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.