Under the improvement of the territory, in accordance with clause 36 of Article 1 of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation, is understood activity to implement a set of measures established by the rules for the improvement of the territory of a municipal formation, aimed at:
- ensuring and enhancing the comfort of citizens' living conditions;
- maintaining and improving the sanitary and aesthetic condition of the territory;
- the maintenance of the territory of populated areas and the objects located on it (including public areas), land plots, buildings, structures, constructions, and adjacent territories.
According to clause 3.2 of SP 82.13330.2016, the improvement of a territory is a set of measures for engineering preparation for landscaping, the installation of surfaces, lighting, the placement of small architectural forms and objects of monumental art, aimed at improving the functional, sanitary, ecological and aesthetic condition of the plot.
This document classifies the following as elements of territory improvement:
- decorative, technical, planning and structural devices;
- plant components;
- various types of equipment and decoration;
- small architectural forms;
- non-capital non-stationary structures;
- outdoor advertising and information used as integral parts of the improvement.