Rwanda zoning regulations

I2 · General industrial

Permitted, prohibited and conditional uses, and the building rules, for every zone in the City of Kigali and National Land Authority regulations.

In the City of Kigali

Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge · Kigali Zoning Regulations (2020)§ · PDF page 120 / printed page 104

I1-permitted uses and specified heavier manufacturing, batching, foundry, steel and storage activities.

Residential uses and major infrastructure installations.

I1-conditional uses, salvage yards, electricity generation, slaughterhouses, worker accommodation, shops and restaurants.

Maximum building coverage	60%
Minimum landscaping	10%
Plot size	Minimum 1,000 m²
Note	General industries 100 m and special industries 500 m from the nearest housing.

Worker accommodation is a conditional exception, not general housing permission. Industrial buffers and pollution controls remain important.

the other 27 districts · National Land Use Plans Zoning Regulations§ · PDF page 38 / printed page 32

I1 uses plus batching and cement plants, manufacturing, brewing and distilling, foundries, paper products, large fuel storage and structural steel.

Residential uses and major infrastructure installations.

Salvage and wrecking yards, power plants, slaughterhouses, worker accommodation, groceries and restaurants.

Maximum building coverage	60%
Minimum landscaping	10%
Plot size	Minimum 500 m²
Note	General and special industries 500 m from the nearest housing, more where the environment authority requires it.

Industries sit 500 m from the nearest housing, and hazardous ones further where the environment authority requires it.

Look up the UPI to see which zone and which regulation apply to it.