DOLOMITES - Annexes 2-8 - Provincia di Udine

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der the control of the provincial authorities.
The article states that the “Province is to draw up specific standards in the Provincial Territorial
Plan or in special “Sector Plans”, that specifically look at the countryside / environmental value
of the areas concerned, according to Regional Law N° 9 of 11.3.1986.
When approving the Provincial Territorial Plan or a specific Sector Plan, the Provincial Authority
may set up parks or reserves in the areas indicated in the list below, and define who is to manage
these.
Until the specific standards laid down in the previous comma are adopted, changing the nature
of the territory and any building work is forbidden, excepting for any routine or extraordinary
maintenance, static consolidation and conservation restoration that do not alter the status of the
places and the external appearance of the buildings.”
The article also states that “countryside protection areas” have been identified for the Alpine and
Pre-Alpine Sector, in the following areas:
– The Dolomites of Sesto, Auronzo, and Comelico
– Monti Cridola – Duranno
For each area referred to in the previous articles, a list of some protection standards is listed. An example
is given for one of the candidate Dolomite systems.
The Dolomiti di Sesto, Auronzo, and Comelico Specific protection regulations
1 Building new roads is forbidden, excepting for roads used to serve agricultural, forestry, pastoral,
and rural activities and existing buildings. As far as existing roads are concerned, works allowed
are limited to maintenance, with the exclusion of upgrading of structures and asphalting of sand
roads, without prejudice to the specific regulations relating to individual areas.
2 Reducing woodlands for the purposes of cultivation is forbidden.
3 Excavations, earth moving, and movement of means is forbidden, where these may alter the environment,
with the exclusion of works necessary for executing public works and organising water
resources.
4 Opening new quarries or re-opening quarries that have been closed down or abandoned is forbidden.
5 All types of land reclamation are forbidden.
6 Works that change the flow and composition of water are forbidden.
7 Collection, removal, and damaging natural flora and geological and mineralogical elements are
forbidden.
8 The introduction of animal and vegetable species from outside the biocenosis, or that may cause
ecologically harmful changes is forbidden.
9 The use of motorised vehicles off-road is forbidden, with the exception of those necessary for agricultural
work, use of woodlands, civil defence services, and supplies to Alpine huts for maintaining
ski tracks, as well as equipment required to construct and operate the electrical systems
housed in these.
10 New fencing of property is not allowed, unless this is done using hedgerows or local traditional
materials, excepting for temporary fencing to protect forestry / pastoral activities and those that
are specifically related to buildings and agricultural and zootechnic uses.
11 Cutting of woodlands is only allowed as indicated in forestry / pastoral economic plans and/or
general regulations of the forestry police.
12 Of the works allowed in terms of the previous points, those that relate to works for meeting the
need for potable water, those related to hydro-geological protection including civil works involved
in redefining the extent of watercourses, as well as protecting banks, dykes, crossings, etc.
as well as those for aquaculture, irrigation, and the water drainage, and those related to current
agricultural activities or for reinstating agricultural activities in places that were traditionally cul-