MUNICIPAL ACTS AND BUILDING BYE –LAWS

INTRODUCTION ABOUT MUNICIPALITY- :

A municipality is usually an urban administrative
division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. The term
municipality can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a
general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district.

The territory of a municipality may encompass-:

Only one populated place such as a city, town or village.

several of such places (e.g BHUBANESWAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, CUTTACK

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION)

The power of a municipality range from virtual independence to complete subordination to

the state. Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income
tax,property tax and corporate income tax, but may also receive substantial funding from the state.

INTRODUCTION ABOUT MUNICIPAL ACTS -:

The process of doing or performing urban
administrative services such as construction of roads and bridges, provision of public amenities
(toilets ,parking spaces etc), residential units as well as commercial spaces under certain
limitations of space and environment concern is drawn by municipal acts.

There are certain definitions provided by the municipal acts and to be implemented or constructed
as it is defined in the act.

DEFINITION BY MUNICIPAL ACTS -:

(1) “Act” means the Orissa Development Authorities Act,

(2) “Advertising Sign” means any surface or structure with characters, letters or illustrations
applied there to and displayed in any manner whatsoever outdoors for the purpose of advertising
or giving information or to attract the public to any place, person, public performance, article, or
merchandise, and which surface or structure is attached to, forms part of, or is connected with any
building, or is fixed to the ground or to any pole, screen, fence or hoarding or displayed in space,
or in or over any water body included in the jurisdiction of the Authority.

(3) “Agricultural use” means use of land for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture, sericulture,
animal husbandry, poultry farming, plant nursery, piggery, dairy farming, vegetable farming and
any activity related to agriculture or milk chilling plant;

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(4) “Air-Conditioning” means the process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its
temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution to meet the requirement of conditioned space;

(5) “Air Port Reference Point” means a designated point which is established in the horizontal
plane at or near the geometric center of the landing area.

(6) “Amenity” means roads, street, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, play grounds,
gardens, water supply, electric supply, street lighting, sewerage, drainage, public works and other
utilities, services and conveniences.

(7) “Annexure” means an Annexure appended to these regulation’s

(8) “Apartment or flat” means a dwelling unit in building.

(9) “Apartment building” means a building having six or more dwelling

units.

(10) “Approved” means approved by the Authority.

(11) “Addition/ Alteration” means structural change, such as addition to the covered area or
height or the removal of part of a building or construction or cutting into or removal of any wall,
partition, column, beam, joist, floor or other support, or a change to the fixture of equipment of the
building.

(12) “Applicant” means the person who has title to a land or building and includes,

(13) “Art Commission” means the Commission constituted under subsection

(14) “Authority” means the Bhubaneswar Development Authority and does not include its
employees acting individually. The powers and responsibilities of the Authority under this
regulation can not be delegated, unless specifically provided for in this regulation, the Act, the
rules or unless notified by the Government;

(15) “Balcony” means a projection to serve as passage or sit out place including a hand rail or
balustrade.

(16) “Barsati” means a habitable room, not exceeding 30% of the covered area on the top floor of
the building with toilet & kitchen unit built contiguously.

(17) “Basement or cellar” means lower storey of a building ,below or partly below the ground
level;

(18) “Basti Area” means an area declared as such under a Development Plan and in the absence
of such declaration, any area comprising old settlements covering such extent of lands as may be
determined by the Authority in consultation with the concerned Local Body.

(19) “Basti Plot” means a plot having a width ranging between 4.0 m. And 6.3 m., the depth
being more than three times the width, and located in a basti area;

(20) “Builder” means an applicant, land owner, contractor, holder of power of attorney of the land
owner, partnership, trust or company which has responsibility for construction, leasing, selling or

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disposing otherwise of a building for residential and other purposes and duly registered by the
Authority.

(21) “Building” means any structure or erection or part of a structure or erection which is
intended to be used for residential, commercial, industrial or any other purpose whether in actual
use or not, and in particular.

A. “Assembly Building” refers to a building or part of a building where group of people

congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic and similar purposes
and includes theaters, assembly halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museum, skating rinks,
gymnasium, dance hall, club rooms recreation piers and stadia.

B. “Commercial Building” refers to a building or part of a building, which is used for transaction
of business, keeping of accounts and records or for similar purposes and includes Banks and
Commercial Offices and Corporate offices. It shall include mercantile buildings like shops, stores,
market display and sale of merchandise either in wholesale or retail, or offices, storage or services
facilities incidental to the sale of merchandise and includes Cinema Halls, Petrol Pumps, Hotels,
Restaurants, Clinics, Pathology Labs, Nursing Homes, Lodge-cum-guest houses & Dharma
Kantas, etc.

C. “Educational Building” refers to a building used for school, college or daycare purpose for
more than 8 hours per week involving assembly, instructions, education or recreation.

D. “Hazardous Building” refers to a building or part of a building which is used for the storage,
handling, manufacture or processing of highly combustible or explosive materials or products
which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and/or producing poisonous fumes, or the storage,
handling, manufacturing or processing of which involves highly corrosive, toxic, obnoxious alkalis,
acids or other liquids, gases or chemicals, producing flame, fumes and explosion, poisonous
irritant or corrosive gasses and for the storage, handling or processing of any material producing
explosive mixture of dust or which result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to
spontaneous ignition. This shall include petrol filling stations.

F. “Industrial BuilBding” refers to a building or part of a building in which products or materials of

all kind and properties are fabricated, assembled or processed such as assembly plants,
laboratories, power plants, smoke houses, refineries, gas plants, mills, dairies or factories.

G. “Institutional Building” refers to a building or part of a building which is used for purposes
such as Research and Training Centre, Public/Semi Public offices, Hospitals, Dispensaries and
Health
Centers.

H. Residential Building” refers to a building in which sleeping accommodation is provided for

normal residential purpose with or without cooking or dining or both facilities and includes one or
two or multi-family dwelling dormitories, apartment houses, flats and hostels.

I. “Public Utility Building” means and includes Post Office, Police Station, Fire Station, Hospital,
Dispensary, and Telephone Exchange, sub-station, water works, Taxi Stands, Bus Terminals,
etc.

J. “Storage Building” refers to a building or part of building used primarily for the storage or
sheltering of goods, storehouses, hangers, terminal depot, grain elevators, barn or stables.

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K. “Multi Level Car Parking Building” means a building partly below ground level having two or
more basements or above ground level, primarily to be used for parking of cars, scooters or
any other type of light motorized vehicles.

(22) “Building Accessory” means a subordinate building, use of which is incidental to that of a
principal building, on the same plot such as garage, coal or fuel shed, peons, chowkidars, or
domestic servants quarters, etc.

(23) “Building Height” means the vertical distance measured in the case of flat roofs, from the
average level of the center line of the adjoining street to the highest point of the building adjacent
to the street; and in the case of pitched roofs, up to the point where the external surface of the
outer wall intersects the finished surface of the sloping roof and in the case of gables facing the
road, the mid-point between the eaves level and the ridges.

(24) “Building line” means the line up to which the plinth of a building adjoining a street or an
extension of a street or on a future street may lawfully extend and includes the lines prescribed in
any development plan in operation for any area under the jurisdiction of the Authority or
specification indicated in any Town Planning or Development Scheme, or
in these Regulations.

(25) “Canopy” means cantilevered projection at lintel level over any entrance.

(26) “Cornice” means a sloping or horizontal structural overhang usually provided over openings
or external walls to provide protection from sun and rain.

(27) “Chajja”/“Sun-Shade” means a sloping or horizontal structural overhang, usually provided

for protection from sun and rain or for architectural considerations at lintel level.

(28) “Chimney” means an upright shaft containing and encasing one or more flues provided for
the conveyance to the outer air of any product of combustion; resulting from the operation of any
heat producing appliance or equipment employing solid, liquid or gaseous fuel.

(29) “Combustible materials” means a material, which burns or adds to a fire when used for
combustibility in accordance with good practice.

(30) “Conversion” means the change of occupancy to another occupancy or change in building
structure or part thereof resulting in change of space or use requiring additional occupancy
certificate.

(31) “Corner plot” means a plot at the junctions of and fronting on two or more intersecting
streets. Corner plot” means a plot facing two streets, the frontage would be on the street having
larger width. In cases, where the two streets are of same width, then the larger side of the plot will
decide the frontage. In such case, the location of a garage (on a corner plot) if provided, within the
open space shall be located diagonally opposite the point intersection.

(32) “Courtyard” means a space permanently open to sky, with or without pergola, enclosed fully
or partially by buildings and may be at ground level or any other level within a building.

(33) “Covered Area” means in respect of ground floor, area covered immediately above the plinth
level by the building but does not include the open space covered by

A. Garden, rockery, well and well-structures, rainwater harvesting structures, plant nursery, water-
pool (if uncovered), platform round a tree, tank, fountain, bench, chabutara with open top
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unenclosed on sides by walls, boundary wall, swing, and area covered by chhajja without any
pillars etc, touching the ground.

B. ‘drainage culvert conduit’, catch-pit, gully pit, inspection chamber, gutter and the like; and

C. compound wall, gate, slide/ swing door, canopy, and areas covered by chajja or similar
projections and staircases which are uncovered and open at least on three sides and also open to
sky.

D. Watchmen booth, pump house, garbage shaft, electric cabin or substations, and such other
utility structure meant for the services of the building under construction.

(34) “Cul-de-sac” means such means of access having length up to 150 m. with an additional
turning space not less than 81 square meters in area having no dimension less than 9 m.

(35) “Damp-Proof Course” means course consisting of some appropriate water proofing material
provided to prevent penetration of dampness.

(36) “Detached building” means a building whose walls and roof are independent of any other
building with open spaces on all sides.

(37) “Development Plan/ Comprehensive Development Plan” includes any development plan
either interim or comprehensive or zonal plan in operation for the area under the jurisdiction of the
Authority.

(38) “Deviation” means any construction made in departure from the approved plan by way of
alterations or additions, modifications in the total floor area, coverage, floor area ratio (FAR),
setbacks, height, parking space, provision of public utilities etc.

(39) “Drain” means a line of pipes including all fittings and equipment such as manholes,
inspection chamber, traps, gullies and floor traps, used for the drainage of a building or a number
of buildings, or yards appurtenant to the buildings within the same cartilage and includes open
channels used for conveying surface water.

(40) “Drainage” means the removal of any liquid by a system constructed for purpose.

(41) “Dwelling Unit” means a building used for living purpose and includes a garage, a servant
quarter or a guardroom.

(42) “EWS House” means a house or dwelling unit intended for Economically Weaker Sections
with maximum built up area of 32 sq.mtr.

(43) “EWS Plot” means a residential plot intended for Economically Weaker Sections having
maximum plot area of 48 sq.mtr.

(44) “Encroachment” means an act to enter into the possession or rights either of permanent or
temporary nature on a land or builtup property of local body or state/ central Government.

(45) “Existing Use” Use of a building or structure existing authorisedly with the approval of the
Authority before the commencement of these Regulations.

(46) “Enclosed stair-case” means a stair-case, separated by fire resistant walls from the rest of
the building.

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(47) “Existing Building or use” means a building, structure or its use as sanctioned/ approved/
regularized by the Competent Authority, existing before the commencement of these Regulations;
(48) “Exit” means a passage, channel or means of egress from any building, storey or floor area
to a street or other open space of safety.

(49) “External Wall” means an outer wall of a building even though adjoining to a wall of another
building and also means a wall abutting on an interior open space of a building.

(50) “Farm House” means a plot of land including construction thereon in the area designated for
agricultural use by the Authority.

(51) “Farm Shed” shall include permanent or temporary structures erected in the plot used for
farmhouse.

(52) “Fire Alarm System” means an arrangement of call joints or detectors, sounders and other
equipments for the transmission and indication of alarm and sometimes used as signals for testing
of circuits and whenever required for the operation of auxiliary services. This device may be work
automatically or manually to alert the occupants in the event of fire.

(53) “Fire Lift” means lift specially designed for use by fire service personnel in the event of fire.

(54) “Fire Proof Door” means a door or shutter fitted to a wall opening, and constructed and
erected with the requirement to check the transmission of heat and fire for a specified period.

(55) “Fire Resisting Material” means the material, which is normally used for fire resistance.

(56) “Floor” means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building.

(57) “Floor Area Ratio (FAR)” means the quotient obtained by dividing the total covered area on
all floors with the area of the plot.

(58) “Footing” means the part of a structure, which is in direct contact with the ground and
transmitting loads to the ground.

(59) “Foundation” means that part of a structure, which is in direct contact with and meant for
transmitting loads to the ground.

(60) “Gallery” means an intermediate floor or platform projecting from a wall of an auditorium or a
hall providing extra floor area, additional seating accommodation, etc. It shall also include
structures provided for seating in stadia.

(61) “Garage-Private” means a building or a portion thereof designed for parking of privately
owned motor vehicles or any other vehicles.

(62) “Garage-Public” means a building or a portion thereof designed or used for repairing,
servicing, hiring, selling or parking of motor driven or any other vehicles.

(63) “Ground Floor” shall mean storey, which has its floor surface nearest to the ground around
the building.

(64) “Group Housing” means premises comprising an area of 4000 sq.mtr or more and the land
is owned by Co-operative Group Housing Society and the construction is undertaken by single
agency.
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(65) “Habitable room” means a room having area of not less than 9.0 sq. m., width 2.4 m.(min.),
height 2.75 m.(min.) occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living,
sleeping, eating, cooking if it is used as a living room, but does not include bathrooms, water closet
compartments, laundries, serving and storage pantries, corridors, cellars, attics and spaces that
are not used frequently or during extended periods.

(66) “Hazardous material”

A. Means radioactive substances.

B. Material which is highly combustible or explosive and/or which may produce poisonous fumes
explosive emanations, or storage, handling, processing or manufacturing of which may involve
highly corrosive, toxic, obnoxious alkalis or acids or other liquids.

C. Other liquids or chemicals producing flame, fumes, explosive, poisonous, irritant or corrosive
gases or which may produce explosive mixtures of dust or fine particles capable of spontaneous
ignition.

(67) “Hazardous and obnoxious industry” means industry which creates nuisance to the
surrounding development in the form of smell, smoke, gas, dust, air pollution, water pollution and
other unhygienic conditions.

(68) “Natural hazard prone areas” means areas likely to have moderate to high intensity
earthquake, or cyclonic storm, or significant flood flow or inundation, or landslides/mud
flows/avalanches, or one or more of these hazards.

(69) “Heritage Zone” means the area as delineated in Comprehensive Development Plan.

(70) “Illuminated Exit Signs” means a device for indicating the means of escape during normal
circumstances and power failure.

(71) “Jhamp” means a downward vertical or sloping projection hanging below the balcony to
provide protection from direct sun or rain.

(72) “Katra/ Chawl” means a building so constructed as to be suitable for living in separate
tenements each consisting a single room, or of two, but not more than two rooms and with
common sanitary arrangements.

(73) “Latrine-connected” means a latrine connected to the municipal sewer system.

(74) “Latrine-unconnected” means a latrine not connected to the municipal sewer system; it may
be connected to a septic tank or suitable treatment or disposal system.

(75) “Ledge / Tand” means a shelf-like projection supported in any manner whatsoever, except
by means of vertical supports within a room itself but not having projection wider than 1.0 meter
and at a minimum clear height of 2.1 meters from the floor level.

(76) “LIG House” means a house or dwelling unit intended for low income groups with a built up
area of maximum 48 sq.mtr.

(77) “LIG Plot” means a residential plot intended for low income groups with a plot area of
maximum 60 sq.mtr.
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(78) “Loft” means an intermediate floor between two floors or a residual space in a pitched roof,
above normal floor level with a maximum height of 1.5 meters and which is constructed or adopted
for storage purposes.

(79) “Licensed Technical Person” means Architect registered with the Council of Architecture or
Civil Engineer/Structural Engineer/Town Planner/Supervisor licensed by the Authority.

(80) “Masonry” means an assemblage of masonry units properly bonded together with mortar.

(81) “Mezzanine Floor” means an intermediate floor between two floors, above ground level,
accessible only from the lower floor.

(82) “Multi - Storey or High Rise Building” means a building whose height is 15 meters or more,
measured from the average level of the centre line of the street on which the site abuts.

(83) “Mumty or Stair Cover” means a structure with a covering roof over staircase and its landing
built to enclose only the stairs for the purpose of providing protection from weather and not used
for human habitation.

(84) “Mitigation” means measures taken in advance of a disaster aimed at minimizing or

eliminating its impact on society and on environment including preparedness and prevention.

(85) “Non-Combustible Material” means a material, which does not burn nor add heat to a fire
when tested for combustibility in accordance with good practice.

(86) “Non -Conforming Use of a Building or Land” means the use of a building or land existing
at the time of commencement of these Regulations, and which does not conform to the
Regulations pertaining to the zone in which it is located.

(87) “Occupancy or Use ” means the principal occupancy for which a building or a part of a
building is used or intended to be used.

(88) “Open Space” means an area forming an integral part of the plot, left open to the sky.

(89) “Owner” means a person, group of persons, a company, trust, Institute, Registered body,
State or Central Government and its departments, undertakings and the like in whose name the
property stands registered in revenue records.

(90) “Parapet” means a low wall or railing built along the edge of a roof or a floor having a
minimum height of 1.0 m.
(91) “Parking Space” means an area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open, of sufficient size
to park vehicles, together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a street or any public
area and permitting ingress and egress of the vehicles.

(92)“Partition” means an interior non-load bearing wall, one storey or part of a storey in height.

(93) “Performance Security” means a security deposit to be deposited with the Authority by the
Builder/ Developer of an Apartment Building/ Group Housing/ Commercial Building/Real Estate
Development at the time of approval of Plans. However, no Performance Security is required for a
commercial building having a covered area of less than 300 sq.mtr.

(94)“Permit” means a permission or authorization in writing by the Authority to carry out the work
regulated by these Regulations.
(95)“Plantation” means plantation of plants and trees.
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(96)“Plinth” means the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground and
the surface floor, immediately above the ground.

(97)“Plinth Area” means the built up area measured at the floor level of ground floor.

(98)“Porch” means a covered surface supported on pillar or otherwise for the purpose of
pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building.

(99)“Public Utility service” means drainage, sewerage, electricity, water supply, solid waste
disposal, sanitation, fire services, roads and any other support or infrastructure and the like for
which a building has to depend on public bodies, authorities or agencies.

(100) “Ramp” means a passage with gradual slope joining two level surfaces.

(101) “Real Estate Development” means development undertaken for sale.

(102)“Registered Architect” means an Architect registered with the Council of Architecture, who
is not in arrears of subscription and who has not been the debarred by the Authority.

(103)“Registered Builder/ Developer” means a builder empanelled/ registered with the Authority.

(104)“Road” means any access viz. highway, street, lane, pathway, alley, or bridge, whether a
thoroughfare or not, over which the public have right of passage or access or have passed and
had access uninterruptedly for a specified period and includes all bunds, channels, ditches, storm
water
drains, culverts, side tracks, traffic islands, road side trees and hedges, retaining walls, fences
barriers and railings within the road line.

(105)“Road Width or Width of Road/Street” means the whole extent of space within the
boundaries of a road when applied to a new road/street as laid down in the city survey or
development plan or prescribed road lines by any act of law and measured at right angles to the
course or intended course of direction of such road.

(106)“Row Housing” means a row of contiguous houses with only front, rear and interior open
spaces.

(107)“Room Height” means the vertical distance measured from the finished floor level to the
finished ceiling.

(108)“Rule” means the Orissa (or other state)Development Authorities Rules, 1983.

(109)“Schedule” means a Schedule appended to these regulations.

(110)“Section” means section of the Act.

(111)“Semi-Detached Building” means building detached on three sidesN(front, rear and side)
with open spaces as specified under the Regulations.

(112)“Set back” means the distance between the plinth lines of the building and the boundary of
the plot.

(113)“Setback line” means a line usually parallel to the plot boundaries and laid down in each
case by the Authority beyond which nothing can be constructed towards the plot boundaries and
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shall not apply to slums taken up under an approved programme of the Government subject to the
specific sanction of the Government., and subject to the conditions that there will not be more than
25 plots in one cluster, and the area of each plot in the cluster shall not exceed 25 sq. m.

(114)“Settlement” means a human settlement, whether urban or rural in character. It includes

habited villages, towns, townships, cities and the areas notified under the control of the Authority.

(115)“Site” means a parcel or piece of land enclosed by definite boundaries.

(116)“Site with Double Frontage” means a site having frontage on two streets other than corner
plot.

(117)“Service Floor” means floor in hotel or commercial building above ground floor in case of
more than four storied buildings.

(118)“Service Lane” means a lane provided at rear or side of a plot for service purposes.

(119)“Service Road” means a road/ lane provided at the front, rear or side of a plot for service
purpose.

(120)“Side Depth” means horizontal distance between the front and rear side boundaries.

(121)“Smoke Stop Door” means a door for preventing or checking the spread of smoke from one
area to another.

(122)“Stilt floor” means a floor supported by pillars with all four sides open to be used for parking,
switch room, generator room, society room & information room with minimum height of 2.4 meter.

(123)“Storage Space” means a space where goods of non-hazardous nature are stored and
includes cold storage and banking safe vaults.

(124)“Store Room” means a room used as storage.

(125)“Spiral Staircase” means a staircase forming continuous winding curve round a central
point or axis provided in a open space having tread without risers.

(126)“Storey” means the space between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above it, or if there be no floor above it then the space between any floor and the ceiling next
above it, but shall not include a mezzanine floor.

(127)“Supervisor” means a person having Diploma in Architectural Assistantship/ Diploma in Civil

Engineering/ equivalent qualification.

(128)“Tenements” means room or rooms in the occupation of , or meant for the occupation of one
tenement.

(129)“To abut” means to abut on a road so that any portion of the building is on the road
boundary.

(130)“To erect” a building means:

A. to erect new building on any site whether previously built upon or not;

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B. to re-erect any building of which portions above the plinth level have been pulled down or
destroyed

(131)“Unsafe Building” means buildings which are structurally and constructionally unsafe, or in-
sanitary, or do not provide adequate means of egress, or which constitute fire hazard, or are
otherwise dangerous to human life or property, or which in relation to existing use constitute a
hazard to safety/health/public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation or
abandonment.

(132)“Unauthorized Construction” means the erection or re-erection, addition or alternation

which is not approved or sanctioned by the Authority.

(133)“Underground/Overhead Tank” means an underground/ overhead water tank, constructed

or placed to store water.

(134)“Verandah” means space with at least one side open to the outside with the exception of
one-meter parapet on the upper floors to be provided on the open side.

(135)“Ventilation” means the supply of outside air into a building through window or other
openings due to wind out side and convection effects arising from temperature, or vapour pressure
differences (or both) between inside and outside of the building.

(136)“Water Closet’/ W.C.” means a privy with arrangement for flushing the pan with water but
does not include a bath room.

(137)“Watercourse” means a natural channel or an artificial channel formed by draining or

diversion of a natural channel meant for carrying storm and wastewater.

(138)“Window” means an opening to the outside other than a door, which provides all or part of
the required light or ventilation, or both to an interior space.

ZONING DEFINITIONS /REGULATIONS AND BUILDING BYE –LAWS

(1) Any person who intends to erect, re-erect or make additions or alterations in any building or
demolish any building shall apply to the Authority in Form-I (Part-I). Based on this, the Authority
may prescribe separate formats for different categories of buildings and group housing:.

(2) Such application shall be accompanied by the following documents. Four copies of plans
either computer prints, plain paper copies or ammonia prints, duly signed by the persons who have
prepared them and the owner / applicant, showing.

i. Key plan: A key plan drawn to a scale of not less than 1:10,000 shall be submitted along with
the application for development/building permit showing the boundary and location of the site with
respect to neighborhood landmarks. The minimum dimension of the key plan shall be not less than
75 mm.

ii. Site plan: The site plan with the application for permit shall be drawn to a scale of not less than
1:200 for site up to 1000 sq. mtr., 1: 500 for a site up to 1 hectare and 1:1000 for site more than 1
hectare and shall show.

a. the boundaries of the site and of any contiguous land.

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b. the position of the site in relation to neighboring streets.

c. the name of the streets in which the building is proposed to be

situated, if any;

d. all existing buildings standing on, over or under the site

including service lines;

e. the position of the building and of all other buildings(if any) which the applicant intends to erect
upon his contiguous land referred to in (a) in relation to.

1) the boundaries of the site and in case where the site has been partitioned the boundaries of the
portion owned by the applicant and also of the portions owned by others.

2) all adjacent streets, buildings(with no. of storey and height) and premises within a distance of 15
m. of the site and of the contiguous land (if any) referred to in (a.); and

3) if there is no street within a distance of 15 m. of the site, the nearest existing street

f. the means of access from the street to the building, and to all other buildings (if any) which the
applicant intends to erect upon his contiguous land referred to in(a).

g. space to be left about the building to secure free circulation of air, admission of light and access
for scavenging purposes.

h. the width of the street (if any) in front and of the street (if any) at the side / rear or near the
buildings ;

i. the direction of north point relative to the plan of the building;

j. any physical features, such as well, drains, etc. and

k. such other particular as may be specified by the Authority.

iii. Subdivision/ layout plan: In case of development work, the notice shall be accompanied by
the sub division/layout plan which shall be drawn on a scale or not less than 1:500 containing the
following;

a. scale and north point;

b. the location of all proposed and existing roads with their existing /proposed/prescribed widths
within the land;

c. dimensions of the plot along with building lines showing the setbacks with dimensions within
each plot;

d. the location of drains, sewers, public facilities and services, and electrical lines etc.;

e. table indicating size, area and use of all the plots in the sub division/layout plan;

f. statement indicating the total area of the site, area utilized under roads, open spaces for parks,
playgrounds, recreation space and development plan reservations, schools, shopping and other
public spaces along with their percentage with reference to the total area of the site proposed to be

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subdivided; and g. in case of plots which are subdivided in built up areas in addition to the above,
the means of access to the subdivision from existing streets.

iv. Building Plan and details: The plans of the buildings and elevations and sections
accompanying the notice shall be drawn to a scale of 1:100. The plans and details shall;

a. include floor plans of all floors together with the covered area clearly indicating the size and
spacing of all framing members and sizes of rooms and the position of staircases, ramps and lift
wells;

b. show the use or occupancy of all parts of the buildings;

c. show exact location of essential services, for example, WC, sink, bath and the like;

d. Include at least one elevation from the front showing height of building and rooms and also the
height of parapet;

e. Include at least one section through the staircase;

f. Include the structural arrangements with appropriate sections showing type/arrangements of

footings, foundations, basement walls; structural load bearing walls, columns and beams, and
shear walls; and arrangement/spacing of framing members, floor slabs and roof slabs with the
material used for the same;

g. show all street elevations;

h. give dimension of the projected portions beyond the permissible building line;

i. include terrace plan indicating the drainage and slope of the roof; and

j. give indications of the north point relative to the plan.

k. statement and calculation sheets with regard to the plot area,floor wise details of spaces under
various categories like apartments or office spaces, lobby circulation, staircase, lift,
mezzanine , balconies and details of such area which are to be exempted from calculation of floor
area ratio, and.

v. Building Plan for Multi-storied/special buildings: For all multistoried buildings which are 15
m. or more in height and for special buildings like educational, assembly, institutional, industrial,
storage and hazardous and mixed occupancies with any of the aforesaid occupancies having
covered area more than 500 sq. m.

The following additional information shall be furnished/indicated in the building plan in addition to
the items given in (iv) as applicable:

a. Access to fire appliances/vehicles with details of vehicular turning circle and clear motorable
access way around the buildings;

b. Size(width) of main and alternative staircases along with balcony approach, corridor, ventilated
lobby approach;

c. Location and details of lift enclosures;

d. Location and size of fire lift;

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e. Smoke stop lobby/door, where provided ;

f. Refuse chutes, refuse chamber, service duct, etc;

g. Vehicular parking space;

h. Refuse area, if any;

i. Details of building services- Air-conditioning system with position of fire dampers, mechanical
ventilation system, electrical services, boilers, gas pipes, etc;

j. Detail of exits including provision of ramps, etc, for hospitals and special risk buildings/uses ;

k. Location of generator, transformer and switch gear room;

l. Smoke exhauster system, if any;

m. Details of fire alarm system network;

n. Location of centralized control, connecting all fire alarm systems built-in–fire protection
arrangements and public address system, etc;

o. Location and dimension of static water storage tank and pump room along with fire service inlets
for mobile pump and water storage tank;

p. Location and details of fixed fire protection installations, such as sprinklers, wet risers, hose-
reels, drenchers, etc; and

q. Location and details of first-aid fire fighting equipments/ installations.

r. longitudinal cross section of the building including size of footings, basement and super structure
framing members and details of building and room heights and of staircase

vi. Services plans: The services plan shall include all details of building and plumbing services,
and also plans, elevations and sections of private water supply, sewage disposal system and rain
water harvesting system.

vii. Land Scape Plan: The land scape plan shall include the area to be developed as lawn,
garden, plantation etc.

viii. Specifications: Specifications, both general and detailed, giving type and grade of materials
to be used duly signed by the registered architect, engineer, structural engineer shall accompany
the notice.

ZONING REGULATIONS AND LAND USES PERMITTED/PROHIBITED

IN DIFFERENT USE ZONES

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Sl.
No Use Zone Uses/Activities Uses/Activities Uses/Activities
Permitted Permitted on Prohibited
application to the
Competent Authority

1. Residential 1. Residential, residential 1. Places of worship 1. a Heavy,

Use Zone flat 2. Convenience large and
2. Hostel, Boarding and shopping extensive
lodging houses 3. Government and industry,
3. Night shelters, foreign Semi-Government noxious,
missions, dharamshala, offices obnoxious
guest houses 4. Colleges and and
4. Professional offices research institutions hazardous
not 5. Petrol Filling industries
exceeding one floor Stations 2.
5. Educational buildings 6. Places of Warehousing,
(nursery, primary, high – entertainment storage
school, college) 7. Cinema halls godowns of
6. Research institutes 8. Markets for retail perishables,
7. Social, cultural and goods, weekly hazardous,
neighborhood, markets, multi – inflammable
recreational institutions purpose or junior goods
with adequate parking technical shops 3. Turnkey
facilities 9. IT, IT enabled yards,
8. Marriage hall, services 4. Workshop
community hall 10. Tourism related for buses etc.
9. Convenience shopping services, transient Slaughter
centers, local(retail) visitor camps housing
shopping 11. Motor vehicle 5. Wholesale
10. Community centers, repairing workshop/ mandis
club, garages, storage of 6. Hospitals
auditoriums LPG gas cylinders treating
11. Exhibition and art 12. Burial – grounds, contiguous
galleries restaurants and diseases
12. Library, gymnasium hotels 7. Sewage
13. Medicals, clinics, 13. Printing press treatment
dispensaries, nursing 14. Godowns plant/disposal
home, health centers (20 /warehousing, work,
beds) 15. Bus depots without 8. Water
14. Public utilities and workshop treatment
public buildings plant, solid
15. Nursery and green waste
houses dumping
16. Household ground
occupation if 10. Zoological
the area for such use garden,
does botanical
not exceed one floor and garden, bird
there shall be no public sanctuary
display of the goods 11. International
17. Banks and other conference
financial institutions not center
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 exceeding one floor 12. Reformatory,
18. Bus stop, taxi stand district
19. Services for battalion
households offices,
(saloon, parlors, bakery, forensic
sweet shop, dry cleaning, science
internet kiosk, etc) not laboratory
part of a residential 13. All uses not
building specifically
20. Police post permitted
21. Park/ tot – lots,
technical
training center, yoga
center/health clinics

2 Commercial 1. Retail business, 1. Place of 1. Polluting

Use Zone mercantile entertainment and industries.
2. Business and recreational uses 2. Large scale
Professional Offices 2. Place of worship storage of
3. Government/ 3. Service garage hazardous
institutional provided they do not materials
offices, and semi directly abut the expecting in
Government offices main road area,
4. Shops 4. Printing presses specifically
5. Services employing not more earmarked for
6. Restaurants, hotels than 10 persons. the purpose
7. Hostels/Boarding 5. 20 bed hospitals not 3. Dwellings
houses, treating contagious except those
social and welfare diseases and mental of essential
institutions patients watch and
8. Convenience/ 6. Wholesale storage ward
neighborhood shopping yards. personnel
center, local shopping 7. Weigh bridge 4. Heavy,
centers, weekly/ formal 8. Polytechnics and extensive,
markets, bakeries and higher technical noxious,
confectionaries institutes obnoxious,
9. Cinema hall/theater, 9. Sports/ stadium and hazardous
banquet halls, 10. Public utility and extractive
auditoriums installation industrial
10. Guest houses 11. Transient visitor’s units
11. Marriage hall, night homes 5. Hospitals/
shelter 12. research
13. Residential Incidental/ancillary laboratories
plot/group residential use treating
housing contiguous
14. College diseases
15. Religious places 6. Poultry
16. Commercial centers farms/dairy
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 17. Research/training farms,
institute slaughter
18. Public utilities houses,
19. Parking lots 7. Sewages
20. Meat, fish, Vegetable treatment/disp
& osal sites
Fruit markets 8. Agricultural
21. Banks and financial uses, storage
services of perishable
22. Bus stop, taxi stand/ and
3- inflammable
wheeler stands commodities
23. Filling and service 9. Quarrying of
stations gravel, sand,
24. IT and IT enabled clay and stone
services 10. Zoological
25. Telephone exchange garden and
botanical
gardens, bird
sanctuary
11. International
convention
center
12. Courts,
sports
training
center,
reformatory
13. District
battalion
offices
14. Forensic
science
laboratory
and all other
activities
which may
cause
nuisance
noxious and
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obnoxious in
nature
15. All uses not
specifically
permitted in
the column
(a) and (b)

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3 Public 1. Local, State and
Semi-Public Central 1. Residential flats, 1. Heavy,
Use Zone. Govt. Offices residential plots for extensive and
2. Semi-government group housing and other
3. Public undertaking staff housing obnoxious,
offices 2. It services hazardous
4. Universities and 3. Hostels, transit industries,
specialized educational accommodation 2.
institutions, schools 4. Entertainment and Slaughterhous
5. Educational and recreational es, junkyard,
Medical complexes wholesale
Institutions, Research 5. Nursery and mandies
institutions, college kindergarten, 3. Dairy and
6. Hotels/ guest houses welfare center poultry farms,
7. Commercial uses 6. Open air theater, farmhouses
center, playground 4. Workshops
other uses/activities 7. Residential club, for servicing
8. Shopping complex guest house and repairs,
9. Social and cultural 8. Truck terminals, processing
institutions/ welfare helipads and sale of
centers farm products
10. Libraries and
11. Community hall 5. Uses not
12. Conference halls, specifically
auditoriums permitted
13. Marriage hall, herein
dharamashala 6. All uses not
14. Hospitals/nursing specifically
home/health center/clinic/ permitted in
dispensary column (a)
15. Hostels and (b)
16. Public utility buildings
17. Uses incidental to
Govt.
Offices
18. Local Municipal
offices
19. Monuments and
religious
20. Museums/art
galleries/libraries
exhibition halls
21. Institutions
22. IT,ITES, Financial
services
23. Multi level car parking
24. Convention center
25. Banking and financial
services
26. Police stations, police
lines, jails, fire stations,
post offices
27. Uses for defense
purpose,
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 defense quarters,
educational and police
headquarters

REGULATIONS AND BUILDING BYE –LAWS

Restriction on permission

(1) Without prejudice to any other stipulation in these regulations, no permission to construct a
building on a site shall be granted:

A. in areas of natural waterways or drains, as detailed in the Development Plan, and drainage plan
as modified from time to time;

B. if the orientation of such building is not in harmony with the surroundings, as may be decided by
the Art Commission;

C. if the use to which the site is proposed to be put does not conform to the use earmarked in the
Development Plan;

D. if the building is to be constructed over or under a municipal drain, sewerage line, electrical line,
water main, any other government or public land, or public utility services;

E. if the foundation of the external wall along a street is located at a distance less than 0.5 meters
from the edge of the street or road margin including the drain;

F. as Bhubaneswar is located in Seismic Zone III, if all Structural Plans are not prepared taking
this into account.

Distance from Electric lines

As provided in clause-6.4 of National Building Code-2005 no verandah, balcony or the like shall be
allowed to be erected or re-erected or any additions or alterations made to a building within the
distances quoted below in accordance with the Indian Electricity Rules between the building and
any overhead electric supply line.

MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM THE ELECTRIC LINE

Vertical distance in Horizontal distance in

meters meters
Low and medium voltage 2.5 1.2
lines and service lines
High voltage lines up to and 3.7 1.2
including 11,000 Volt
High voltage lines above 3.7 2.0
11,000 volt and up to and
including 33,000 Volt
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Extra high voltage line 3.7 2.0
beyond 33,000 Volt (Plus 0.3 meters for (Plus 0.3 meters for
every additional every additional 33,000
33,000 volts or part volts or part thereof)
thereof

Plantation

In every building area, at least 10% of the land shall be covered by plantation, but in case of multi-
storied buildings/ Group Housing / Apartment building/ Industrial/ Assembly/ Educational/
Institutional buildings, at least 20% of the land shall be covered by plantation.

Means of access

(1) Every building/ plot shall abut on a public/ private means of access like streets /roads of duly
formed of width as specified in clause 4, Part-3 of NBC-2005.

(2) In no case, development of plots shall be permitted unless it is accessible by a public/private

street of width not less than 6 meters.

(3) In case of institutional, administrative, assembly, industrial and other non residential and non-
commercial activities, the minimum road width shall be 12 meter.

(4) In case of a private road, which gives access to one or more buildings, the owner of the said
private road shall develop the road and storm water drain as required by the Local Authority, and
transfer the same by way of gift to the Local Authority or handed over to the Registered Residents’
Welfare Association for maintenance

Minimum size of plots

The minimum size of plots for different categories of building is given below:

Category Min. road Min. size of plot in

width(m) Sq. m.
Kalyan Mandaps 18 1000
Cinema, game centers, 18 2000
Multiplex,
convention centers
Social clubs and amenities 12 1000
Multi storey car parking 12 1000
Office buildings 12 300
Primary/Upper Primary school 12 2000
High School , Residential 12 6000
school
+2 College / Junior college 12 4000
Degree College 18 6000

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Technical educational 18 10000
institution
Petrol pumps / Filling stations 18 500
Restaurant 12 500
LPG storages 12 500
Places of congregation 12 500
Public libraries 12 300
Conference hall 15 1000
Community hall 12 500
Nursing homes/polyclinics 12 300
Hotel 18 2000
R & D Lab 15 1500

Minimum setbacks & Height for non-high rise buildings

PLOT SIZE WISE PERMISSIBLE SET BACKS AND HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS

Minimum
setbacks other
Plot Maximum Front setback (in Mts) Abutting road width Plot sides(in Mts)
sides(in height of
Mts) building Less 9 Mts 12 Mts 18 Mts Above Rear Other
size permissible than 9 and and and less 30 side side
(in Sq. (in Mts Mts below less than Mts.
Mts) 12 Mts than 30 Mts
18
Mts
1 2 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 4 5

Less 7 1.0 --
than 100

100 & 10 1.5 1.5

1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.5
upto 200

Above 10 2.0 1.5

200 &
upto 300

Above 12 2.5 1.5

300 &
upto 400 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.5

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Above 12 3 2
400 &
upto 500

Above 15
500 & 3 3
upto 750 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5

Above 15 4 4
750

The set backs/open spaces for other occupancies shall be as below;

A. Educational buildings – In case of nursery schools, the open spaces around the building shall
not be less than 3 meter and for all othereducational buildings the open spaces around the building
shall not be less than 6 meter.

B. Institutional buildings - the open spaces around the building shall not be less than 6 m.

C. Assembly buildings - the open space in front shall be not less than 12 m and the other open
spaces around the building shall not be less than 6 m.

D. Commercial & Storage buildings – In case of plots with more than 500 sq.mtr. area, the open
spaces around the building shall not be less than 4.5m.

E. Industrial buildings - the open spaces around the building shall not be less than 4.5 m for
heights up to 15 meter, with an increase of 0.25 meter for every increase of 1 meter or fraction
thereof in height.

F. Hazardous occupancies - the open spaces around the building shall not be less than 6 m.

G. IT,ITES and other Corporate Buildings:- In case of plots up to 750 sqm the minimum set backs
around the building shall not be less than 3 mtr. In case of plots above 750 sq.mtr the minimum set
backs around the building shall not be less than 4.5 mtr

Minimum setbacks for high rise buildings

PROVISION OF EXTERIOR OPEN SPACES AROUND THE BUILDINGS

Sl. Height of the Building Exterior open spaces to be left out on

No. Upto (m.) all sides in m. (front rear and sides
in each plot)
1 15 5
2 18 6
3 21 7
4 24 8
5 27 9
6 30 10
7 35 11
8 40 12

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9 45 13
10 50 14
11 55 and above 16

Floor Area Ratio

1.The Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R) for residential, commercial, corporate, IT/ITES buildings shall be
decided on the basis of the road width on which the plot/site abuts.

Road width in FAR for FAR for /IT

m. Commercial /ITES/Corporate
/Residential buildings
building.
Up to 6 1.00 ----
6 or more & less 1.50 ----
than 9
9 or more & less 1.75 ----
than 12
12 or more & less 2.00 2.00
than15
15 or more & less 2.25 2.25
than18
18 or more & less 2.50 2.50
than30
30 & above 2.75 2.75

(2) In case of group housing the maximum permissible FAR shall be 2.00. However additional FAR
up to 0.25 shall be allowed for dwelling units meant exclusively for LIG/EWS.

(3) In case of Institutional and Assembly building the maximum permissible FAR shall be 1.50 for
plots up to 1000 sq. m. and 1.75 for plots above 1000 sq. m.

(4) In case of transport related activities such as; railway yards, railway station, bus stands, bus
shelters, transport depot, air port, special ware housing, cargo terminals etc. the maximum
permissible FAR shall be 1.00.

(5) In case of Industrial building the maximum FAR shall be 1.00.

(6) In case a part of the plot is acquired / donated for public purpose like road, drain, etc., the
Authority may allow additional FAR up to 0.25 in the form of TDR (Transferable Development
Right) as per the modality
approved by the Authority.

(7) The Authority may allow premium FAR up to 0.25 on IT/ITES buildings on payment of fees to
be decided by the Authority from time to time, on roads of width 30 mt. and above. The Authority
may refund the fee proportionate to 0.10 premium FAR in case of platinum/ gold certified green
buildings

(8) The benefit of unutilized FAR in respect of Apartment Buildings/ Group Housing shall be made
available to the society and not to the Builder/ Developer.

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(9) Exclusive multistorey parking blocks can be provided within the required setback area without
reducing the driveway for the fire tender to the extent of minimum 6 meters.This will not be
included in the calculation
of coverage and FAR.

(10) FAR shall not include

A. Basements or cellars and space under a building constructed on stilts and used as a parking
space, and air conditioning plant room used as accessory to the principal use;

B. Electric cabin or substation, watchman booth of maximum size of 3 sq.m. with minimum width or
diameter of 1.732 m., pump house, garbage shaft, space required for location of fire hydrants,
electric fittings and water tank, society room of maximum 12 sq.mtr.

C. Projections and accessories buildings as specifically exempted from the open space/setback
requirement.

D. Staircase room and lift rooms above the topmost storey, architectural features, and chimneys
and elevated tanks of dimensions as permissible under the NBC; the area of the lift shaft shall be
taken only on one floor.

Off Street Parking Space

In all buildings including Apartment buildings/ Group Housing, Hotels, Restaurants and Lodges,
business buildings, commercial buildings, Institutional buildings like hospitals, Educational
buildings like schools and colleges, multi-storied buildings/complexes etc. and all other
nonresidential activities provision shall be made for parking spaces as per the following
requirements.

OFF STREET PARKING SPACE FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORY OF

OCCUPANCIES

Sl. Category of building/ activity Parking area to be provided

No. as percentage of total built
up area
(1) (2) (3)
1 Shopping malls, Shopping malls with
Multiplexes/ Cineplexes, Cinemas, 60
Retail shopping centre, IT / ITES
complexes and hotels
2 Restaurants, Lodges, Other
commercial 40
buildings, Assembly buildings, Offices
and High-rise buildings/ complexes
3 Residential apartment buildings,
Group 30
Housing, Clinics, Nursing Homes,
Hospitals, Institutional and Industrial
buildings.
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(2) The parking spaces may be provided in (for all schemes)

A. Basements or cellars

B. on stilt floor

C. open parking area

D. exclusive multi level parking or

E. Roof top parking in case of commercial/IT/ITES and Corporate building

F. a combination of any or all of the above

(3) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided with adequate vehicular access to a street and the
area of drives, aisles and such other provisions required for adequate maneuvering of vehicles .

(4) If the total off-street parking space required under these regulations is provided by a group of
property owners at a place for their mutual benefit, such parking spaces may be construed as
meeting the off-street parking requirement, however, subject to the approval of the Authority. The
Authority may also decide to develop such parking spaces and charge property owners to bear
proportionate cost.

(6) Garage with locking facilities shall be included in the calculation of floor space for determining
the requirement of parking space, unless this isprovided in the basement of a building or under a
building constructed on stilts with no external walls.

(7) The parking spaces to be provided shall be in addition to the open spaces (setback) required
around a building under these regulations. However, parking may be provided in the front open
space and other side open spaces without reducing the clear vehicular access way to less than
6.0 meters.

(8) Misuse of the area specified for parking of vehicles for any other use shall be summarily
removed / demolished by the Authority.
(9) For parking spaces in basements and upper storey of parking floors, at lease two ramps of
minimum 3.6 m width or one ramp of minimum 5.4 m width and in maximum 1:10 slope shall be
provided. Such ramps may be permitted in the side and rear setbacks after leaving 6 meter space
for movement of fire-fighting vehicles. Access to these may also be accomplished through
provisions of mechanical lifts.

(10) Up to 10% of cellar may be utilized for utilities and non-habitation purpose like A/C plant room,
Generator room, Electrical installations, laundry etc.

(11) At least 20% of the parking in group housing, apartment buildings shall be earmarked for
visitors. The Visitors parking facility shall be open to all visitors.

(12) Every building except a residential building having less than four dwelling units will have
parking space earmarked for ambulance, fire tender and physically challenged persons.

13) In respect of Apartment Complexes/Building/Block, in sites up to 750 sq m the parking

requirement shall be deemed to be met if the entire stilt floor is left for parking. A WC/Toilet facility
shall be provided for watch and ward in the stilt floor.

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(14) Apart from use of Basement for Services/Parking/ Storage, it may be used for other activities
like library, Study Room, Games Room and Laundry only in case of Residential and Institutional
Buildings.

Provision of Lift

(1) Lift shall be provided for buildings above 10 m. height in case of apartments, group housing,
commercial, institutional and office buildings.

(2) Lift shall be provided at the rate of one lift for twenty dwelling units, or part thereof for
residential buildings and at the rate of one lift per one thousand Sq.m. or part thereof of built-up
area per floor for non-residential buildings. Built-up area on ground floor and two upper floors shall
be excluded in computing the above requirement.

(3) Not withstanding anything contained in these regulations in case of building with 21 m. or more
in height, at least two lifts shall be provided.

Staircase Requirements:

There shall be minimum of two staircases and one of them shall be enclosed stairway and the
other shall be on the external walls of building and shall open directly to the exterior, interior open
space or to any open place of safety. Single staircase may be accepted for educational, business
or apartment buildings where floor area does not exceed 300 sq m. and height of the building does
not exceed 24 m. And other requirements of occupant load ,travel distance and width of staircase
shall meet the requirement. The single staircase in such case shall be on the outer wall of the
building.

Barrier free access for the physically challenged person

Barrier free environment is one, which enables people with disabilities to move about safely and
freely and to use all facilities within the built environment. The goal of barrier free design is to
provide an environment
that supports the independent functioning of individuals so that they can get into and participate in
all activities without assistance. The main purpose is to integrate disabled and elderly persons fully
into the society. In view of the above, the Government of India has enacted the Disabilities Act,
1955. Section 44, 45 and 46 of the said Act stipulates that the appropriate Governments, local
authorities to ensure provisions of
barrier free facilities in all new Government buildings and public utilities roads and transport. Also,
in 1996 Government of India enacted another persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity,
Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act for the Barrier Free Environment for differently
abled persons.

Rainwater harvesting system

(1) Provision of rain water harvesting is mandatory for all plots, which are more than 300 Sq.m. in
area. The dimension of recharging pits/trenches shall be at least 6 cubic meters for every 100 Sq.
m. of roof area. Percolation Pits shall be filled with small pebbles or brick jelly or river sand and
covered with perforated concrete slabs. Apart from this, the following requirements are optional
and may be provided depending on site conditions.

A. Terrace Water Collection: The terrace shall be connected to a sump or the well through a
filtering tank by PVC pipe. A valve system shall be incorporated to enable the first part of the
rainwater collected to be
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discharged out or to the soil if it is dirty. A filtering tank measuring 0.36 Sq. m. can be constructed
near the sump. The tank can be divided by a perforated slab and one part should be filled by small
pebbles and other by brick jelly. The bottom portion of the tank should have a slope to avoid
stagnation of water.
B. Open Ground: Where there is open ground, a portion of topsoil shall be removed and replaced
with river sand to allow slow percolation of rain water. Any other method proved to be effective in
conservation and harvesting of rainwater may be adopted in each and every construction taken up.

Interior open space

(1) At least one side of all the rooms intended for human habitation, if such room does not abut on
the front or the rear or the side setbacks, shall abut on an interior open space whose minimum
dimension shall be 3 meters X 3 meters in cases of buildings up to a height of 12 meters. In cases
where the height of the building is more than 12 meters, the width of the interior open space shall
be increased at the rate of one meter for every additional 3 (three) meters height. This provision
shall be applicable to all categories of buildings, namely, residential, group housing, commercial,
institutional, administrative, assembly.

(2) For ventilating the spaces for water closets and bathrooms ventilation shafts shall be provided
with size as provided under clause - 8.2.5, part-3 of NBC, 2005

Parks and open spaces

Parks and open spaces shall not be less than 10% of the total land area. This shall be relinquished
to the Authority and if required, the Authority may handover area over for maintenance to the
residents’ welfare association or owner or developer. If the site is not utilized for which it is leased
out within a prescribed period, it will be resumed back to the Authority.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. NATIONAL BUILDING CODE 2005 EDITION
2. BHUBANESWAR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 2008 EDITION.
3. WORLD WIDE WEB(GOOGLE)

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