GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 2326

IN EXERCISE of powers conferred by section 52 of the Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019, the Nairobi City County Government, in conjunction with the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development notifies property owners, potential developers and the public that the area of the Nairobi Railway Station and its surrounding bound by Haile Selassie Avenue, Uhuru Highway, Bunyala Road, Commercial Street and Landhies Road measuring 172 hectares (425 acres) has been declared a special planning area with effect from the date of this notice for a period of one (1) year, with provision for extension. The main objective of the declaration is to facilitate the preparation of a participatory planning process towards realization of a sustainable Local Development Plan for the Area. The plan will complement the existing Central Business District (CBD) and transform the main Central Railway Station and its immediate environs into a world class Railway City comprising mixed-use development, open spaces and multimodal transportation system through harmonized policy guidelines, regulations and standards for buildings and other forms of development into a single reference framework (one-stop shop) for developers and regulatory agencies with regard to development control processes. The declaration pronounces a moratorium on any development in compliance with section 52 (2) and (3) of the Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019. A detailed map has been posted at the offices of the Urban Planning, 2nd Floor, City Hall and 1st Floor, City Hall Annex and Ardhi House, 5th Floor in the Department of Physical Planning as well as in the Ministry’s website: www.land.ke for public scrutiny. For more information, interested persons may channel their comments through email: info@nairobi.go.ke or P.O. Box 30075– 0010, Nairobi, addressed to the undersigned or cslands@ardhi.go.ke or Ag. Director-General of Physical and Land Use Planning, P.O. Box 45025-00100, Ardhi House, Nairobi. Dated the 14th February, 2020. CHARLES KERICH, CECM, Lands, Urban Planning, MR/0769432 Urban Renewal, Housing and Project Management.