Law No. 253-VIII ZRK Urban Planning Code.

The Urban Planning Code establishes a comprehensive legal framework governing architectural, urban planning, and construction activities across the country. It regulates the full lifecycle of construction objects—from pre-design and design through construction, commissioning, operation, renovation, and eventual demolition—while aiming to create a safe, comfortable, inclusive, and sustainable living environment. A strong emphasis is placed on accessibility for persons with disabilities and other low mobility groups, environmental protection, public safety, and the balanced consideration of public, private, and state interests in territorial development and land-use planning.
The Code defines key concepts and sets out the rights and obligations of all participants in construction and urban development, including public authorities, designers, contractors, developers, owners, and expert organizations. It establishes a multi level governance system, clearly distributing competencies among central authorities, local executive and representative bodies, and specialized control institutions. Core instruments include urban planning documentation (such as general plans and detailed planning projects), zoning rules, permitting procedures, mandatory expert review, and public participation mechanisms to ensure transparency and accountability in decision making.
A central feature of the Code is its focus on safety, quality, and technical regulation, supported by a unified system of state and intergovernmental norms covering construction materials, design standards, seismic safety, environmental protection, and pricing in construction. The Code promotes digitalization through state urban planning registers, information modeling of construction objects, and “single window” digital procedures. It also strengthens architectural and construction control and oversight, introduces preventive supervision mechanisms, and provides for special regulatory regimes in environmentally sensitive, historically valuable, or high risk territories, with the overall goal of improving the resilience, efficiency.