Municipal Corportions; Municipalities and other areas falling in Urban Development Authority areas – Rationalisation of floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) and other Standards of Building Requirements – Orders – Issued.
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Government after careful examination of the matter in detail issue the following orders:
1. PROCEDURE FOR OBGTAINING BUILDING PERMIT:
1.1. No person shall carry out any development or building construction activigty without obtaining permit from the Authority, except in the following cases and unless exempted by State or Central Acts/Rules/Orders:-
(a) No prior sanction of building applications are necessary for the construction of individual residential buildings in plots upto 100 Sq.mtrs. and height restricted to 10 Mtrs. I.e. Ground + 2 Upper Floors (without stilts) subject to the following conditions:
i) such plot should be less than or equal to 100 Sq.mtrs. as per the following:
- Part of an approved layout or sub-division.
- Allotted by or purchased from a public agency like Housing Board,
Housing Corporation etc.
- Covered byb pattas issued by Revenue Department.
- T.S. Record or Registered Sale Deed of Date prior to the date of these
Orders.
ii) the construction shall be carried out, strictly in accordance with the Master
Plan/Z.D.P., Zoning Regulations, Building Bye-laws/Rules etc.
iii) the owner shall file with the local authority, copies of drawings of proposed
building along with necessary fee/charges as fixed by the local authorities
together with attested copies of ownership documents and layout plan before
undertaking the construction.
iv) the owner shall file with the local authority an undertaking starting that he shall
leave and surrender land for road widening, if any, free of cost and he will not
violate any rules, building bye-laws, and that in case of violations the local autho-
rity would be at liberty to summarily remove such deviations without prior notice
and at owners cost.
v) such application filed with the local authority shall be valid for a period of 3 years
for completion of building and it would be mandatory to file building completion
certificate with the concerned local authorities.
(b) In respect of construction of individual Residential buildings in plots upto 300 Sq.mtrs. and height upto 10 mtrs. I.e., Ground + two Upper floors (without stilts) no prior approval from the local authority/Urban Development Authority is necessary, provided: that such type of individual residential buildings are got approved from empanelled licensed personnel i.e., qualified Architects, Engineers, Town Planners and Surveyors; and it shall be ensured by the licensed technical personnel that the construction is undertaken and carried out as per the approved building plans. Such plots should from part of an layout or sub-division approved by the competent Authority. Further,
i) The licenced technical personnel shall be completely and solely responsible for ensuring that such residential buildings conforms to all regulations, bye-laws, other stipulations in force.
ii) The construction shall be commenced by the owner only after filing with the local authority a copy of the building drawings approved by the licensed technical personnel along with prescribed fee/charges as fixed by the local authority together with attested ownership documents, copy of layout/sub-division etc., in the prescribed format.
iii) The owners shall file an undertaking stating that he shall leave & surrender the land affected in road widening if any, fee of cost and that, he shall not violate any Regulations, bye-laws or the approved drawings signed by the licensed technical personnel and in case of any violations, the local authority would be at liberty to summarily remove the same without prior notice at the owners cost.
iv) Such building drawings approved by the licenced technical personnel shall be valid for three years from the date of filing a copy of approved building drawing with the local authority, Building completion Certificate shall be filed by the owner with the local authority through the licenced technical personnel within this period.
v) If it comes to the notice of the local authority that the approval of building drawings are in violation of rules or if the facts have been mis-represented in the following cases, the licensed technical personnel will be held solely responsible and his license will e liable for cancellation, disqualification, etc.
a) If the building proposal is approved in a plot forming part of unauthorised
Layout, or sub-division.
b) If the building proposal is approved in violation of Zoning Regulations, Bye-laws, Master Plan/Zonal Development Plan etc.
c) If the building proposal is approved in a plot of 300 Sq. mtrs. Or less but the same is actually having an extent more than 300 sq. mtrs. on ground.
d) Where the dimensions of the plot are not tallying with documentary plan, ground situation to that of sanction plan by licensed technical personnel.
e) if the site details are wrongly represented in the drawings.
vi) If it come to the notice of the local authority that the owner after obtaining sanction of building by the licenced technical person takes up the construction in violation of Rules, Regulations etc., and against sanctioned plan, action will be taken against such construction as per rules including demolition by the local authority.
vii) The local authority shall also monitor the construction of above buildings and take necessary action against unauthorised constructions/deviations as per rules.
1.2 However, any person can also apply to the concerned local authority for sanction in respect of buildings in plots upto and including 300 Sq.mtrs.
1.3 For all other types of residential and non-residential buildings prior written permission of the local authority/Urban Development Authority is necessary.
