Article 33. Specific Features of Regulating Urban Planning, Economic and Other Activities in Historical Settlements

Urban planning, economic, and other activities within the boundaries of a historical settlement shall be carried out only on the condition that tangible cultural heritage sites and other valuable features of the settlement are preserved.

In order to protect tangible cultural heritage sites, as well as other sites of historical, cultural, or natural value, a special procedure for regulating urban planning in historical settlements shall be established in accordance with the law.

This special procedure shall include a consistent and interrelated system of measures for the protection of cultural heritage sites, carried out under the supervision of the relevant state authority in charge of cultural heritage protection and the state authority in charge of regulating architectural and urban planning activities. It shall also include the development of a historical and cultural master plan based on historical-architectural, historical-urban planning, archival, and archaeological research, substantiating all urban planning elements and structures that demonstrate both the preserved and lost stages of the settlementʼs development, restrictions and prohibitions regarding building sizes and proportions, parking areas, advertisements and signage, and other limitations necessary for the preservation of tangible cultural heritage sites.