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kaitsevöönd

protected zone

A protected zone is land extending fifty metres from the exterior or boundary of the object, unless the legal instrument designating a monument prescribes otherwise. Protected zones are formed around the individual feature of landscape and around heritage conservation immovable monuments. Also, in order to avoid the closure of long-distance views to the heritage conservation area and to prevent near the construction the boundaries of the area of the buildings incompatible with those located in the heritage conservation area, the protected zones shall be established around heritage conservation areas. Unless otherwise provided by the protection rules, the following shall be prohibited within a protected zone of the individual feature of landscape: construction of new land improvement systems; altering the water levels and shorelines of bodies of water, and creation of new bodies of water; extraction of mineral resources and earth substances; design of pure stands and planting of energy forests; regeneration cutting; training of crowns of trees and bushes, and cutting of woody plants without the consent of the administrator of the protected area; use of biocides and plant protection products; erection of construction works, including temporary construction works, and altering the exterior structure of construction works located in a national park; hunting and fishing activities; driving motor vehicles, off-road vehicles or floating vessels, except for the performance of work necessary for the maintenance of line facilities, and for forestry work or agricultural work in profit yielding land; camping, building fires and organisation of public events in locations not intended for such purposes and unmarked by the administrator of the protected area; gathering of reed on unfrozen ground.
The following are prohibited within a protected zone of hertiage conservation immovable monument without the permission of the National Heritage Board: the cultivation of land, erection of structures, construction of roads, ditches and utility lines, and other earthwork and construction work; the planting, felling and uprooting of trees and bushes.