The

Karnataka
Town
Municipalities
(Building) Model Bye-laws, 1981
THE KARNATAKA TOWN MUNICIPALITIES (BUILDING) MODEL BYE-LAWS, 1981
Whereas, the draft of the following model bye-laws was published as required under
sub-section (1) of Section 325 of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act
22 of 1964) in the Karnataka Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 14th March, 1979,
inviting objections and suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby on or
before 16th April, 1979.
And, whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the public on 14th March 1979;
And, whereas, the objections and suggestions received in respect of the said draft
notification have been considered;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 325 of
the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964) read with clauses
(u)/ (v)/ (w)/ (x)/ (y)/ (z) and (dd) of sub-section (1) of Section 324 of the said Act, and
in supersession of the Karnataka Town Municipalities (Building) Model Bye-laws, 1967
issued in Notification No. LMA 43 MLR(1) 65, dated the 22nd February, 1967, the
Government of Karnataka hereby make the following Model (Building) Bye-laws for the
Town Municipalities in the State, namely.PART I
Administration
1. Title, application and commencement.- 1.1These bye-laws may be called the
Karnataka Town Municipalities (Building) Model Bye-Iaws, 1981.
1.2. The provisions of these bye-laws shall be applicable to the Town Municipalities in
the State of Karnataka, having population of 50,000 or below.
1.3. They shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.-In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires the
following definitions shall apply:
2.1."Act" means the Kamataka Municipalities Act, 1964.
2.2. "Authority" means the authority authorised by the Municipal Council to grant
licences and performs the functions of the Authority tmder these Bye-laws.

2.3. "Assembly Building" means any building or part of a building where groups of
people congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil,
travel and similar purposes; for example theatres, motion picture houses, assembly
halls, auditorium, exhibition halls, museums, gymnasium, restaurants, places of
worship, dance halls, club rooms, passenger stations, and terminals of air, surface and
other public transportation services, recreation piers and stadia.
2.4. "Balcony" means horizontal projection, including a handrail, or balustrade, to
serve as passage or sitting out place.
2.5. "Building" means any structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever
materials constructed and every part thereof whether used as human habitation or not
and includes foundation, plinth walls, roofs, chimneys, plumbing and building services,
fixed platforms, verandah, balcony, cornice or projection, part of a building or anything
affixed thereto or any wall enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space and signs
and outdoor display structures, tents, shamianahs and tarpaulin shelters shall not be
considered as buildings.
2.6. "Business Buildings" means any building or part of a building which is used for
transaction of business for the keeping of accounts and records for similar purpose;
doctor's service facilities, barber shops, Town halls, Court houses, Libraries shall be
classified in this group in so far as principal function of these in transaction of public
business and the keeping of books and records.
2.7. "Chajja or Sunshade" means sloping or horizontal structural overhang usually
provided over openings on external walls to provide protection from sun and rain.
2.8. "Drain" means a line of pipes including all fittings and equipments, such as
manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies, and floor traps, used for the drainage of a
building or a number of buildings, or yards appurtenant to the building within the same
curtilage. Drain shall also include open channels used for conveying surface water.
2.9. "Educational Building" means any building used for school, college or day-care
purposes for more than 8 hours per week involving assembly for instruction, education
or recreation.
2.10. "Foundation" means part of a structure which is in direct contact with and
transmitting loads to the ground.
2.11. "Habitable room" means a room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or
more persons for study, living, sleeping, eating, kitchen if it is used as a living room but
not including bathrooms, watercloset compartments, laundries, serving and storage
pantries, corridors, cellars, attics, and spaces that are not used frequently or during
extended periods.
2.12. "Industrial Buildings" means any building or part of a building or structure, in
which products or materials of all kinds and properties are fabricated, assembled or

processed like assembly plants, laboratories, power plants, smoke houses, refineries, gas
plants, mills, dairies, factories, etc.
2.13. "Institutional Buildings" means any building or part thereof which is used for
purposes such as medical or other treatment or care of persons suffering from physical
or mental illness, disease or infirmity; care of infants, convalescent or aged persons and
for penal or correctional detention in which the liberty of the inmates is restricted.
Institutional buildings ordinarily provide sleeping accommodation for the occupants. It
includes hospitals, sanitoria, custodial institution and penal institutions like jails,
prisons, mental hospitals, reformataries.
2.14. "Latrine unconnected" means latrine not connected to the municipal sewer
system; it may be connected to a septic tank or suitable treatment and disposal system.
2.15. "Licence" means a permission or authorisation in writing by thE Authority to
carry out work regulated by the Bye-laws.
2.16. "Mercantile (Commercial) Building" means any building or part of, building,
which is used as shops, stores, market, for display and sale 0f merchandise either whole
or retail. Office storage and located in the same building shall be included under this
group.
2.17. "Open Space" means an area forming an integral part of the plot, let open to the
sky.
2.18. "Owner" means the person who receives rent for the use of the Ian or building or
would be entitled to do so if they were let. It also includes.(a) an agent or trustee who receives. such rent on behalf of the owner;
(b) a receiver, executor or administrator or a manager appointed by any Court of
competent jurisdiction to have the charge , or to exercise the rights of the owner;
(c) an agent or trustee who receives the rent of or is entrusted with or is concerned with
any building devoted to religious or charitable purposes; and
(d) a mortgagee in possession.
2.19. "Planning Authority" means the Planning Authority for the Planning area of
the Town constituted under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1964.
2.20. "Plinth" means the portion of a structure between the surface of t surrounding
ground and surface of the floor, first above the ground.
2.21. "Plot or Site" means a parcel (piece) of land enclosed by defin boundaries.

2.22. "Residential Building" means any building in which sleeping acco modation is
provided for normal residential purposes with or without cooki or dining or both
facilities. It includes one or two or multi-family dwellin lodging or rooming houses,
dormitories, apartment houses and flats a hotels.
2.23. "Room Height" means the vertical distance measured from the finished floor
surface to the finished ceiling surface. Where a finished ceiling is not provided, under
the side of joists or beams or tie beams shall determine the upper point of measurement
and this distance would be the head room.
2.24. "Section" means section of the Act.
2.25. "Water Closet''' means a privy with an arrangement for flushing the pan with
water but does not include a bathroom.
3. Building Licence required.-3.1. No person shall erect, re-erect or make material
alterations or demolish any building or cause the same to be done without first
obtaining a separate building licence for each such building from the Authority.
4. Notice to be given.-4.1. Every person who intends to erect, re-erect or make
material alteration or demolish any building, shall give notice as required under Section
187, in writing to the authority of such intention in the Form given in Schedule 1 and the
notice shall be accompanied by plans and statements in triplicate drawn or prepared in
accordance with Bye-law. 5. The plans may be of ordinary prints on ferro paper,
ammonia paper, blue print or on tracing cloth. One set of such plans shall be retained in
the municipal office for record after issue of a licence or refusal.
5. Information accompanying notice.-5.1. Every person given notice referred in
Bye-law 4 shall submit therewith the following:
(a) Katha Certificate or Title Deed.-A copy of the Katha Certificate and a copy of the
title deed of the site on which the construction or reconstruction is proposed.
(b) Receipt for fees.-(i)A challan or receipt for having paici specified licence fees to
the Authority.
(ii) Proof of having paid taxes due on the site or the building up-to-date which may be in
the form of up-to-date tax paid receipt.
(c) Site plan.-A site plan in triplicate drawn to a scale of not less than 1: 1,000 and shall
show:
(i) the north line;
(ii) the municipal number of the plot or premises, if any, and the name and number of
the block and street or road in which the site is situated; and if the site is in any

approved layout, the serial number of the site, and the reference number of such
approval;
(iii) the position of the site in relation to the neighbouring streets; where the site on
which the building proposed to be erected abuts a street, the width of such street as
measured between the outer edges of the drains, if any and the line of buildings on both
sides. In addition the width of the street (if any) at the side or rear of the building;
(iv) the boundaries of the site and of any contiguous and belonging to the owner thereof;
(v) the name of the street in which the building is proposed to be situated;
(vi) all existing buildings standing on the site;
(vii) the position of the building, and of all other buildings (if any), which the applicant
intends to erect upon his contiguous land;
(viii) area to be occupied by the proposed building;
(ix) space to be left about the building to secure a free circulation of air, admission of
light and access for scavenging purposes;
(x) the nature of the ground on which the proposed building is to be erected;' whether
made of natural rock, clay ground, sand mixed, as the case may be, and in the case of
made up ground, the time when it was so made up, and the material used in making it.
(d) Building plan.-The plans of the building and elevations and sections
accompanying the notice shall be accurately drawn to a scale of not less than 1:100. The
plans shall include:
(i) floor plans of all floors together with the covered area, including accessory buildings
and basement plan and such drawing shall clearly indicate the size and spacing of all
supporting members, and size of rooms and the position of staircases;
(ii) the use or occupancy of all parts of the building;
(iii) exact location of essential service, water-closet, bath and the like;
(iv) sectional drawings showing clearly the sizes of footings, thickness of basement walls
and all roof slabs; and the floor slabs-wall construction, staircases sizes and spacing of
framing members, ceiling heights and parapet heights with their materials. The section
should indicate the drainage and the slope of the roof;
(v) street elevation;
(vi) details of service latrine, if any;

(vii) dimensions of the projected portions beyond the permissible building line;
(viii) indication of the north point relative to the plan;
(ix) dimensions of all doors, windows and ventilators;
(x) where the proposed construction is for the addition of any subsequent floor of an
existing structure, a certificate of soundness of the foundation and the existing structure
by a qualified engineer shall be furnished along with the application if so desired;
(xi) in case the proposal is to sub-divide an existing property, the whole property shall
be shown and the proposed dividing walls shown in different colours;
(xii) the position of aerial, electric supply line and water supply lines, if any;
(xiii) the proposed method of drainage;
(xiv) commencement certificate of the Planning Authority: The Commencement
Certificate granted by the Planning Authority in respect of the proposed development
shall be enclosed.
(e) Specification.-Specifications of proposed construction giving type of materials
used, duly signed by qualified architect/engineer/supervisor shall accompany the
notice.
(f) Supervision.-The notice shall be further accompanied by certificate of supervision
by the qualified architect/engineer/supervisor who shall undertake supervision, in the
prescribed form given in Schedule ll.
6. Signing of plans.-6.1. The plans shall be signed by the owner and the qualified
architect/ engineer / supervisor and their qualification shall be as per Schedule III.
7. Colouring of plans.-7.1. The plans shall be drawn in the following colours:
(i) Proposed work-Red.
(ii) Existing work-Black in tracing cloth and white or grey or natural tint in blue on ferro
print.
(iii) Existing work to be removed-Yellow.
Note.-At the bottom of the plan it shall be clearly shown as to what each colour
indicate.
8. Notice for alteration only.-8.1. When the notice is for an alteration of the
building, only such plans and statements, as may be necessary, shall accompany the
notice.

8.2. Repairs.-No such notice shall be deemed necessary for the following repairs in
any existing building in accordance with these bye-laws except the repairs which effect
the exterior elevation of the buildings or violates any provisions regarding general
building or safety requirements.(a) providing or closing of a window or door or ventilator not opening towards other's
property;
(b) providing inter communication;
(c) providing partitions;
(d) white washing;
(e) painting;
(f) re-tilling and re-terracing;
(g) plastering and patch work, and;
(h) re-flooring.
9. Fees.-9.1. No notice shall be deemed valid unless and until the person giving such
notice encloses the challan or receipt for having paid the necessary licence fee as
prescribed below.(i) Residential buildings:
Total Area Covered on all floors
Fees in Rupees
Upto 60 sq.m.
5
Upto 150 sq.m.
15
Above 150 sq.m. and Upto 300 sq.m.
25
Above 300 sq.m. charge Rs. 5 for every 50 sq.m.
(ii) Commercial and Business Buildings and Assembly Buildings
(i.e. shops, show rooms, business offices, godowns, warehouses, banks, cinemas,
theatres, club etc.)
Total covered area on all floors
Upto 20 sq.m.
21 to 50 sq.m.

Fees in Rupees
25
100

For above 50 sq.m. charge at the rate of Rs. 50 for every additional 50 sq.m or part
thereof.
(iii) Public Buildings for Educational, Religious and Charitable use:

Total covered area on all floors

Upto
150
sq.m.
More than 150 sq.m.
(iv) Industrial Buildings:
Total covered area on all floors
Upto 150 sq.m.

Fees in Rupees
25

15

Fees in Rupees
100

For above 150 sq.m. charge at the rate of Rs. 50 for every additional 150 sq .m. or
part thereof.
(v) The fixation of these fees shall be governed by the following:
(a) For re-erection of existing buildings, the fees chargeable shall be the same as for
erection of new building.
(b) For additions and alterations in the existing building, the fees shall be chargeable on
the added portions only on the same scale as for a new building.
(c) For revised plan of a building which the Authority has already sanctioned, the fees
chargeable shall be 1/4 of the fees chargeable on the original plans subject to the
condition that the covered area of the building has not increased than in the original
sanctioned plan.
(d) In case of additions and alterations of buildings, if the use of the building is also
changed, then the chargeable fees shall be calculated on the use proposed.
(e) In case of basement, for the purpose of calculating fees, the area covered under the
basement shall be counted towards the covered area.
9.2. When a building licence is not issued, the fees so paid shall not be returned to the
owner, but he shall be allowed to re-submit it without any fees after complying with all
the objections raised by the Authority within a perioo of one year from the date of
rejection after which fresh fees shall have to be paid. Further, the applicant may
withdraw his application and plans at any time prior to the sanction and such
withdrawal shall terminate all proceedings with respect to such application; but the fees
shall in no case, be refunded.
10. Grant or refusal of licence.-10.1. The Authority/Chief Officer shall consider
every notice given under Section 187 and may either sanction or refuse to sanction the
plans and statements or may sanction with such modification or directions as he may
deem necessary.
10.2. The decision of the Authority shall be communicated to the person giving the
notice or to his legally authorised agent in writing in prescribed form given in Schedule
IV, as the case may be, within the period prescribed in Section 187 and one set of the
drawings and specifications duly endorsed shall be returned to him.

10.3. Once the plan has been scrutinised and objections have been pointed out, the
owner giving notice shall modify the plan to comply with the objections raised and resubmit it. The Authority shall scrutinise the resubmitted plan and shall notify the result
within 30 days of \the receipt of the replies to the objections.
10.4. Anyone aggrieved by an order passed under clause (i) may within thirty days of the
date of communication of the order appeal to the Standing Committee and the decision
of the Standing Committee shall be final.
10.5. The building licence is valid for .................years by which the building should be
completed. For further period it shall be got revalidated and the application would be
treated as for new building licence and the rules then in force shall apply.
11. Suspension of licence.-11.1. The Authority may revoke or suspend any licence
issued under these provisions, wherever there has been any false statement or any
misrepresentation of any material fact in the application on which the permit was based.
12. Inspection.-12.1. For the purpose of facilitating inspection, by the Authority, the
following shall be the recognised stages in the construction of any building.
(i) digging of the foundation,
(ii) filling in the foundation and raising the basement wall,
(iii) construction of the superstructure, and
(iv) all subsequent works.
12.2. The Authority or his technical representative shall be competent to inspect the
building at all reasonable hours during the day to satisfy themselves that such
construction is not inconsistant with the provisions of the Act or Rules or Bye-laws.
13. Completion Certificate.-13.1. Every person erecting a building shall, within one
month after completion of such building shall give written notice to the Authority
through the qualified Architect/Engineer/Supervisor, regarding completion of work
prescribed in the licence in the prescribed form given in Schedule V.
14. Occupancy Certificate.-14.1. Within a period of one month after receipt of the
notice of completion, the Authority shall communicate in prescribed form given in
Schedule VI the requisite permission to occupy any such building or to use any building
or part thereof effected by any such work.
15. Offences and penalties.-15.1. Whoever contravenes any of these byelaws shall be
guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall.(a) be punished by a fine which may extend to two hundred rupees and in the case of a
c0ntinuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to ten rupees for

every day during which such contravention continues after the conviction for the first of
such contravention;
(b) take suitable actions including demolition of unauthorised, work as decided by the
Authority; and
(c) take suitable actions against the licensed technical personnel which may include
cancellation of the licence and debarring him from further practice for a period of 5
years.
16. Unsafe Buildings.-16.1. The provisions of Section 213 of the Act shall apply for all
unsafe buildings which shall be considered to constitute danger to public safety and for
restoration by repairs of demolition or other actions as directed By the Authority.
17. Architectural Control.-17.1. For the buildings coming up in important areas or
fronting major roads or streets or in the case of important monumental buildings, the
buildings schemes may be cleared by a special body (Arts Commission) separately set up
from the architectural aesthetics point of view and the Authority shall have powers to
frame suitable rules for ensuing the above.
PART II
General Building requirements
18. Requirements of site.-18.1. Building sites.-No permission to construct a building
on a site shall be granted if:
(i) the site is insanitary or it is dangerous to construct a building on it;
(ii) the site is within 9 (nine) metres of the highest water mark of a tank unless the
owner satisfies the Authority that he will take such measures as will prevent any risk of
the domestic drainage of the building passing into the tank. Further the Authority may
require the floor of the lowest storey of such building to be raised above the maximum
flood level of the adjoining ground or to such other level as the Authority may specify;
(iii) the owner of the building has not taken all the measures required to safeguard the
construction from constantly getting damp;
(iv) the construction of the building thereon is for Public worship which in the opinion
of the Authority will wound the religious feelings of any class of persons in the vicinity
thereof;
(v) the site is not drained properly or' is incapable of being well drained;
(vi) the site is filled up tank or has been filled up with or used for depositing
excrementitious matter, carcasses of dead animals, rubbish or filthy and offensive

matter, or sewage, unless the Authority has examined the site and granted a certificate
to the effect that it is from a sanitary point of view, fit to be built upon;
(vii) the building is to be about on a street, unless the site is of such shape, the face of
the building can be made parallel to
the line of the street or as nearly parallel to the said line. Further in no new building
shall the foundation of the external wall along the street be located less than 0.45 metre
from the edge of the street or road margin including the drain;
(viii) the use of the said site is for the purpose of establishing a factory, warehouse or
workplace which will be a source or annoyance to the health of the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood. Save as otherwise provided, no factory, workshop, workplace or cinema
house in which it is proposed to employ steam power or electrical power shall be
constructed until and unless the conditions under the relevant Act are satisfied and
permission obtained thereof;
(ix) the plot has not been approved as a building site either by Municipal Council or by
an Improvement Board or by Government;
(x) the building has to be constructed over a municipal drain, sewer line or water mains;
(xi) if the applicant for construction does not establish his title to the property and his
ownership.
19. Open space, area and height limitations.-19.1. Residential Buildings.- There
shall be a minimum open space of 1.5 m in the front and 1 m. on left, right sides and rear
of the plots upto 100 sq.m. area. For plots above 100 sq.m. and upto 300 sq.m. there
shall be a minimum open space of 2 m. all around. For plots above 300 sq.m. there shall
bea minimum open space of 3 m all around. The maximum coverage for plots upto 100
sq.m. shall be 75 per cent, for plots of 100 to 300 sq.m., the coverage shall be 65% and
for plots above 300 8q.m. the coverage shall be 50. The maximum height of buildings
shall be 3 storeys (11.0 m.)
19.2. Mercantile or commercial Buildings.- The coverage on plots upto 200 sq.m.
shall be maximum of 80 per cent. For plots upto 300 sq.m., the coverage shall be
maximum of 70 per cent. For plots above 300 sq.m. and upto 1,000 sq.m. coverage shall
be 60 per cent. For plots above 1,000 sq.m. the coverage shall be 50 per cent. The
minimum open space on all sides shall be 1 m. for plots upto 200 sq.m., 2 m. for plots
upto 300 sq.m. and 3 m. for plots above 300 sq.m. For buildings above 10 m., the same
shall
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1
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for every 3 m. height above 10 m.
The maximum height of buildings shall be 3 storyes (11.0 m.) for plots upto 300 sq.m.
and shall be 5 storeys (16 m.) for plots above 300 sq.m.

19.3. Public and Semi-Public Buildings.-Buildings of Assembly, Business,

Educational, Hospital Groups shall have open space of 5 m. at front and 3 m. on side
and rear. The maximum coverage shall not exceed 60 per cent. The maximum height of
Educational Buildings (Schools, Colleges), shall be 2 storeys (8 m.).
The maximum height for other Public Buildings shall be 3 storeys (11 m.).
19.4. Industrial Buildings.-The minimum open space shall be 6 m. on front and 4.5
m. on side and rear for plots upto 1,000 sq.m. and for plots upto 5,000 sq.m. the front
space shall be 9 m. For plots above 5,000 sq.m. the open space shall be 9 m. on all sides.
Further the maximum coverage on plots shall not exceed 40 per cent. The maximum
height of buildings shall be 2 storeys.
19.5. The height limitations specified in 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 and 19.4 may be relaxed for
different occupancy use groups under special circumstances with the special approval of
the Authority.
19.6. Interior Open Spaces.- The whole of one side of one or more rooms intended
for human habitation and not abutting on either the front, rear or side open space shall
about on an interior open space whose minimum width shall be3m.
19.7. Height limitations.- The absolute height of any building shall not be more than
1.5 times the width of road fronting plus front open space.
The following appurtenant structures shall not be included in the height of the building;
Roof tanks and their supports, ventilating, air-conditioning, left rooms and similar set
service equipment, roof structures other than penthouses, chimneys and parapet walls
not exceeding 1 m. in height; unless the aggregate area of such structures including
penthouses exceeds one-third of the roof of the building upon which they are erected.
19.8. Exemption to open spaces.- The following exemptions to open spaces shall be
permitted.
(a) Projections into open spaces.-Every open space provided either interior or
exterior shall be kept free from any erection thereon and shall be open to the sky and no
cornice, roof or weather shade more than 0.75 m. wide shall overhang or project over
the said open space so as to reduce the width to less than the minimum required and
these projections shall be permitted within one's own plot boundaries.
(b) Cantilever portico.-A cantilever portico of upto 2.4 m. width and 4.5 m. length
may be permitted within the side set back with no access to the top of the portico for use
as a sit-out place and the height of the portico shall be 2.1 m. from the pinth level. A
garage with a room on top may be permitted at the rear end of side open spaces
provided no openings are located on the side and rear boundaries.

20. Parking spaces.-20.1. Each off street parking space provided for Motor Vehicles
shall not be less than 20 Sq.m. area, and for Scooters and Cycles, the parking spaces
provided shall not be less than 3 Sq.m. and 1.4 Sq.m. respectively.
20.2. For Building of different occupancies, off-street parking spaces shall be provided
as stipulated below (a) Motor vehicles space shall be provided a& provided in table for
parking Motor Vehicles.
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Note.-l. In the case of additions for educational buildings, parking space shall be
provided as per
Sl. No.4
Note.-2. For plots up to 100 sq.m. in the case of shops, parking spaces need not be
insisted.
(b) Other types of vehicles.-For non-residential and non-assembly occupations in
addition to the parking spaces provided under Bye-laws 20.2(a) 100 per cent additional
space shall be provided fel parking other types of vehicles of this, a minimum of 60 per
cent shall be set apart exclusively for cycles.
20.3. Off-street parking space shall be provided with adequate Vehicular access to a
street and the area of the drives, aisles and such other provisions required for adequate
manoeuring of vehicles shall be exclusive of the parking space stipulated in these byelaws.
20.4. If the total parking space required by these bye-laws is provided by a group of
property owners for their mutual benefits, such area of this space may be construed as
meeting the off-street parking requirements under these Bye-laws, subject to approval
of the authority.
20.5. In addition to the parking spaces provided for building of Mercantile
(Commercial), Industrial and Storage at the rate of one such space for loading and unloading activities for each 1,000 sq.m. of floor area or fractions thereof exceeding the
first 200 sq.m. of floor area.
20.6. Parking lock-up garage shall be included in the calculation for floor space of Byelaw 21 unless they are provided in the basement of a building or under a building
constructed on stilts with no external wall.
20.7. The parking space in cinemas, theatres and places of public assembly shall be as
under.Types of vehicles

No. of vehicles for which parking space shall be provided

Cars

3.3% of the seating capacity

Scooters

10% of the seating capacity

Cycles

25% of the seating capacity

See Sl. No.4 of the Table.

20.8. The spaces to be left out for parking shall be in addition to the open spaces left out
for lighting and ventilation purposes.
21. Plinth.-21.1. The height of the plinth shall be not less than 45 em. above central line
of street. In case of sloping street, the reference shall be made with respect to the street
level at the centre of the frontage of the plot. Where the level of the plot is different from
the street level, the plinth height shall be as determined by the Authority with respect to
the surrounding ground level, so that adequate drainage of the site is assured. Every
interior court:yard shall be raised at least 15 em. above the level of the surrounding
ground. The plinth of garage shall be minimum 15 em. above the surrounding
ground\level.
22. Requirements of parts of Buildings-22.1. Size and Area Requirements.-22.1.1.
Habitable Rooms.-N a habitable rooms shall have a floor area of less than 8.0 sq.m. and
the minimum width of a room shall be 2.4 m. for plot sizes upto 120 sq.m. For larger
plots, the minimum size of habitable room shall be 95sq.m.
22.1.2. Kitchen.-The area of kitchen shall be not less than 5.5 sq.m. with the minimum
width of 1.8 m. Where there is a separate store, the size of the kitchen may be reduced to
4.5 sq.m. A kitchen, which is intended for use as a dining room also shall have a floor
area of not less than ~ sq.m. with a minimum of 2.4 m. .
22.1.3. Bathrooms and Water-closets.- The size of a bath room shall, not be less
than 1.8 sq.m. with the minimum width of 1.2 m. if it is a combined bath and watercloset, its floor area shall not be less than 2.8 sq.m. with the minimum width of 1.2 m.
The minimum floor area for water-closet shall be 1.1 sq.m. with a minimum width of 0.9
m.
22.1.4. Mezzanine Floor.-The minimum size of a mezzanine floor if it is used as a
living room shall be 8.0 sq.m. The aggregate area of such mezzanine floor shall be 33.3
per cent of the plinth area of the building.
22.1.5. Loft.-Where lofts are provided in kitchen and in other habitable area, the
maximum coverage shall be limited to 25 per cent of the room size.
Lofts provided over corridors, water-closets and bath rooms shall be for 100 per cent
coverage.
22.1.6 Special Housing Schemes.-The Authority may relax the minimum size, area
and height requirements given under 22.1.1. to 22.1.3. and 22.2.1. to 22.2.3. for housing
schemes for low income group, economically weaker section of society undertaken by
public agency.
22.2. Height Requirements.-22.2.1. Habitable Room.-The height of all rooms used
for human habitation shall be 2.75 m. measured from the surface of the floor to the

lowest point of the ceiling (bottom of slab). Where beams are provided, the minimum
headroom shall be 2.4 m.
22.2.2. Kitchen.- The room height of the kitchen shall not be less than 2.75 m. and
where beams are provided, the minimum head-room shall be 2.4 m.
22.2.3. Bathroom and Water-closets.-Height of a bathroom or water closet
measured from the surface of floor to the lowest point of ceiling shall be not less than
2.2 m.
22.2.4. Loft.- The head room for the loft shall be not more than 1.5 m.
22.2.5. Mezzanine Floor.-The minimum height of mezzanine floor shall be 2.2m.
22.2.6. Staircase.- The minimum head room in a passage under the landing of a
staircase shall be
2.2 m.
22.2.7. Industrial Building.- The minimum height of room shall not be less
than3.6m.
22.3. Other Requirements of Parts of Building.-22.3.1. Kitchen.-Every room to be
used as kitchen shall have:
(a) Unless separately provide in a pantry, meanf' for the washing of kitchen utensils
which shall lead directly or through a sink to a grated and trapped connection to the
waste pipe;
(b) An impermeable floor; and
(c) A flue.-The flue shall be so constructed, that the upper outlet shall be at least 1.2 m.
higher than any part of the building and within 1.5 m. horizontal radius of the flue.
22.3.2. Bathrooms and Water-closets.-(i) Every bath-room or water-closet shall;
(a) be so situated that at least one of its walls shall open to external air;
(b) not be directly over or under any room other than another latrine, washing place,
bath or terrace, unless it has a water-tight floor;
(c) have the platform or seat made of water-tight non-absorbent material;
(d) be enclosed by walls or partitions and the surface of every such wall or partition shall
be finished with a smooth impervious material to a height of not less than 1 m.
above the floor of such a room; and
(e) be provided with an impervious floor covering sloping towards the drain with a
suitable grade and not towards verandah or any other room.

(ii) No room containing water-closets shall be used for any purpose except as a lavatory
and no such room shall open directly into a kitchen or cooking space by a door, window
or other opening. Every room containing water-closet shall have a door completely
closing the entrance to it.
22.3.3. Mezzanine Floor.-A mezzanine floor may be permitted over a room or a
compartment provided that:
(a) it conforms to the standards of living rooms as regards lighting and ventilation;
(b) it is so constructed as not to interfere under any circumstances with the ventilation
of the space over and under it;
(c) such mezzanine floor is not sub-divided into smaller compartments;
(d) such mezzanine floor or any part of it shall not be used as a kitchen; and
(e) in no case a mezzanine floor shall be closed so as to make it liable to be converted
into un-ventilated compartments.
22.3.4. Roofs.-(a) The roof of a building shall be so constructed or framed as to permit
effectual drainage of the rainwater therefrom by means of sufficient rain water pipes of
adequate size, wherever required, so arranged, joined and fixed as to ensure that the
rain water is carried away from the building without causing dampness in any part of
the walls or foundations of the building or those of an adjacent building or causing
annoyance or inconvenience to neighbours or passer by,
(b) The Authority may require rain water pipes to be connected to a drain or sewer to a
recovered channel formed beneath the public footpath to connect the rainwater pipe to
the road gutter or on any other approved manner, without causing any damage to the
property of the Municipality.
(c) Rainwater, pipes shall be affixed to the outside of the external walls of the building or
in recesses or chases out or formed in such external walls or in such other manner as
may be approved by the Authority.
22.3.5. Boundary walls.-(a) Except with the special permission of the Authority, the
maximum height of the compound wall shall be 1.5 m. above the central line of the main
street.
(b) The rear and side walls shall not have the height more than 2 m. above the central
line of the service road in case it exists otherwise 2 m. shall be measured above the
central line of the main street.
(c) In case of comer plot, the height of the boundary wall shall be restricted to 0.75 m.
for a length of 5 m. on front and side of the intersection and the remaining height upto
1.5 m. shall be made up of railings.

(d) However, the provisions of (a), (b) and (c) are not applicable to boundary walls of
jails, sanatorium, factories and hostels of educational institutions.
(e) No Building boundaries shall be surrounded by a barbed wire fence, prickly-pear or
other objectionable plant or milk-hedge.
22.3.6. Drainage of Subsoil.-(a) Whenever in the opinion of the Authority, the site of
a building so requires, the subsoil be drained effectively by means of subsoil drains or by
other means to the satisfaction of such authority.
(b) Surface Water Drains.(i) Any land passage or other area within the curtilage of a building shall, if the
Authority so requires be effectively drained by surface water drains or other means to
his satisfaction.
(ii) The written approval of the Authority shall be obtained for connecting any sub-soil
or surface water drain to a sewer.
(c) Drainage below ground floor level.-In every building, any basement cellar or
other space below the ground floor shall be directly drained or drained by a sump
provided with a suitable pump.