The initial Umuorii Rainbow Estate Layout Drawing approved by the town planning authorities on 18th June 2007 was recently redesigned to correct some defacements done during the period the project company and the original landowners were in court over ownership of the land. Project Management will enforce the new drawing as no fresh alterations or defacements will be allowed and those who try not to follow the rules henceforth would face law enforcement when apprehended.. The characteristics of the Estate remain thus:-
- Total No. of plots: 216; including
- School Plot P/1
- Open Space OS/1
- Commercial Plots C/1-14
- Residential Plots R/1-166
- Commercial/Residential CR/1-22
- Utility Plots UTY 1-2
- Sizes of Plots
- Commercial 500 -7150 Sq. Mts
- Public Plots 4000 – 5747 Sq. Mts
- Residential Plots 450 – 700 Sq. Mts.
- Special plots: School, Market, Public Utilities, and Open Spaces.
- Entrance and exit gates to boost security will be provided.
- 2 No. well-reticulated commercial water boreholes with hydrant stations will be provided
- 2 No. 500 KVA Transformers strengthening electricity supply from the national grid.
- 24 hours security in the Estate operated by regularly employed and trained vigilantes is targeted.
- Developments made contrary to the new drawing published in this website will not stand.
- Whoever thinks he can change the course of developments in the Estate against the projected characteristics would find out eventually that he cannot do so.
BUILDING/PROPERTY FORM
In the original vision, the Estate was planned to allow developments limited to Exotic/Modern Bungalows, Duplexes.and Storied Buildings.
- Harmony, style, feeling and expression were to be freely made by plot owners or developers in designing their buildings subject to necessary approval being first sought and obtained.
- With the defacements already in place, now being reviewed for correction, all building plans will pass be required to pay through the Planning Officers of the Estate before they can be forwarded to and processed for approval by Owerri Capital Development Authority.
- Fencing patters and architecture would be uniform throughout the Estate and there would be no high rise fences. This is because the Estate would never be allowed to become a potential coven or hideout for criminal activities.
- These remain the operative principles..