Old text of the Land Use Plan, preserved as a historical source.
Summary of the regulations:
Title 1 General Provisions
Title 2 Provisions applicable to urban areas
Title 3 Provisions applicable to natural areas
TITLE He
PROSPOSITIONS APPLICABLE TO URBAN AREAS
CHARACTER OF THE AREA
This equipped urban area is mainly used for housing in the form of individual constructions or small low-density sets.
Activities that are the natural complement of the habitat are not excluded. However, the dominant part of the dwelling must give it a residential area character.
ARTICLE UC1 - TYPES OF LAND OCCUPATION OR USE
AUTHORIZE
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- Constructions or installations of any destination whatsoever, subject to the prohibitions mentioned in Article UC2;
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- Subdivisions with main residential use;
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- Facilities classified for the protection of the environment which, by their destination, are linked to housing and urban activity and provided that they do not cause nuisance incompatible with them;
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- Public or general interest facilities;
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- Excavations and grounding related to infrastructure equipment and public or general interest equipment.
ARTICLE UC2 - PROHIBITED TYPES OF LAND OCCUPATION OR USE
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- Constructions for industrial, commercial or agricultural warehouse use;
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- Subdivisions for the use of activities
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- Facilities classified for environmental protection other than those mentioned in Article UC1;
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- Quarries, excavations and land-raising except those related to infrastructure equipment;
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- Makeshift shelters, scrap metal, demolition materials, waste and disused vehicles;
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- Light leisure accommodation (camping, caravans, PRL)
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- The parking of caravans for a duration of more than 3 consecutive months per year or not.
ARTICLE UC3 - ACCESS AND ROADS.
Accesses and roads created must meet the conditions set out in Article 2 of Title 1 of this Safety Regulation (Article R 111.4 of the Urban Planning Code).
Regardless of the size of the subdivision or housing group, it will be required, in a non-private space, the possibility of subsequent road connection with any adjoining operations.
ARTICLE UC4 - NETWORKS.
Water:
Connection to the drinking water network is mandatory for any new construction or installation requiring a water supply. Constructions that cannot be served by water are not allowed.
Sanitation:
Wastewater:
Connection to the sanitation network is mandatory for any new construction.
In the absence of a network, the autonomous sanitation of buildings in accordance with the departmental health regulations is authorized. The facilities will have to be planned to be easily connectable to the public network when it is built.
Rainwater:
When the evacuation network exists, the improvements made on any land must be such that they guarantee the flow of rainwater into the collection network.
In the absence of a network, the builder will have to carry out at his expense the improvements allowing the free flow of rainwater. In addition, the manufacturer will carry out on its land and at its expense, appropriate and proportionate devices allowing direct evacuation and without stagnation.
ARTICLE UC5 - LAND CHARACTERISTICS
To be buildable, new plots created by subdivision or division must not have an area of less than:
- 500 m2 when served by a collective sanitation network
- 1000 m2 when they cannot be served by a collective sanitation network.
These provisions do not apply to infrastructure or general interest equipment.
ARTICLE UC6 - IMPLANTATION OF CONSTRUCTIONS IN RELATION TO THE TRACKS
Any new construction must be implemented with a minimum retreat of 5 meters from the alignment of the tracks.
In the event of de facto alignment of the island or the street in question, the installation of the constructions with the existing alignment or defined by an alignment plan is authorized.
Different setbacks may be authorized compared to the new lanes created on the occasion of subdivisions and housing groups or in the event of extension of existing buildings, provided that they do not harm the proper functioning of traffic.
Technical works necessary for the operation of public or general services are not subject to the distance and setback rules.
ARTICLE UC7 - IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTIONS IN RELATION TO SEPARATIVE LIMITS
The distance counted horizontally from any point of a building to the point closest to the separating limit must be at least equal to half of the difference in altitude between these two points, without being able to be less than 4 meters. This minimum is reduced to 2 meters in the case of old plots less than 500 m2.
However, the separative limits are authorized:
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- Constructions with a total height of less than 3 meters. this height can be increased to 5 meters at the ridge and 3 meters at the sewer when the wall installed at the separating limit is a gable wall.
- in order to ensure the harmony of the facades, constructions backed by existing buildings of greater height within the height limits defined in Article UC10.
Different setbacks may be authorized in the event of an extension of existing buildings.
These provisions are not applicable to the new separate boundaries created on the occasion of subdivisions and housing groups.
Technical works necessary for the operation of public or general services are not subject to the distance and setback rules.
ARTICLE UC8 - IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTIONS IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
Two non-contiguous constructions located on the same property must be at a distance from each other at least equal to the height (sewer) of the highest of the two buildings, and never less than 4 meters. This distance can be reduced without being able to be less than 2 meters when the face-to-face parts do not have main bays. It is specified that kitchen berries are assimilated for the application of this article, to main berries.
ARTICLE UC9 - GROUND CLEARING OF BUILDINGS
The ground clearance of the buildings must not exceed 35% of the total area of the plot.
ARTICLE UC10 - HEIGHT OF CONSTRUCTIONS
The maximum number of building levels is set at 3, including convertible or non-buildable attics, but not including the basement(s).
The upper level of the ground floor may not exceed the highest level of the natural land, on the right-of-way of the construction, by more than 0.60 m.
Infrastructure equipment is exempt from the rule of heights when their technical characteristics so require.
ARTICLE UC11 - EXTERIOR APPEARANCE
Constructions of any kind must not harm, by their external appearance, the character or interest of neighboring places, sites, natural or urban landscapes.
All traditional architecture foreign to the region is prohibited as well as any traditional architecture pastiche
The fittings or extensions of existing buildings must respect the character of the initial building with regard to the harmony of volumes, the scale of the drilling and the associations of materials and colors.
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- MATERIALS
Constructions must be made of materials whose shade is as close as possible to the traditional materials used in the region.
A) Facades
Facade walls that are not made of materials intended to remain apparent, such as cut stone, apparatused rubble, slate essentage, solid grouted brick, slate ensentage, must receive a facing or plaster, either dyed in the mass, or painted. The plasters or paints must be of a light tone, harmonizing with the tone of the Caen stone. Any painting, or colored element, distinct from the general tone of the construction, must be motivated by the arrangement of the volumes or architectural elements. The use of white color on exterior walls is prohibited.
Are prohibited:
• the bare use, in facing, of materials manufactured to be covered with a coating or coating, such as plaster tile, hollow brick. However, exposed concrete can be authorized if it is made with apparatus formwork and cast with care in order to remain raw.
• Imitations of materials such as false brick, false panels of wood.
B) Blankets
Constructions with a simm will be covered with slate or natural or aged flat tile.
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• materials with a similar appearance (slate, stained fiber, etc....)
• the large mold mechanical tile (22 m2) with a flat pure brown tone.
Are prohibited for constructions for residential use:
• the square model slate placed diagonally.
•The large mold mechanical tile models with dimensions, diamonds or similar patterns.
• corrugated fiber cement plates.
• unconcealed metallic materials (galvanized sheet metal).
For the annexes to the house, the same building materials must be used as for the main building.
- FORMS AND VOLUMES :
Regardless of the size of the volume of the construction, elongated proportions are recommended.
a) roofs of buildings for use d'habitation
Symmetrical gables roofs with a slope of 40° to 60° are
Mandatory. Terraced roofs are prohibited.
However, roofs with a single low slope are allowed for constructions for annex use located in a separate limit.
Gaya wings or "Norman croups" are prohibited.
Any roof overhangs will be limited to 15 cm.
The skylights, if they are not included in the roof plan, will be straight and implanted in the lower part of the slope and of vertical and narrow shape.
These provisions do not apply in the case of repair of the roofs of existing buildings.
Different characteristics may be authorized for existing constructions in the case of the extension or connection of the existing roof to the projected extension.
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- FENCES:
They must consist of hedges or any other clear-track device.
Solid fences meeting the same provisions as facade walls (see "materials") are authorized over a maximum height of 1.80 meters provided that they do not cause any inconvenience to visibility along public roads.
Are prohibited: molded and prefabricated elements on the edge of the tracks or visible from them.
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- Various
The construction of annexes such as huts, chicken coops, shelters, etc.. made with makeshift means are prohibited.
Verandas and greenhouses are not subject to the provisions of this article, to with the exception of those relating to general aesthetics.
ARTICLE UC12 - PARKING
The parking of vehicles corresponding to the needs of the constructions must be ensured off public roads
ARTICLE UC13 - PLANTATIONS
Existing plantations will be maintained or replaced by equivalent plantations.
For subdivisions and housing groups, a common space must be developed with a minimum area obtained equal to 10% (not including roads) of that of the land.
50% of the area of the plots will be treated in planted green spaces and will include at least one tall tree per 300 m2 of land.
Wooded areas classified on the plan to be preserved or created will be protected and subject to the regime of Articles R 130.1 to R 130.15 of the Urban Planning Code.
ARTICLE UC14 - LAND USE COEFFICIENT (C.O.S.)
The Land Use Coefficient (C.O.S.) defined in Article R 123-22 of the Urban Planning Code is set at 0.30.
For subdivisions and housing groups, the COS applicable to each lot must be fixed by the special regulation so that on average the previous standard on the set in question is not exceeded.
The C.O.S. does not apply to the construction of public or general interest equipment.
ARTICLE UC15 - EXCEEDING THE LAND USE COEFFICIENT
Exceeding the C.O.S. is allowed:
• when its application to a plot does not allow a minimum area of 180 m2 to be stated. Overtaking in this case is possible until this surface is obtained. It is then accompanied by the payment of the participation provided for in Article L 332.1 of the Urban Planning Code,
• for identical reconstruction after a disaster.