Chapter six of the law establishes the creation of the SNIT, National System of Territorial Information, which will be the body where the data will be registered and processed.
By El Inmobiliario Editorial Staff
SANTO DOMINGO– “Green areas within urbanized land must have a minimum area equivalent to eight square meters per inhabitant.” This is the wording of the Law on Territorial Planning, Land Use and Human Settlements, approved by the Senate of the Republic last week.
Article 42 stipulates that urbanized land must include green areas that serve recreational, ecological, ornamental, or conservation purposes, in proportion to the area and the number of inhabitants. The document states that this provision must be established by the implementing regulations of the law.
Chapter seven on the Land Use Regime classifies them as Urban, Developable and Non-Developable.
“Local governments that do not have a municipal land-use plan will classify the land only as urban and non-urbanizable, unless that category is included in a supra-municipal plan,” states an explanatory paragraph.
The law states that soil classifications will be based on their nature or purpose.
In urbanized areas, these are designated for residences or productive activities such as tourism, agriculture where farming can be practiced, forestry for these purposes, mining, coastal-marine, special services such as ports and airports, and protected areas.
The urbanized land will be segmented, according to the law, into residential, commercial, institutional, tourist, recreational, industrial, and mixed.
Creation of a National Territorial Information System
Chapter six of the law establishes the creation of the SNIT, National System of Territorial Information, which will be the body where the data will be registered and processed.
According to the document, this department will be attached to the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) and from it there will be access to all the geographical information of the national territory.
Article 39 defines the functions of the SNIT as coordinating with the National Geographic Institute the existing geographic systems in the country, with the ONE, National Statistics Office or with international databases, to collect, archive and disseminate said information.
In addition to maintaining digital records and coordinating with entities linked to the organization, it will be responsible for the operational procedures for the use, exchange, and optimization of information generation.
Although they mention sectoral bodies that will join in due course, the law stipulates that from its inception, the SNIT must be comprised of the ministries of Environment and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Public Works and Communications, Tourism, Energy and Mines, Education, Public Health and Housing and Buildings.
