank of the Sibun Canal to its junction with the Sibun River at a point having the scale U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1926 800 North and 362 825 East; thence in a general Western direction along the North bank of the Sibun River to a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1926 175 North and 349 885 East, thence in a North West direction for approximately 15,800 feet to a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1930 000 North and 347 000 East; thence in a North West North direction for approximately 33,100 feet to a point on the East bank of Cook’s Lagoon Creek having a scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1939 615 North and 343 995 East; thence in a general Northern direction along the East bank of Cook’s Lagoon Creek to its confluence with Mussell Creek at a point having the scaled U.T.M. co-ordinate of 1941 285 North and 343 625 East; thence in a general Northern direction along the East bank of Mussell Creek to the point of commencement.

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