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definitions .....................................................................................5\n4.\nAmendment of regulation 8 - general requirements re parking, height, setbacks,\nwaterfront property, etc. .............................................................................................................6\n5.\nAmendment of regulation 15 - Beach Resort\/Residential zones .................................................7\n6.\nTransitional provisions ...............................................................................................................7\n\nDevelopment and Planning (Amendment) Regulations, 2023\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nSL 25 of 2023\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nDevelopment and Planning Act\n(2021 Revision)\nDEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING\n(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023\n(SL 25 of 2023)\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 42 of the Development and Planning Act\n(2021 Revision), the Cabinet makes the following Regulations \u2014\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Development and Planning (Amendment)\nRegulations, 2023.\n2.\nGeneral amendment of the Development and Planning Regulations (2022\nRevision)\n2.\nThe Development and Planning Regulations (2022 Revision), in these Regulations\nreferred to as the \u201cprincipal Regulations\u201d, are amended by deleting the word\n\u201csubregulation\u201d wherever it appears and substituting the word \u201cparagraph\u201d.\n3.\nAmendment of regulation 2 - 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