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The Ras Al
Khaimah Free Trade Zone will become the centre of business excellence
in the Northern Emirates. With upgrades in infrastructure, aggressive
marketing, a keen interest in promoting e-commerce entrepreneurship,
Ras Al Khaimah will be known as a region where businesses are
welcome, successful, and flourishing.
Free Trade
Zone Plan:
Business
Park
The Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Business Park is centrally
located in the heart of Ras Al Khamiah's vibrant business district.
The Business Park offices are collocated within the Ras Al Khaimah
Free Trade Zone Authority headquarters, making the conduct of
business with the Free Trade Authority staff extremely convenient.
The Business Park in Ras Al Khaimah is, by design, located between
the Industrial Park, 20 kilometers to the north, and the Technology
Park, 15 kilometers to the south. Its proximity to the Emirate's
Emiri Diwan and other government centers of activity is an additional
advantage.
Business Park
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As if these convenient benefits were not enough, the Business
Park is just a short walk from the 1,600m2 Ras Al Khaimah exhibition
hall and the new Manar Mall, a modern shopping and entertainment
complex, and a 5 star hotel are only minutes away.
Each office
in the Business Park has three Etisalat connections for telephone,
Internet, and/or fax and sports an elegant interior design. The
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority provides all utilities
and cleaning services for each office and encourages Business
Park tenants to call on the Free Zone Authority staff at time
they need assistance.
The Industrial
Park
The Industrial
Park is located along the Ras Al Khaimah coastal road approximately
15 kilometers north of Ras Al Khaimah and immediately adjacent
to Hulaylah Island, site of the 100 hectare second-phase, and
approximately 6 kilometers from Port Saqr.
Due to the coastal location of the site, the Industrial Park site
was raised three meters above the high tide level for development.
This area was grade levelled and fenced. The unfilled area around
the site was retained as wetlands to protect a native stand of
Mangrove trees and to provide a pleasant and ecologically friendly
environment in which to work.
Location Plan
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The Industrial Park is subdivided to provide a variety of plot
sizes ranging from 400m2 to 3800m2. Plots may be consolidated
to create larger parcels to accommodate investors' requirements.
Plots are fully serviced with water, electricity, and telecommunications.
To support companies locating at the Industrial Park, employee
accommodations and a Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Administrative
and Service Support Center is located inside the Park. Additional
services are planned outside the perimeter and will include a
petrol station and restaurants.
Parking and Loading Requirements
All plots will have sufficient off-street parking and loading
areas to meet the demands of the users. Off-street parking and
loading areas shall be designed and maintained to ensure that
parking, maneuvering and loading shall not occur within the street
right-of-way. A minimum of 1 parking space per 100 square meters
of gross floor area shall be provided.
Development Controls
Phase One of the Industrial Park was developed for light to medium
industry and associated warehousing, storage, and transportation
activities. Land uses permitted in this portion of the Industrial
Park are those that will not adversely affect adjacent development
or impact the environmental quality of the area. An environmental
impact statement, written by qualified environmental professionals,
must accompany all applications for industrial and manufacturing
activities. In general, no activities will be approved that have
detrimental impacts to the environment and or the health safety
and general welfare of the public.
Industrial Park Permitted Uses
The following uses are examples that may be considered to operate
within the Industrial Park:
- Company
Headquarters.
- Research
and development activities and laboratories.
- Commercial
service business (office equipment repair, commercial art).
- Storage
and Warehousing
- Formal
warehousing and industrial support services
- Maintenance
and repair
- Construction
support services
- Manufacturing,
processing, or assembly
- Food products
excluding slaughter, stock yards and feed lots
- Lumber
and wood products;
- Apparel
and finished textile products
- Furniture
and fixtures
- Processing
or assembly of chemical and allied products
- Processing
or assembly of rubber products Industrial machinery and equipment
- Electronic
or other electric equipment
- Fabricated
metal products
- Processing
stone, clay and glass products
- Photoengraving,
printing, publishing and bookbinding
- Photographic
and optical products or equipment and
- Glass edging
and silvering
- Miscellaneous
products including abrasives, cosmetics and toiletries, pharmaceuticals,
jewellery, musical
- instruments,
office supplies, toys, and sporting goods
- Food service
and eating facilities
- Employee
accommodations for employees working in the Industrial Park
- Public
Facilities for health care and religious activities
Industrial Park Prohibited Uses
The following operations and uses shall not be permitted on
property within the Industrial Park boundaries:
- Junkyards
or open-air recycling facilities
- Refining
of petroleum products or storage
- Dumping,
disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage, sewage, dead
animals, or other refuse
- Fat rendering
- Stockyards
or slaughter of animals
- Truck storage
terminals
Technology
Park
The 71 hectare
Technology Park is located in an area of Ras Al Khaimah that is
not only developing as a manufacturing area but as a recreational
tourist area. The Park is adjacent to the Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics
Factory and other light manufacturing businesses. The Al Hamra
Development located across the Emirates Highway, is a 325-hectare
waterfront recreational and residential development that includes
a hotel, waterfront villas, marina and golf course.
The proximity of the Technology Park to the Emirates Highway makes
it readily accessible to the City Center, International Airport,
Port Saqr, and destinations southward, such as Dubai.
The Technology Park is designed to separate non-compatible uses
and provides plots configured to accommodate investors' needs.
Plots may be further subdivided or consolidated to meet development
requirements. Plots will be fully served with water, electricity,
and telecommunications. To support companies locating at the Technology
Park, employee accommodations and a Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade
Zone Administrative and Service Support Center will be located
inside the Park.
Development Controls
The Technology Park is intended to accommodate manufacturing and
assembly companies. The Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority
assumes that free zone companies will incorporate capital-intensive
and high technology applications in their manufacturing and assembly
processes in addition to associated warehousing, storage, and
transportation activities.
Industrial
property development should be of high visual quality and minimal
environmental impacts. Uses permitted within the Technology Park
boundaries are those that can be performed or carried out entirely
within a building. Building designs and construction must ensure
that company operations and uses do not adversely impact adjacent
development or property, have no detrimental effects on the environment,
and do not affect the health safety and general welfare of the
public. Adverse impacts include vibration, sound, electromechanical
disturbances, electro-magnetic disturbances, radiation, air and
water pollution, dust, emissions of odorous, toxic or non-toxic
matter, nor create the potential for explosion.
Technology Park Permitted Uses
The following uses are examples that may be considered to operate
within the Technology Park boundaries:
- Company
Headquarters
- Administrative
and professional offices
- Research
and development activities and laboratories
- Commercial
services and business
- Manufacturing,
processing, and assembly activities
- Apparel
and finished textile products
- Lumber
and wood products
- Furniture
and fixtures
- Processing
and assembly of plastic and rubber products
- Electronics
and other electrical products
- Transportation
equipment
- Photographic
and optical equipment
- Medical
and Dental Equipment
- Cosmetics,
toiletries, pharmaceuticals, electronics, glass and clay products
- Manufacturing,
processing, or assembly of
- Food products
- Paper and
allied products
- Chemical
and allied products
- Plastic
and rubber products
- Processing
stone clay, and glass products
- Photoengraving,
printing, publishing and bookbinding
- Storage
and warehousing
- Motor freight
terminal
- Warehousing
and distribution centers for products produced in the Park
- Restaurants,
food service and eating facilities
- Employee
Accommodations for workers within the Park
- Public
facilities for health care and religious activities.
Technology Park Prohibited Uses
The following operations and uses shall not be considered to
operate on property within the Technology Park boundaries:
- Junkyards
or open-air recycling facilities
- Refining
of petroleum products or storage
- Dumping,
disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage, sewage, dead
animal or other refuse
- Fat rendering
- Stockyards
or slaughter of animals
- Truck storage
terminals
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