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Bylaws of Sindh Building Control Authority: Group Members

The document outlines various bylaws for commercial and residential buildings in Sindh, Pakistan as established by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA). The bylaws cover requirements for corner plots, boundary walls, openings on property lines, car porches, staircases, loft areas, space between blocks, landscaping, recreation areas, building heights, and general conditions. The SBCA regulates building approvals and plans to ensure compliance with existing building and planning regulations.

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Bylaws of Sindh Building Control Authority: Group Members

The document outlines various bylaws for commercial and residential buildings in Sindh, Pakistan as established by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA). The bylaws cover requirements for corner plots, boundary walls, openings on property lines, car porches, staircases, loft areas, space between blocks, landscaping, recreation areas, building heights, and general conditions. The SBCA regulates building approvals and plans to ensure compliance with existing building and planning regulations.

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BYLAWS OF

GROUP MEMBERS
SINDH UZAIR (D-18-AR-22)

BUILDING MAROOF MUMTAZ(D-18-AR-24)


KASHIF ALI(D-18-AR-25)
CONTROL USAMA TAYYAB(D-18-AR-26)
YAWAR SHAH(D-18-AR-40)
AUTHORITY
Sindh SBCA is a regulatory and supervisory body
whose Prime Function is to ensure that the
Building approval of Building Plans and NOCs etc. are in
confirmation with the existing Building & Town
Control Planning Regulations. Further, it promotes the
implementation of the Karachi Master Plan or
Authority a concept plan or other development plan
BYLAWS For commercial
and residential
• Chamfering for Corner Plots.
• The corners of all plots abutting on two intersecting roads for
auto vehicles shall be champhered as follows:-
a) From 30ft.(9.0m) to 59ft.(17.9m) width of the road, the distance
should be 6ft.(1.83m);
b) From 60ft.(18m) to 109ft.(33.22m) width of the road, the
distance should be 9ft.(2.74m);
c) From 110ft.(33.53m) and above width of the road, the distance
should be 15ft.(4.56m);
d) In case building abut on service road the champhered will be
governed on the width of the service road.
• Boundary walls or any other structures in the front of the plot
shall be totally within the plot.
• For those sides of buildings which abut property line, no
openings, projections or attachments of any nature whatsoever
shall be permitted, except for those buildings where property
lines abut on to a public street or a permanently open space.
• Area of the car porch in house shall not be included in
FAR,upto a maximum of 380Sq.ft.(35sq.m). If car porch is
constructed in the front or side COS, maximum clear
overall height shall not exceed 8ft.(2.43m) from the floor
level of the plot, and a maximum depth of 20ft.(6m) shall
be allowed along the property line. No construction or
occupancy shall be allowed over it within COS. However,
any construction above car porch outside the COS shall be
included in the FAR.
• Staircase tower over the stair shaft shall be allowed with
maximum clear height of 10ft.(3m). This area shall not be
included in FAR.
• The loft area upto a maximum height of 5ft.(1.52m) on
bathroom and kitchen shall not be included in FAR.
• Space between blocks in Residential Plots.
• In case where a number of Blocks are designed within
the plot boundary, open space between two blocks on
front and rear sides of the blocks shall be 50% of the
height of the block minimum 30ft.(9m) and a minimum
open space between the blocks on other two sides of
the blocks shall be 20% and minimum 15ft.(4.56m) of
the height of the block
• Landscaped and recreation spaces
• In all residential and residential-cum-commercial projects for public sale, a
minimum of 20% of the mandatory open spaces shall be properly landscaped.
This landscaped space shall be left open to sky and shall not be used for parking
of vehicles.
• For all public sale/public use/industrial and commercial plots exceeding
600Sq.yds.(502Sq.m) a minimum of 8% of the permissible floor area ratio shall be
provided for recreation facilities/children play area/prayer area. This area shall
not be included in the total floor area up to a maximum of 8% of total floor area.
• In all commercial, public sale, public use and industrial buildings the following areas
shall be excluded from FAR:
• a) Car parking including ramps and driveways.
• b) Building services areas, such as sub-station, plant rooms, lift shafts, lift
machine rooms, electrical and mechanical ducts and electric power generator
space.
• c) Arcades, if provided.
• Height related setbacks of buildings
• For all buildings except houses the height
of buildings will be such that it would not
intersect an imaginary line from the
opposite side of the main road serving the
building at an angle of 65o with the
horizontal. (Not applicable on chimney
shaft of industrial buildings, flag masts and
communication equipment
• Height Restriction of the Building
• The restricted flying gap and safety
zone as prescribed by the Civil Aviation
Authority and PAF shall be taken into
consideration while determining the
height of the building.
• The height of the building shall not be
above the podium level of 91ft.
(27.72m) MSL within 3/4 mile(1.2 K.m)
radius of Quaid-e-Azam’s Mausoleum.
• General Conditions as defined
• Height of all houses/bungalows
measured from Plinth level, but
excluding parapet, overhead tank,
lift machine room if required,
staircase tower, and barsati, shall not
exceed 35ft.(10.66m) or three
stories whichever is less (except for
category H – plots of 4000 sq.yds
and above where height of 72 ft or 6
stories whichever is less will prevail).
• Plots abutting a public street on the
rear shall be exempted from the
provision of rear COS up to Plot size
of 59Sq.yds. (49.57Sq.m). For plots
greater than 59Sq.yds.(49.57Sq.m),
the rear COS shall be 50%.

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