Tashkent Officially Approves City Design Code

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Tashkent City Council of People’s Deputies has officially approved the city’s design code, marking a major step in the standardization of urban planning and visual identity.

The decision, made on 17 February, follows proposals from the Tashkent hokimiyat and development work by SM International commissioned by Toshkent Invest Kompaniyasi. The design code sets rules for public space planning, placement of urban design elements, commercial building facades, and the city’s visual identity. It includes catalogs of design elements, lists of tourist and gastronomic streets, and guidelines for operational fees covering landscaping and sanitation.

District hokimiyats are required to develop boundary schemes for public spaces within two months under the supervision of chief architects. The Architectural and Urban Planning Council will oversee compliance with the design code in seasonal trading, service facilities, and construction works.

The Tashkent hokimiyat will ensure enforcement during permitting processes for construction, renovation, demolition, reconstruction, as well as works involving roads, sidewalks, and other infrastructure. Within four months, authorities will implement a program to install and update address signs and navigation elements in public spaces according to the approved standards.

Design code requirements will be integrated into urban planning regulations for capital construction. Compliance will be mandatory for organizations, legal entities, and individuals when altering building exteriors, reconstructing, installing light structures, landscaping, organizing commercial and service facilities, placing advertising elements, and planning or modernizing engineering networks and transport infrastructure.

The design code will come into effect three months after official publication, starting in mid-May, enabling the capital to systematically implement uniform standards for the city’s appearance and development of public spaces.