Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

I. – The urban community exercises the following competences by operation of law, in place and stead of the member municipalities: 1° With regard to the economic, social and cultural development and planning of the community area: a) Creation, development, maintenance and management of industrial, commercial, tertiary, craft, tourist, port or airport activity zones; b) Economic development actions; c) Construction or development, maintenance, management and running of cultural, socio-cultural, socio-educational…

I. – Urban communities existing on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale continue to exercise the following competences on a compulsory basis, instead of the member communes: 1° Intercommunal development and planning charters, territorial coherence schemes, local town planning schemes or town planning documents in lieu thereof, local housing programmes, constitution of…