LEGEND

Ras Beirut

Zone 8 (special zone)

Zone 9 (Non Aedificandi/ Not Buildable)

Zone 10-I

Zone 4

Zone 3

Zone 10-II

Zone 10-III

Zone 10-IV

Zone 10-V

Zone 10-VI

Zone Ab

Zone Aa

Zone Ac

Solidere Zoning:

Zone Bb

Zone Ba

Zone C

Zone 5

377

1428

1243349

351352

7086168

802803

67

1042

706

729

730

731

732

704

703

702

1380278

1278

21111

1112

1113

1122

1121

11141115111611171119

1118

1120

1123

1124

1126

2389

1125

109

13861391

1389

13901388

1387

3588

1554

50

70

5069

2369

40

264

027

2231

4011

2233

4285

5129

3687

3686

3689

369

0

3685

3683

369

136

92

3694

36823695

3696

3665

3681

3797

3680

3668 3679

369

3

Ain ElMreisseh

Minet ElHosn

GENERALEXPLOITATION FACTOR

FLOOR TO AREARATIO (SURFACE EXP.)

NUMBEROF FLOORS

MAXIMUMHEIGHT

ZONE 10-I

ZONE 10-II

ZONE 10-IV

ZONE 10-V

ZONE 10-III

ZONE 10-VI

1 16% 7

0.2 15% 9m

0.2 15% 9m

DECREES 4811 & 4918

RESIDENTIAL, OFFICES, HOTELS,...

SPORTS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,...

SPORTS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES...

Residential & touristic facilities,...

GENERALEXPLOITATION FACTOR

FLOOR TO AREARATIO (SURFACE EXP.)

NUMBEROF FLOORS

MAXIMUMHEIGHT

ZONE 3

ZONE 4

ZONE 8

ZONE 5

4 60%

3.5 50%

2 30%

SPECIAL ZONE

2.5 40%

NON AEDIFICANDI/ NOT BUILDABLE

NON AEDIFICANDI/ NOT BUILDABLE

10-II

10-III

10-II 10-I

10-VI

10-V

10-V

10-IV

10-IV10-III

10-II

9

13. CURRENT ZONING 1:1250

1cm

2500 5000

SURVEY MAP

Source: Based on Decree no. 4811 of 1966, Decree no. 5550 of 1973, and Decree Masterplan 1991 that regulate landuse in Beirut

N

Zaitunay Bay

Lighthouse

PigeonRock

Ramlet El Bayda

Zoukak ElBlatt

Moussaytbeh

Beirut’s zoning dates back to 1954. However, decree #4811 in 1966 amended the no-construction rule along the city’s coast therefore allowing some of its western sections to be built.