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Section 110 of County Governments Act: County spatial plans

    

(1) There shall be a ten year county GIS based database system spatial plan foreach county, which shall be a component part of the county integrated development plan providing—
(a) a spatial depiction of the social and economic development programme of the county as articulated in the integrated county development plan;
(b) clear statements of how the spatial plan is linked to the regional, national and other county plans; and
(c) clear clarifications on the anticipated sustainable development outcomes of the spatial plan.
(2) The spatial plan, which shall be spatial development framework for the county, shall—
(a) give effect to the principles and objects contained in sections 102 and 103;
(b) set out objectives that reflect the desired spatial form of the county taking into account the development programme of the county as articulated in its county integrated development plan;
(c) contain strategies and policies regarding the manner in which the objectives referred to in paragraph (b), which strategies and policies shall—
(i) indicate desired patterns of land use within the county;
(ii) address the spatial construction or reconstruction of the county;
(iii) provide strategic guidance in respect of the location and nature of development within the county;
(iv) set out basic guidelines for a land use management system in the county taking into account any guidelines, regulations or laws as provided for under Article 67(2)(h) of the Constitution;
(v) set out a capital investment framework for the county’s development programs;
(vi) contain a strategic assessment of the environmental impact of the spatial development framework;
(vii) identify programs and projects for the development of land within the county; and
(viii) be aligned with the spatial frameworks reflected in development the integrated development plans of neighbouring counties;
(d) shall indicate where public and private land development and infrastructure investment should take place;
(e) shall indicate desired or undesired utilization of space in a particular area;
(f) may delineate the urban edges of the municipalities within its jurisdiction and mechanisms of dealing with the rural urban interfaces;
(g) shall identify areas where strategic intervention is required;
(h) shall indicate areas where priority spending is required;
(i) clear clarifications on the anticipated sustainable development outcomes of the spatial plan; and
(j) shall indicate the areas designated to conservation and recreation.
(3) Each county spatial plan shall be developed by the county executive committee and approved by the respective county assemblies in accordance with procedures approved by the respective county assembly.
(4) Each county spatial plan shall be reviewed every five years and the revisions approved by the respective county assemblies.

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