REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION
FOR BUILDINGS IN
This
zone is located to the north of the east-west axis of
It
has been developed reserved for the construction of hotels and tourist service
providers. The development of this zone must be in compliance with the regional
environmental and landscape master plan. In the event that no plan exists, it
is mandatory to submit the [contemplated] tourist facilities to the APSARA
Authority for its prior advisement.
CONDITIONS FOR LAND USE:
It is forbidden to:
- Build
accommodations in addition to the buildings for tourist services,
- Put up any
kind of Industrial or agricultural building,
- Build any
kind of commercial building except for those directly belonging to the
hotels and Leisure center described above,
- Build
warehouses, storehouses and garages aside from the needs of the hotels and
leisure center described above.
Conditions for obtaining
clearance:
- Hotel
building of a two star rating or higher, in keeping with the conditions
described below,
- Leisure center
buildings, in keeping with the conditions described below,
- Facilities
for sports activities and the leisure center, such as golf courses,
equestrian centers, in
keeping with the conditions described below,
Access
roads, parking lots and other networks necessary for building construction must
be in keeping with the regulation spelled out below:
- All entrances
to hotel buildings and construction work sites or leisure centers
must comply with
the landscaping design of the region. Such entranceways must
be laid out in
compliance with
safety and sanitary standards(fire fighting, garbage collectionetc.).
-
Access ways must be laid
out in such a way as to facilitate the movement of
disabled persons
(width of the access must be over 1.8 meters, with a minimum
grade of 10 percent).
- Parking lots
and access for the transport for goods (must be camouflaged by trees):
plantation of at least one large tree for bus parking lot,
one large tree for every
four automobile spaces and
one large tree for every 12-meter length of access road.
- Parking lots
for new construction work sites must be located within the work site.
They must be
laid out with a landscape design that includes trees planted
all around to conceal
them from the view of the public and dwelling places.
-
All buildings located
close to the potable water distribution network must be
connected thereto for their supply; in the event that the construction
work site is
supplied by a well, the design
specifications must be joined to the building permit
application. It is mandatory for
wastewater to be
treated.
- It is
mandatory for the distribution of electricity from either a public or self-
generating network to be put underground.
- Generators
must be installed inside a cabin designed to reduce sound nuisance.
- It is
mandatory for sewage wastewater to be treated.
- The land lots
must be equipped with a drainage system allowing rainwater
collection or with water storage ponds.
-
Garbage holding
areas must have an access allowing garbage trucks to enter and
leave and the
location must be concealed by plating trees to keep it out of sight.
In general, the minimum surface area of the land lots is 2.5 hectares.
Set up of the construction
work site:
- Buildings that face the main roads must be 20
meters away from the road alignment
and 10
meters from pathways or trails.
- The
construction work site must be 10 meters away from each side of the land lots.
Surface and height of
buildings:
-
Land use: The built up
surface of the floor area shall not be in excess of 20 percent of the land lot.
-
Land use guideline :
Equal to a maximum of .2 (patio, veranda surface and . . .
including roof must be the equivalent of half of the surface
of the building.
-
Height of the walls of
buildings : Not over 12 meters from the topography post of
the roadway located
near the construction work site.
- Number of floors : Maximum of 3 floors (including the ground floor).
- Density of
hotel rooms : Maximum of 40 rooms per hectare.
LANDSCAPING, GARDENS AND TREE
PLANTATIONS:
The
recommendations outlined below must be followed for the engineering,
construction and maintenance of the buildings and landscape architecture ( replanting trees or conservation and decoration of
existing forests) in the region. The purpose of these recommendations is to
improve this zone in order to make it into a real landscape garden, in keeping
with the esthetic features of the buildings.
- All building roofs must be sloped (30 to 60o)
and the edge of the roof must project
outward
in order to protect the walls, doors and
windows. No roofed patios are
allowed.
- Materials and exterior walls
: As much as possible, materials for the construction of exterior walls
must be of local manufacture (wood, laterite, sandstone or brick); the use of
curtain walls, ceramic tiles and roofs with galvanized of fiber cement sheeting
is not allowed.
- The buildings must be of similar color : Colors ranging from beige to brick as well
as gray are
allowed. The colors of the roofs may be: green, tile, brown or gray.
Golden yellow and the color used for monastery
buildings are forbidden in this zone.
- The lighting
of roadways, entranceways and stairways must be complementary and
not project an excessive glare. Reflector flood lamps, neon
lighting, blinking lights or striking colors are therefore not allowed.
- Bedroom or
special room balconies or verandas must have a balustrade enabling
view from the
inside to the outside. Balcony balustrades, stair railing must be made
of dark colored wood, iron or aluminum.
- Television
antennae must not be visible from the roadway or the neighboring lot.
- Air
conditioning units must not be visible from a distance.
-
Lots that are not built
up must be prepared as gardens and planted with trees (at
least one large
tree for every 50 square meters of surface). Systems to irrigate or
water the gardens
must be put underground.
-
The perimeters of lots
must be fenced off and planted with trees; the height must
not exceed 1.8 meters. If the fence is made of brick or
stone, the maximum height
is 8 meter with planted trees extending 1 meter beyond
it.
BUN Narith
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
APSARA Authority