Article 17. Providing settlements with infrastructure facilities and creating conditions for their accessibility of the Building Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Urban planning documentation of a locality or its part (urban planning projects) must determine the composition and structure of social, industrial (industrial), recreational, engineering, energy, telecommunications (communications and the Internet), environmental, water, thermal, gas, agricultural, tourist, cultural, sports and transport infrastructures, as well as public safety infrastructure, housing, and engineering and communication infrastructure for housing, administrative buildings, and businesses.

2. Settlements should be provided with optimal conditions and means of access for all categories of the population (including low-mobility groups of the population) to workplaces, common areas, facilities (structures, buildings, communications) of social, recreational, engineering and transport infrastructures, including funiculars, elevators, travelators, lifts for people with disabilities persons with disabilities, in accordance with the category of the locality, the conditions of the area and the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Urban planning documentation of settlements should contain sections on creating conditions for meeting the needs of low-mobility groups of the population at social and recreational infrastructure facilities.

4. A change in the functional purpose of public service facilities, which entails a reduction in the requirements established by state regulatory documents, is not allowed.

5. When developing urban planning documentation, designing and building settlements, a unified system of transport communications and a street and road network should be provided, interconnected with the planning structure of the settlement and providing communication with all its functional zones, as well as external transport facilities.

6. The project documentation for the development (arrangement, building) of interuniverse territories for the subsequent implementation of economic and (or) other activities related to the stay of people should provide for a stable and affordable life support system in this territory, including the construction of infrastructure facilities.

7. When developing design documentation, building, operating and postulating main communications, head structures of engineering infrastructure, as well as carrying out work on engineering preparation of territories, decisions should be made that take into account the interests of adjacent territories and exclude the possibility of exposure of dangerous (harmful) phenomena and processes on the territory and the population.

8. The approved schemes of the republican, interregional and regional engineering and transport systems are the basis for the development of design and estimate documentation, as well as activities aimed at the development (associated with the development) of the life support system and the development of settlements.

9. When ensuring accessibility of infrastructure facilities for the population, taking into account the needs of low-mobility groups, it is necessary to be guided by state regulatory documents and national standards.

The Code of the Republic Kazakhstan No. 253-VIII SAM dated January 9, 2026

Real The Code regulates public relations related to the implementation of architectural, urban planning and construction activities in the Republic Kazakhstan, the formation of a full-fledged human habitat and vital activity, planning and development of settlements, interuniverse territories, ensuring the safety of construction sites at all stages of their life cycle.

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