Urban Planning Laws: Synthesis of the Legislative and Regulatory Texts in Force in Haiti

Haiti's urban planning law is scattered across decrees, laws and regulations published in Le Moniteur over many decades, which is a practical obstacle for anyone trying to establish what actually applies to a site. This CIAT volume gathers them into a single synthesis organized for professional use. Its coverage runs across the operative questions of urban regulation: what requires authorization and on what timetable, the rules on building permits and the grounds on which a decision is made, subdivision and the treatment of blocks, alignment on streets and rights of way, easements and access, densities and building heights, parking, conformity of existing buildings, demolition and materials, classification and indemnities, publication in Le Moniteur, and the protection of heritage under ISPAN.

It also treats the land that may not be built on, including ravines and slopes, and the declaration, mitigation and protection duties attached to environmental risk. The institutions and principles are set out alongside the texts, so a reader can see not only the rule but who applies it. For a country in which the absence of a consolidated urban code is itself a recurring finding in planning documents, this compilation is the closest thing to a working reference on what the law currently requires.