Rwanda zoning regulations
W5 · Recreational wetland
Permitted, prohibited and conditional uses, and the building rules, for every zone in the City of Kigali and National Land Authority regulations.
In the other 27 districts
the other 27 districts · National Land Use Plans Zoning Regulations§ · PDF page 66 / printed page 60
Permitted uses
Public open space and recreation.
Prohibited uses
Habitable structures, and roads built at grade.
Conditional uses
Non-habitable structures of organic materials, fences that do not block drainage, bio-swales and elevated crossings.
Building rules
What to check
For wetlands near strategic areas of the Kigali master plan that can become recreational space.
Related zoning guides
P3B · ForestP3C · Steep slopesP3A · National parksP3D · Nature conservationW · WetlandWB · WaterbodyB · Buffer overlayF1 · Forest plantationF2 · National parksF3 · National park expansionF4 · Natural forestF5 · Afforestation on steep slopesF6 · Unlisted forest codeW1 · Wetland, protected or unprotectedW1A · Protected wetlandW1B · Unprotected wetlandW2 · Wetland rehabilitationW3 · Wetland, sustainable useW4 · Wetland conservationB1 · Wetland bufferB2 · Water body bufferB3 · National park bufferB4 · Protected area buffer
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