ANNEXURE - I

ABRIDGED VERSION OF :

G.O.Ms.No. 528, Municipal Administration, Dated: 25^th September, 1998

1.      Orders have been issued prescribing various standards for sanctioning of layouts from time to time in areas covered by Municipal Corporation, Municipalities, and Urban Development Authority Areas.  In these orders it has been prescribed to provide a minimum of 30’ road width for connecting roads in a layout with a length not exceeding 100 mtrs.

2.      Further, in the Government Orders 6^th and 7^th read above orders have been issued on rationalization of F.A.R. and other standards of building requirement wherein minimum road width of 12 Mtrs. is prescribed for various uses like Group Housing, Commercial, Industrial etc.

3.      Government observes that due to rapid urbanization and increase in movement of vehicular traffic it is necessary to insist for a minimum road width of 40’ for approval of layouts.

4.      After careful examination of the matter Government issue the following orders:

i)                    The minimum road width in layout shall be 12 Mtrs. (40’).

ii)                  The road widths of above 12.0 Mtrs. (40’.00”) shall be according to the length of the road as prescribed in the orders 1^st read above.

5.      The above stipulations are however not applicable to E.W.S and Weaker Section Housing Layout.

6.      The road width stipulations prescribed in para 4 above are subject to over all confirmity with statutory Development Plan/Master Plan/Zonal Development Plan.

7.      The other existing provisions of Zoning Regulations /Layout Rules/ Regularisations/ Bye-laws etc., which are not inconsistent with these orders shall continue to be followed.