Practical Glossary
Spatial Development Act (ЗУТ)
Land property – A part of the land territory, including land permanently covered by water, defined by boundaries in accordance with the right of ownership.
Unregulated territory – A territory in which land properties have not been regulated by a detailed development plan.
Territory of a settlement – The settlement territory enclosed by its boundaries (construction boundaries), determined by a development plan, excluding the surrounding land area.
Urban block – A regulated territory bounded by streets or by streets and the boundaries of an urbanized territory, comprising one or more land properties.
Regulated land property – A land property for which a Detailed Development Plan has determined boundaries, access from a street, road or alley, a specific designated use and a development regime (method and character of development). It is the smallest territorial unit in the structure of a settlement that is subject to spatial planning. It is bounded by regulation lines and characterized by frontage, depth and area. Regulated land properties are classified by designated use, ownership, shape and dimensions.
Individualization of a newly formed regulated land property (УПИ) – Description of the boundaries and assignment of an identifier to the property.
Predominantly flat terrain – Terrain with a slope of up to 10 percent.
Predominantly steep terrain – Terrain with a slope exceeding 10 percent.
Narrow regulated land property – A property with frontage for which the derogation under Art. 19(3) of ЗУТ has been applied.
Built-up area – The area enclosed by the external outlines of the enclosing walls of the first above-ground storey or the semi-basement storey, including ventilation shafts and passageways within those outlines. At ground level, terraces, external stairs and landings, ramps, garages and other elements up to 1.2 m above the average level of the adjoining terrain are not included in the built-up area.
Gross floor area – The sum of the built-up areas of all storeys of the principal and supplementary development at and above ground level. It also includes the built-up areas of attic spaces when intended for dwellings, studios and offices. The built-up area of above-ground storeys includes the entire area of balconies, loggias and terraces.
Building density – The ratio of the total built-up area of the principal and supplementary development to the area of the regulated land property, expressed as a percentage.
Floor area ratio (development intensity) – The ratio of the gross floor area to the area of the regulated land property, expressed as an absolute number.
Open yard area – The difference between the area of the regulated land property and the built-up area. Open usable terraces above an underground storey and landscaped areas are also treated as such area.
Method of development – The arrangement of the buildings and structures of the principal and supplementary development within the regulated land property.
Detached development – Development in which buildings within a regulated land property are set back from the property boundaries (regulation lines) adjoining neighboring regulated land properties, as well as from the northern side regulation line in narrow regulated land properties along north-south streets and directions deviating by up to 45 degrees.
Attached development – Development in which buildings in two or more neighboring regulated land properties are placed adjoining one another along the property boundaries (regulation lines). Attached development means adjoining buildings of the principal development or structures of the supplementary development in neighboring regulated land properties.
Complex development – Development within large regulated land properties comprising groups of buildings arranged as detached or attached buildings.
Principal development – Development with buildings, networks and facilities whose use corresponds to the designated use of the land property determined by a Detailed Development Plan.
Supplementary development – Development with ancillary, auxiliary, service and secondary buildings and structures supplementing the activities in the buildings of the principal development.
External building line – The building line facing the street. It may coincide with the street regulation line or be set back from it into the regulated land property.
Internal building line – The building line toward neighboring regulated land properties or neighboring buildings. Internal building lines are side lines and a rear line toward the back of the regulated land property.
Depth of principal building development – The distance from the external building line to the opposite internal building line.
Building height – The vertical distance from the elevation of the average level of the adjoining terrain at the respective enclosing wall to: the elevation of the intersection with the roof surface for buildings with eaves; the elevation of the upper surface of the cornice for buildings without eaves; or the elevation of the highest point of the enclosing walls for buildings without a cornice and without eaves.
Storey – A part of a building or structure between two consecutive floor structures.
Above-ground storey – A storey whose ceiling is situated more than 1.5 m above the elevation of the average level of the adjoining terrain (the adjoining street sidewalk).
Underground storey – A storey whose ceiling is situated below the elevation of the average level of the adjoining sidewalk (the adjoining terrain toward the street) or up to 0.3 m above that elevation.
Semi-basement storey – A storey whose floor is below the elevation of the average level of the adjoining sidewalk (the adjoining terrain toward the street), while its ceiling is more than 0.3 m and up to 1.5 m above that elevation.
Attic storey – A storey situated within the roof space and bounded partly or entirely by the roof planes.
Average level of adjoining terrain – The terrain level measured at the midpoint of the respective enclosing wall of the building.
Balcony – An open usable area on a cantilever structure projecting beyond the building facade.
Loggia – A usable area open on its external side and included within the overall volume of the building.
Terrace – An open usable area situated above rooms, on columns or on the ground.
Party wall – An external wall of a building or structure without a cornice or eaves and without door or window openings, situated on an internal boundary of the land property.
Dwelling – A set of rooms and covered and/or open spaces functionally and spatially combined into one whole for residential purposes.
Residential building – A building intended for permanent habitation and consisting of one or more dwellings occupying at least 60 percent of its gross floor area. For determining the use of the building, studios are treated as dwellings.
Mixed-use building – A non-residential building consisting of self-contained units with different uses, where any dwellings occupy less than 60 percent of the gross floor area. For determining the use of the building, studios are treated as dwellings.
Social housing – A dwelling intended for persons with established housing needs, whose construction has been financed or supported by the State or a municipality.
Construction works – Above-ground, semi-underground, underground and underwater buildings and structures, extensions, additional storeys, strengthening and rehabilitation works, conservation, restoration, reconstruction based on authentic data within the meaning of ЗКН and adaptation of immovable cultural properties, fences, technical infrastructure networks and facilities, public-works and sports facilities, as well as their major repairs, reconstructions and alterations with or without a change of use.
Shell construction – A building or structure whose enclosing walls and roof have been completed, with no finishing works or with finishing works completed to varying degrees.
Construction and installation works (СМР) – All types of construction works through which construction works are built, installed, altered, restored, repaired, maintained and removed.
Construction documents – All required approved investment designs for carrying out or legalizing the construction work, the building permit or legalization act, and the protocols determining the construction line and level.
Construction site – The land required for carrying out construction works, defined by a work project for organization and execution of construction, or, where such a project is not required, by the boundaries of the land property in which construction is carried out.
Change of use of a site or part thereof – A change from one type of use to another according to the corresponding codes constituting basic cadastral data and determined under ЗКИР and its implementing regulations.
Technical infrastructure – A system of buildings, facilities and linear engineering networks for transport, water supply and sewerage, electricity supply, district heating, gas supply, electronic communications, land reclamation, waste treatment and geotechnical protection activities.
Servitude strip – A part of a land property around technical infrastructure networks and facilities for which a statutory instrument imposes restrictions on the development and use regime of the land property.
Landscaped areas – All existing territories and land properties, or those provided for by a General Development Plan and/or Detailed Development Plan, having landscape-ecological, protective and ameliorative, recreational-aesthetic or another specific function, including cemetery parks, botanical gardens, attractions and sports activities. Forests within the forest fund and forests in protected territories, whose development and designated use are governed by special legislation, are not landscaped areas within the meaning of this Act.
Protected territories for the preservation of cultural heritage – Individual and group immovable cultural properties together with their boundaries and protection zones, in accordance with the protection regimes determined by the act declaring them or granting them status.
Site of national significance – A site designated as such by an act of the Council of Ministers.
General Development Plan – A strategic planning instrument determining the general (predominant) designated use and development of the individual structural parts of the territories covered by the plan. A General Development Plan is prepared for: a municipality (all settlements in the municipality with their surrounding land areas); part of a municipality (a group of settlements with their surrounding land areas); a settlement – a town with its surrounding land area; or a settlement formation of national significance.
Detailed Development Plan – A planning instrument determining the specific designated use and development of the individual land properties covered by the plan. Detailed Development Plans are prepared for settlements and their surrounding land areas, structural parts of settlements with immediately adjoining parts of those areas, settlement formations or parts thereof, and surrounding land areas or parts thereof. They include: Regulation and Development Plan – ПРЗ; Regulation Plan – ПР; Street Regulation Plan – ПУР; Development Plan – ПЗ; Working Development Plan – РУП; regulation and development plans for landscaping, sports and recreation territories; communication and transport plans; and regulation and development plans for territories or parts thereof containing cultural and historical heritage sites.
Regulation and Development Plan (ПРЗ) – A type of Detailed Development Plan determining the regulation of streets and land properties and the development regime.
Regulation Plan (ПР) – A type of Detailed Development Plan for the regulation of streets and land properties without a development regime.
Street Regulation Plan (ПУР) – A type of Detailed Development Plan for the regulation of streets and land properties intended for public property sites.
Development Plan (ПЗ) – A type of Detailed Development Plan determining the development regime where an effective regulation plan exists.
Working Development Plan (РУП) – A development plan for the precise determination of the location, outlines and silhouette design of proposed buildings in the cases provided for by ЗУТ.
Design visa – An extract from an effective Detailed Development Plan covering the property and neighboring properties and showing building lines, permissible heights, density, intensity and other design requirements.
Building permit – An administrative act by which the competent authority authorizes the execution of a specific construction work under the terms and procedure of ЗУТ.
Movable facility – An object that does not have the characteristics of a construction work and can, after being detached from the surface and technical infrastructure networks, be moved without losing its individual identity and its ability to be used elsewhere for the same or a similar purpose.
Illegal construction – A construction work or part thereof falling within one of the cases of illegal construction defined by ЗУТ.
Tolerated construction – A construction work lacking the required construction documents which, where the special statutory conditions are met, is not subject to removal.
Commissioning – The procedure by which, after completion of the construction work and establishment of its fitness, it is permitted to be used for its intended purpose.
Use permit – An administrative act for commissioning construction works for which ЗУТ requires such a permit.
Commissioning certificate – A document for commissioning construction works in the categories for which ЗУТ provides a certification regime.
Contracting authority – A person entitled to commission the execution of a construction work under ЗУТ.
Contractor – A natural or legal person who, under a contract with the contracting authority, executes the construction work in accordance with the issued construction documents and statutory requirements.
Designer – A professionally qualified natural person who prepares investment designs in accordance with the design assignment and regulatory requirements.
Consultant – A person who, under the conditions of ЗУТ, assesses the conformity of investment designs and/or exercises construction supervision.
Technical manager – A technically qualified person who directs the construction works and performs the functions at the construction site assigned by law.
Construction supervision – Control over the lawful execution of construction works within the scope defined by ЗУТ.
Designer supervision – Control by the designer over the conformity of the construction and installation works performed with the approved investment design.
Current repair – Maintenance and improvement of construction works without affecting the structure and without changes classified by law as major repair or alteration.
Major repair – Partial restoration and/or replacement of structural elements, main parts, facilities or installations of a construction work, restoring or improving its fitness for use.
Reconstruction – Restoration, replacement or alteration of structural elements, main parts, facilities or installations that substantially changes characteristics of an existing construction work.
Alteration – Construction intervention in an existing construction work or part thereof that changes its layout, functional use or other characteristics under the conditions of ЗУТ.
Extension – Construction of a new part adjoining an existing building.
Vertical extension – Construction of one or more new storeys above an existing building.
Practical Glossary
Cadastre and Property Register Act (ЗКИР)
Cadastre – A set of basic data on the location, boundaries and dimensions of immovable properties in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, collected, presented, kept up to date and stored in accordance with the procedure established by law.
Cadastral map – A map showing land properties, buildings and technical infrastructure facilities containing self-contained units, as well as other data provided for by ЗКИР.
Cadastral registers – Registers accompanying the cadastral map containing the data on immovable properties provided for by ЗКИР, including identifiers, addresses, designated use and data on rights and holders of rights within the statutory scope.
Cadastral map and cadastral registers (КККР) – The unified system comprising the cadastral map and its related cadastral registers, through which immovable properties are individualized and their current cadastral data are maintained.
Immovable property – A land property, building or self-contained unit in a building or technical infrastructure facility that is subject to individualization in the cadastre.
Land property – A part of the territory, including land permanently covered by water, defined by boundaries in accordance with the right of ownership.
Building – A self-contained construction work permanently attached to the land, with enclosed internal spaces separated from the external environment and a functional use according to the applicable classifier.
Technical infrastructure facility containing a self-contained unit – A technical infrastructure facility containing a distinct part that constitutes an independent object of ownership and is subject to recording in the cadastre.
Self-contained unit in a building or technical infrastructure facility – A distinct part of a building or technical infrastructure facility that is an object of ownership and has an independent functional use.
Identifier – A unique number by which each land property, building, technical infrastructure facility containing a self-contained unit, and self-contained unit is unambiguously identified throughout the country.
Address of an immovable property – A description of the location of an immovable property through administrative-territorial, address and other data determined under ЗКИР and its implementing regulations.
Basic cadastral data – The data defined by ЗКИР for individualizing immovable properties in the cadastral map and cadastral registers.
Basic cadastral data for a land property – Identifier, boundaries and area determined by the geodetic coordinates of the defining points, permanent designated use of the territory, permanent manner of use and address.
Basic cadastral data for a building – Identifier, boundary or outline, built-up area, number of storeys, designated use and address, as well as other data defined by ЗКИР.
Basic cadastral data for a self-contained unit – Identifier, location in the building or facility, designated use, area and other data defined by ЗКИР and its implementing regulations.
Permanent designated use of the territory – The principal category of designated use of the territory in which the land property falls, recorded as a cadastral characteristic under the established classifier.
Permanent manner of use – A cadastral characteristic reflecting the established manner in which the land property is used according to the applicable classifier.
Boundary of a land property – The line defining the spatial extent of the land property, recorded in the cadastral map by the geodetic coordinates of its defining points.
Area of a land property – The area of the property determined from the coordinates of its boundaries and recorded in the cadastral map and registers.
Geodetic control points – Points from geodetic networks and the working geodetic control used for geodetic measurements and for creating and maintaining cadastral data.
Sketch of a land property – An official document issued on the basis of the cadastral map and cadastral registers, graphically representing the property and containing the prescribed cadastral data.
Sketch of a building – An official cadastral document graphically representing the building and containing the prescribed cadastral data.
Diagram of a self-contained unit – An official cadastral document individualizing the self-contained unit and containing its graphic representation and relevant cadastral data.
Combined sketch – A document in which data from the cadastral map are compared on a common graphic base with data from other plans or maps for the same territory.
Draft amendment to the cadastral map and cadastral registers – A draft prepared by a cadastral-qualified person where an amendment to КККР is required to record a change or correct a discrepancy.
Amendment to the cadastral map and cadastral registers – A procedure for recording changes, correcting omissions or errors and other cases provided by law in the effective КККР.
Omission or error in the cadastral map and cadastral registers – A discrepancy in the data on immovable properties in the cadastral map and cadastral registers compared with the actual situation or the data that should be recorded under the statutory procedure.
Obvious factual error – A discrepancy in the cadastral map and cadastral registers which, by its nature, can be established from objective data and is corrected under the special procedure provided for by ЗКИР.
Materials and data from geodetic measurements – Geodetic data, measurements, coordinates and related materials used in creating, amending and maintaining the cadastral map.
Qualified cadastral practitioner – A person who meets the statutory requirements and is entered in the relevant register with the right to perform cadastral activities.
Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency (АГКК) – The state authority that organizes the creation, maintenance and storage of the cadastre and performs the functions provided for by ЗКИР.
Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Office (СГКК) – A territorial unit of АГКК providing cadastral administrative services and performing other activities assigned by law for the relevant territory.
Cadastral Administrative Information System (КАИС) – An information system through which cadastral data and services are maintained and provided electronically.
Property Register – A system of property files in which acts and circumstances subject to registration by law are entered.
Property file – A structured set of data in the Property Register concerning a specific immovable property, the rights over it and the acts and circumstances subject to registration.
Registration – Entry in the Property Register of acts recognizing, transferring, modifying or terminating rights in rem over immovable property, as well as other acts and circumstances for which the law requires registration.
Attachment – A security or enforcement measure over immovable property that is subject to registration and restricts disposal of the property in relation to persons in whose favor the law recognizes its effect.
Mortgage – A security right in rem over immovable property, entered in the Property Register, securing a specified claim.
Act subject to registration – An act for which the law provides registration in the Property Register for publicity and the occurrence of the prescribed legal effects.
Cadastral district – A territorially distinct area used for cadastral identification and organization of cadastral data.
Land property number – A component of the cadastral identification of a land property which, together with the other elements, forms its unique identifier.
Building number – A component of the building identifier by which it is individualized in relation to the land property in which it is located.
Self-contained unit number – A component of the identifier by which the self-contained unit is individualized within the relevant building or facility.
Previous identifier – A former identifier of an immovable property retained as a historical link after an amendment to the cadastral map results in a new identifier.
Holder of a right in rem – A person for whom, within the statutory scope, data are available concerning ownership or another right in rem over an immovable property.
Title document – An act or other document certifying ownership or another right in rem and used as a source of data in cadastral and property-register proceedings.
Cadastral boundary – The boundary of an immovable property recorded in the cadastral map on the basis of the data and priorities provided for by ЗКИР.
Priority in determining boundaries – The statutory order of precedence of sources and data used to determine and record the boundaries of land properties.
Permanent topographic features – Stable natural or man-made features existing on the ground that may be relevant to the geodetic determination and verification of cadastral boundaries.
Practical Glossary
Sofia Municipality Spatial Planning and Development Act (ЗУЗСО)
Sofia Municipality – The territory for which the Sofia Municipality Spatial Planning and Development Act establishes special rules for spatial planning and development in addition to the general regime under ЗУТ.
General Development Plan of Sofia Municipality (ОУП на СО) – The principal development plan for the territory of Sofia Municipality, determining the general designated use of territories, development zones and the main regimes and parameters for their planning and development.
Development zone – A territory with a defined predominant designated use and specific rules and standards for planning and development, designated in the General Development Plan of Sofia Municipality.
Development category – A group of territories with similar designated use and development regime for which the Act and the General Development Plan establish corresponding rules and parameters.
Central development zone – A development zone in central urban areas intended for intensive mixed use under the parameters and restrictions defined for the relevant subtype.
City-center zone – A territory in the central urban area with mixed public, business, service, residential and other functions, developed under the special rules and parameters of the General Development Plan and ЗУЗСО.
Mixed multifunctional zone – A development zone intended to combine residential, public, business, commercial, service and other compatible functions.
Residential development zone – A development zone with predominantly residential use, where the specific development regime depends on the subtype of the zone.
Low-rise residential zone – A residential development zone with predominantly low-rise development and parameters specified for the relevant subtype in the annex to ЗУЗСО.
Medium-rise residential zone – A residential development zone with medium building height and development intensity in accordance with the parameters for the relevant subtype.
High-rise residential zone – A residential development zone in which development with greater height and intensity is permitted under the conditions and parameters defined for the zone.
Residential zone with complex development – A residential development zone characteristic of territories with comprehensively arranged residential buildings, service facilities, landscaped areas and technical infrastructure.
Industrial zone – A development zone intended predominantly for manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and related service activities according to the specific subtype and permitted activities.
High-technology industrial zone – An industrial development zone intended predominantly for high-technology production, technology parks, research, business and compatible service activities.
Public-service activities zone – A development zone intended predominantly for public, administrative, educational, healthcare, cultural, commercial, sports and other service functions.
Landscaping zone – A development zone whose principal purpose is landscaped areas, parks, gardens and other elements of the green system, subject to the development restrictions established for the specific zone.
Green system of Sofia Municipality – A system of landscaped areas and connected territories with ecological, recreational, protective and landscape functions within the structure of Sofia Municipality.
Territory for urban parks and gardens – A territory of the green system intended predominantly for public use, leisure, recreation and landscaping, subject to a special restrictive development regime.
Minimum landscaped area – The minimum proportion of the land property that must be landscaped according to the parameters for the respective development zone.
Maximum building density – The highest permissible percentage of built-up area relative to the area of the regulated land property for the respective development zone.
Maximum floor area ratio (Кинт) – The highest permissible ratio between the gross floor area and the area of the regulated land property for the respective development zone.
Maximum cornice elevation – The maximum permissible height to the building cornice where such a restriction is specified for the respective development zone or particular planning provision.
Development parameters – Statutorily defined quantitative parameters for permissible development, including density, intensity, minimum landscaped area and height.
Specific rules and standards for planning and development – Rules and standards that specify or supplement the general development regime for particular territories, zones or parts of Sofia Municipality.
Territory for long-term future development – A territory designated in the General Development Plan for future development after specified planning prerequisites arise and subject to the established special regime.
Nature-protection territory – A territory of nature-conservation value where planning decisions must comply with special protection regimes and restrictions arising from applicable legislation.
Inter-block space – The undeveloped space between buildings in a residential complex, serving the residential environment and potentially including landscaping, pedestrian areas, playgrounds, access and other service elements.
Restructuring of a residential complex – Modification of the structure and development of an existing residential complex through a Detailed Development Plan, subject to requirements for services, landscaping, access, parking and permissible new development.
Transport and communication system – A system of streets, boulevards, roads, transport facilities, routes and other elements providing transport links and accessibility within the territory.
Primary street network – The principal urban street network providing the main transport links and structuring transport services in Sofia Municipality.
Transport infrastructure territories – Territories intended for streets, roads, transport facilities, railway infrastructure, public transport and other elements of the transport system.
Protected territories and zones – Territories and zones subject to regimes and restrictions under special nature-conservation legislation, which must be taken into account in spatial planning and development.
Cultural and historical heritage in spatial planning – Immovable cultural properties, their territories and protection zones, whose protection regimes are taken into account in spatial planning and investment design.
Mineral water protection zone – A territory in which planning and development must comply with the protection regime for mineral waters and with established sanitary-protection or other protective restrictions.
Territory subject to preventive planning protection – A territory of high natural, landscape, ecological or cultural value for which spatial planning provides preventive restrictions in order to preserve valuable characteristics.
Practical Glossary
Black Sea Coast Spatial Development Act (ЗУЧК)
Black Sea coast – The territory along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast for which the Black Sea Coast Spatial Development Act establishes special rules for planning, protection, use and development.
Coastal beach strip – Territory along the seashore including sea beaches and other parts within the statutory scope, subject to a special protection and use regime.
Sea beach – A distinct territory of the coastal beach strip covered by sand, gravel or other naturally accumulated materials, together with the adjoining natural formations and areas included by law.
Seashore – The boundary zone between land and sea, whose characteristics and regime are determined by natural processes and special legislation.
Shoreline – The line of contact between the sea-water surface and the land, determined according to the established statutory procedure.
Active beach area – The part of a sea beach that may be used for bathing and for placing permitted beach accessories and facilities in compliance with the statutory regime.
Sand dunes – Natural sand formations along the Black Sea coast subject to special protection and restrictions on development and use.
Specialized map of a sea beach – A map recording, under the established procedure, the boundaries, area and characteristic elements of the sea beach, including dune formations where present.
Boundary of a sea beach – The boundary individualizing the territorial extent of the sea beach, determined and recorded under the special statutory procedure.
Zone “A” – Territory along the Black Sea coast in immediate proximity to the seashore, for which ЗУЧК establishes the strictest planning, construction and nature-conservation restrictions.
Zone “B” – Territory behind Zone “A” within the scope defined by law, subject to special rules and restrictions on planning and development.
Protection Zones “A” and “B” – Special territorial zones along the Black Sea coast in which planning, development, protection and use regimes of differing strictness apply.
Boundary of Zone “A” – The spatial boundary of Protection Zone “A”, determined under the rules of ЗУЧК with regard to the seashore, beaches and relevant territories.
Boundary of Zone “B” – The spatial boundary of Protection Zone “B”, determined under the rules of ЗУЧК.
Prohibition on construction on dunes – A special statutory prohibition or severe restriction on development on protected types of dune formations, except in cases expressly permitted by law.
Development restrictions along the Black Sea coast – Special requirements concerning density, intensity, height, landscaping, location and type of construction in the protection zones and other protected territories.
Free zone on a sea beach – The part of the active beach area intended for visitors to place their own beach accessories freely and without charge.
Paid beach-accessories zone – The part of the active beach area in which the concessionaire or lessee may provide permitted beach accessories for payment.
Movable facilities on a sea beach – Movable facilities for commercial, service, sports or other permitted activities that may be placed on a sea beach only under the conditions of ЗУЧК and ЗУТ.
Scheme for movable facilities on a sea beach – An approved scheme determining the locations, types and permissible placement of movable facilities and equipment on the sea beach.
Sea beach concession – Granting, under the statutory procedure, the right to manage and operate a sea beach, subject to an obligation to ensure free access, services and compliance with the specified conditions.
Sea beach concessionaire – A person granted a concession for a sea beach who bears the management, maintenance, safety and service obligations specified by law and the concession agreement.
Access to a sea beach – Pedestrian, vehicular or other permitted access to the sea beach, which must be provided in accordance with the law and spatial planning.
Coastal promenade – A pedestrian or mixed public space along the coast intended for access, movement, leisure and connection with beaches and coastal sites.
Coastal park – A landscaped coastal territory with recreational, landscape, ecological and public functions.
Public access to the coast – The possibility of freely reaching the seashore and beaches through designated public spaces and access routes.
Seashore stabilization – Engineering and nature-based activities protecting the coast from abrasion, landslides, destruction and other adverse natural processes.
Coastal protection structure – A structure protecting the seashore from abrasion, wave action, landslides or other processes, constructed under the special planning and environmental regime.
Coastal landslide area – A territory with existing or potential landslide processes, subject to special geotechnical protection and planning requirements.
Development plan for the Black Sea coast – A General or Detailed Development Plan that must take into account the special regimes, restrictions and parameters of ЗУЧК.
Detailed Development Plan in Zone “A” or “B” – A Detailed Development Plan for a property or territory in the respective protection zone that must simultaneously comply with the requirements of ЗУТ and the special restrictions of ЗУЧК.
Investment proposal on the Black Sea coast – A proposal for construction or an activity in the coastal territory that must comply with the planning, nature-conservation and environmental regimes.
Camping on the Black Sea coast – Temporary stay using tents, camper vans or caravans at permitted locations and under the conditions of the applicable legislation.
Protected coastal territory – A territory along the Black Sea coast that may simultaneously fall under the regimes of ЗУЧК and nature-conservation or cultural-heritage legislation.