In accordance with this newly passed law, I have today set the sims to allow the direct sale of parcels by the owners. If you have any desire to sell a parcel, please simply set your parcel for sale "To Anyone" (or, to whomever you wish), and fill in the price you would like to get. Further, you can choose whether or not any objects on the parcel *which are owned by you* will transfer to the Buyer as well.
In order to convey clearly to new citizen buyers the obligations which come along with ownership, I have modified the Covenants on each sim with temporary wording, since this wording was not approved by the RA when the bill was passed. The RA should consider this an important short term objective, to produce the wording appropriate for the Covenant field in each sim.
This is the new wording which appears on all NFS parcels:
By purchasing this parcel of land, the you, the owner, understand and agree that you become a voting citizen of the community of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators (CDS).
As a member you agree to abide by the rules and laws of the community as displayed on the CDS website, http://neufreistadt.info, as well as the terms of use of this parcel of land, also found on that website.
Your status as citizen in this community is dependent on your making regular payment of the monthly fee for this land, which will be reclaimed by the community if you do not make this payment. Should you decide to sell this land, you are responsible for the monthly fee until you inform the Treasurer of the name of the new owner.
This is the wording which was replaced in NFS:
The NEW LANDOWNER acknowledges that the Neufreistadt sim of the
Confederation of Democratic Simulators
has encumbered the Land with certain conditions,
covenants and restrictions by means of a Declaration of Covenants,
Conditions, and Restrictions, a Terms of Service, and a Constitution,
which documents shall be found at the website of this sim at
http://neufreistadt.info, and which shall be from time to time altered
and ammended by action of the Representative Assembly of Neufreistadt.
Furthermore, the NEW LANDOWNER agrees to abide by these encumbrances.
The CN Covenant contains a full explication of the entire set of usage rules. Rather than replace these, I have added the same three clauses at the head of the CN Covenant. This is how it reads now:
By purchasing this parcel of land, the you, the owner, understand and agree that you become a voting citizen of the community of the Confederation of Democratic Simulators (CDS).
As a member you agree to abide by the rules and laws of the community as displayed on the CDS website, http://neufreistadt.info, as well as the terms of use of this parcel of land, which follow below this notice.
Your status as citizen in this community is dependent on your making regular payment of the monthly fee for this land, which will be reclaimed by the community if you do not make this payment. Should you decide to sell this land, you are responsible for the monthly fee until you inform the Treasurer of the name of the new owner.
The following provisions apply to all parcels in the Colonia Nova Sim:
* All buildings under the 512 m high mark must be physically plausible
* No outdoor hot tubs are permitted
* Clubs are not permitted
* No floating, particle emitting, or rotating signs are permitted
* Property restrictions:
* A person may not hold a combined total of more than 4096m2 and two lots in the four zones ELRB
* A person may not hold more than 2 lots in zone C, or more than 1024m2 in that zone.
* A person may not hold more than 128m2 in Zone S.
Colonia Nova Zone Specific Covenants:
Zone R (Villa Quarter)
Zone C (inner City)
Zone S (Stalls)
Zone T (Special Builds)
Zone E (Cardo plots)
Zone B (Skybox Quarter)
Zone L (South Riverfront)
Zone R (Villa Quarter)
Location: All plots named R.XX
Function: Residential only
Appearance; strictly consistent with Classical Roman style as expressed in a rural environment (villa typology)
Executive approval needed: for all new structures and modifying of the exterior of the existing ones.
* Commercial activity is prohibited
* Structures may be no taller than 20m
* Buildings must preserve a distance not inferior to 5 meters to neighbouring plots
unless neighbours file an agreement with the CDS notary that they
specifically wish to make their structures contiguous.
* There must exist a minimum of 3 trees per 512m2 of plot area.
Zone C (Inner City)
Location: All plots named C.XX
Function: Commercial and Residential
Appearance; strictly consistent with Classical Roman style as expressed in an urban environment (insula typology)
Executive approval needed: for all new structures and modifying of the exterior of the existing ones.
* All structures must be placed immediately adjacent to a street
* Structures are owned and placed by the city to give the centre a
dense Roman feel. Structures may not be replaced or moved regardless
of ownership without prior consent.
Zone S (Stalls)
Location: all plots named S.XX
Function: Commercial only
Appearance; strictly consistent with Classical Roman style as expressed in an urban environment (stall typology)
Executive approval needed: for all new structures and modifying of the exterior of the existing ones.
* All structures must be placed immediately adjacent to a street
* Structures are owned and placed by the city to give the centre a
dense Roman feel. Structures may not be replaced or moved regardless
of ownership without prior consent.
Zone T (Special buildings)
Location: Temples, Thermae, Theatre
Function: Commercial only
Appearance: exterior predefined and not modifiable. Interior modifiable subject to Executive approval.
* Structures are owned and placed by the city to give the roman ambience. Structures may not be replaced or moved regardless of ownership without prior consent.
Zone E (Cardo Plots)
Location: all plots named E.XX
Function: Commercial and Residential
Appearance: strictly consistent with Classical Roman style (domus typology)
Executive approval needed: for all new structures and modifying of the exterior of the existing ones.
* Commercial Activity must exist in ground level
* Must be adjacent to the Cardo.
* In case of modifying of the exterior appearance, the new design must preserve the colonnade.
* Structures must be no taller than 20 metres.
Zone L (South Riverfront Plots)
Location: all plots named L.XX
Function: Residential only
Appearance: no predefined appearance set
* Commercial activity is prohibited
* Structures may be no taller than 20m
* Buildings must preserve a distance not inferior to 5 meters to neighbouring plots unless neighbours file an agreement with the CDS notary that they specifically wish to make their structures contiguous.
* There must exist a minimum of 3 trees per 512m2 of plot area.
Zone B (Skybox Plots)
Location: all plots named B.XX
Function: Commercial and Residential
Appearance: no predefined appearance set
* Structures may be no taller than 30 meters
* Buildings must preserve a distance not inferior to 5 meters to neighbouring plots unless neighbours file an agreement with the CDS notary that they specifically wish to make their structures contiguous.
* There must exist a minimum of 3 trees per 512m2 of plot area.
* Skyboxes may be built at a height not inferior to 512 m2
.Building Typologies:
Villa
A villa is a building that comprises a perystilum, or enclosed pateo, with a perimeter lined with columns or pillars.
Insula
An insula is a building of mixed commercial and residential function. The ground level must open broadly to the street and be suitable for a commercial space. insulas must develop vertically in more than one floor.
Stall
A stall is a commercial open space whose boundary to the street is a colonnade.
Domus
A domus is a building that has mixed commercial and residential function. The ground level must open broadly to the street through an unifying collonade and be suitable for a commercial space. Domus must comprise also a perystilum.
All the typologies must be built in pre-industrial materials, namely:
* structural elements: stone and terracota
* roofing elements: terracota
* flooring elements: terracota, stone, mosaic. Wood in upper floorings.
* wall elements: stone, terracota, stucco, frescoed stucco.
* door and window elements: wood, metals (iron, brass). Glass is acceptable in small panes.
* decorative elements: statues can be stone, brass or chrysoelephantine (ivory and gold details). Other elements must be rendered in any of the above materials.
Finally, with regard to the special case of official "prim parcels", those small parcels which are set aside for "in town" dwellers should they wish to increase their prims. I will be adding clear language to the Title and Description fields of these parcels, indicating the restrictions. In addition, parcels for sale by the EO will NOT be set for sale, but will be available on request. Private owners will be allowed to set their prim parcels for sale, but the burden will be on them to indicate to the Buyer the restrictions on that parcel. Regardless of anything, owners WILL NOT be permitted to build on these special prim parcels.
Sudane..............................
