Rigas teritorijas izmantosanas un apbuves noteikumi

7.9. Territory of Greenery and Nature
7.9.1. Territory of greenery and nature (A) is the territories, which are
preserved for ensuring the various functions (ecological, recreation,
creation of urban image), or have been specially established and overgrown
with plants, and which are accessible for society. Territory of greenery and
nature as the type of utilization of territory includes the following
utilizations: forests, forest parks, parks, squares, greenery of streets and
railway belts (avenues, boulevards, belt type greenery), greenery of
embankment, cemeteries, specially protected nature territories, as well as
gardening plots as the type of temporary utilization of land.
7.9.2. Forests:
7.9.2.1. Main function for tree growth’s areas within the administrative borders of
Riga City has been ensuring the quality of environment.
7.9.2.2. Areas of tree growths in the urban territory shall be considered as the
forests where the economical activity may be carried out, which are not
visited intensively and are greater than 15 ha or have a border with the
forestlands, which are in city property outside the territory of Riga.
7.9.2.3. Management and transformation of forestlands shall be carried out
according to regulatory provisions of utilization and management of
forests.
7.9.2.4. Transformation of forest shall be carried out by the establishment of
cemeteries, squares, streets, greenery of protection zones of streets and
railway. In case of necessity, the transformation of forest shall be carried
out with the establishment of greenery of embankments.
7.9.2.5. To establish forest parks, transformation of forestlands shall be carried out
in 20% from the capacity of forestlands.
7.9.3. Forest parks:
7.9.3.1. Forest parks are plots of land with tree growths, which are the public
utilizations (recreation, sport, tourism) of different level of utility, where
building may be permitted only in order to provide the basic functions of
park.
7.9.3.2. The following forest parks are determined with the Riga Spatial Planning:
7.9.3.2.1. Bolderāja forest park;
7.9.3.2.2. Kleisti forest park;
7.9.3.2.3. Imanta forest park;
7.9.3.2.4. Anniņmuiža forest park;
7.9.3.2.5. Mežaparks;
7.9.3.2.6. Biķernieki forest park;
7.9.3.2.7. Šmerlis forest park;
7.9.3.2.8. Ulbroka forest park;
7.9.3.2.9. Jugla forte park;
7.9.3.2.10. Bābelīte forest park.
7.9.3.3. Microreserves may be in the territory of forest park.
7.9.3.4. In the common balance of the territories of forest park for the greened
territories shall be not less than 80%.
7.9.3.5. Prior the transformation of forestlands in the forest park the park’s
management plan shall be developed, in which the functional utilization
and management of specific land plot shall be determined, as well as the
activities for the preservation of ecological and cultural and historical