Community Development Office Sample Clauses

Community Development Office. The entire land use process is estimated to take about 6 weeks/village. Currently topographic maps of a 1:50 000 scale are used as a basis for mapping the LUP. At present all plotting is done by hand as Regional and District Land Offices are not equipped for the use of GIS technology. To begin with the boundaries of the villages concerned are demarcated. This requires meetings between neighbouring villages to agree on the exact location of boundaries between villages and to resolve potential conflicts over existing boundaries. Once all village boundaries have been mutually agreed upon by all concerned parties, these boundaries are demarcated. Demarcation usually follows prominent landscape features such as streams or rivers, in the event that no such features exist beacons are established in strategic locations. In the actual land planning process villagers designate and quantify areas for the: ❑ Wildlife Management Area ❑ Village Forest Area ❑ Agricultural & Livestock Area ❑ Residential Growth Area ❑ Afforestation Area ❑ Any other area the concerned village wishes to designate. Land Use Plans typically cover a period of up to 15 years and average annual population increases are taken into account when designating land use categories.