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According to the Town-planning Code (Article 28) of RussianFederation Public Hearings are:

1 Obligatory procedurethat precedes the acceptance of town-planning law projects

(such as city master-plans, etc.);

a) terms

b) objects of consideration

c) participants;

2 Regimentedby the Town-planning Codeaccording to their

3 Further regimented in each Municipalityaccording to the town-planning legislation of this Municipality.

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DISTRICT

TOWN-PLANNING AND

LAND USE COMMITTEE

Who is authorized to organise Public Hearings?(Statute on the procedure of conducting Public Meetings)

CITY TOWN-PLANNING

AND LAND USE

COMMITTEE

City Town-planning committee (or council) was

created in 2009 for coordinating the interaction between

Moscow Administration and Moscow citizens upon

town-planning and land use issues. First head of the City

Town-planning committee isV. Resin former First

vice-mayor and head of the Construction&Architecture

department (2001-2011). In 2010 the City Town-

planning council was renamed as City Town-planningand Land Use committee (or council) and Moscow

Mayor S. Sobyanin is now the head of this committee**.

Each Administrative District of Moscow also have its

own town-planning and land use committee

*From the official City Government Website: http://mos.ru/en/press-center/

news/index.php?id_4=21523

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1. Moscow citizens who live or work on the

territory where public hearings are held or the

representatives of these citizens organizations and

communities.

2. Tenure holders and property holders whose

property (land plots, infrastructure objects, housing

and non-residential premises) is located on the

territory affected by changes that require public

hearings.

3. Municipal deputies of Municipalities affected by

changes that require public hearings.

4. Moscow City Duma deputies.

Who can participate in Public Hearings?(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 2)

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1. The announcement of Public Hearings:

publication and distribution of the announcement

2. Exhibition of the project

3. Conducting Public Hearings

4. Writing the report on the process of

Public Hearings

Public Hearings must be conducted in the following way:(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 5)

5. Issuing conclusion report on

the results of Public Hearings

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1Every participant has a right to comment on and contribute suggestions to the discussed project,

master plan, etc. in aordance with the established procedure.All comments and suggestions

contributed by the participants of Public Hearings have to be recorded in aordance with the

established procedure (Ar. 68, p.3).

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All the projects subject to Public Hearings procedure have to be send to Municipal Councils

(Municipalnoe Sobranie) 30 days prior to the announcement of Public Hearings. In 15 days upon

receiving the projects Municipalities have to send their comments and suggestion on the projects

to the authorized town-planning organization (authority) or a counterpart council.*

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All the residents, tenure & property holders, etc. whose property or other rights can be violated by

the implementation of the town-planning or construction project can send their comments and

suggestions to the City Government, ity Town-planning committee** or a district-based town-

planning council.

* Do Municipal Councils have to send their feedback before the Public Hearings?? Or it means thatafter the receiving of the projects Municipalities have only 15 days for holding a Public Hearing,processing the the feedback and sending it to the authorized town-planning authorities orcounterpart councils?

Feedback:(Moscow Town-planning Code Article 68, part 3 & Article 69, Parts 1-3)

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START FINISH

Announcing the holding of Public Hearings Issuing the report*

Master plan of Moscow, Land Use and Development Rules

2 months (min) 4 months (max)

Changes of Master plan or Land Use and Development Rules

all other projects

1 month (min) 2 months (max)

2 months (max)

Terms of Public Hearings(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 4)

*Public Hearings must to be followed by issuing the report on the results of the Hearings.

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1Sad outcomes of the Public Hearings for

the city Master Plan untill 2025*

Public Hearings for the Master Plan held in

2009 showed that:

1. Average cit izen who didnt have

architectural training couldnt understand a

thing in plans exhibited.

2. Master Plan wasnt presented as an entity

but as 125 pieces (for 125 administrative

districts) that were not connected to eachother.

3. Policy that prescribes a right to comment

on a project or make suggestions only to

those who officially live or have a workplace

on the discussed territory is inefficient.

4. The feedback mechanism is unclear. A

citizen doesnt have a guarantee that his

opinion will be taken into consideration.

5. Master Plan isnt based on environmental

or health statistic. Hence it doesnt containthe information that is in interest of the

citizens.

Projects subject to Public Hearings(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 1)

Master Plan of Moscow and changes of the existing Master Plan.

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Land Use and Development Regulations (LUDR) and changes of the existing LUDR.

2L a n d U s e a n d D e v e l o p m e n t

Regulations (LUDR) are designed as

Moscow analogue of NY zoning law that

will prescribe strategical use of a certain

territory or a plot within this territory. This

legislation will regulate the type of land

use, density, height, special architecture

and construction requirements, etc. Public

hearings are a mandatory procedure forthe LUDR project.

LUDR will consist of 2 parts: land classifier

with the list of zones and the established

procedure of their implementation and a

map of the entire territory of the city

showing the boundaries or zones and

sub-zones. The finishing of the law project

has been postponed few times already.

The next deadline is Dec 31 2012.

New York 1916 ? Moscow 2012 !

Projects subject to Public Hearings(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 1)

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Projects subject to Public Hearings(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 1)

Territorial and strategical planning projects that promote development,reconstruction or reorganization of residential areas, green spaces,

territories within historical and cultural preservation zones.Project for the development of the territory of CDKh and Museon park on Krymsky Val by N. Foster. 2008

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Moscow says no to Sir Norman Foster

In March 2008 at the exhibition in Cannes E. Baturina wife

of ex-mayor Y.Luzhkov and the head of development

company Inteko presented the project Orange-House

designed by Fosters bureau to replace existing building of the

Central House of Artists (CDKh) on Krymsky Val.

Implementation of the project would destroy the existing

Museon Art Park that surrounds CDKh. A wave of criticism

towards the project raised in media; many artists, architects

and citizens united against the project. Fosters project was

soon removed from the agenda, but plans for the

development and reconstruction of the CDKh territory

persisted.

On Feb 24 2009 public hearings were conducted. Article 68

Part 1 of Moscow Town-planning code prescribes that only

local residents can participate in public hearings which made

the CDKh one of the most important cultural institutions of

Moscow a local case. But on the day of hearings manyinfluential supporters of CDKh organised a picket in front ofthe building so finally they got a permission to speak at the

hearings.

Citizens and experts all voted against the development project

but it didnt automatically cancel the project. At the same time

there is legal basis for the project cancellation based on the

results of Public Hearings:

Results of the Public Hearings are the basis for

revising the project or declaring it unviable

(inappropriate). Moscow Town-planning Code: Article 4,

Part 1

The success (temporary at least) of the CDKh preservation isa rare case for Moscow. The key probably is in citizens

consensus on the subject, wide support of the expert

community and broad media coverage.

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Projects subject to Public Hearings(Moscow Town-planning Code, Article 68, Part 1)

Site plan.

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Lawful designs

A site plan is a set of designs

showing a) the boundaries of the

planned construction objects and

infrastructure; b) the key charac