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Building ByLaws by The WB Municipality As Per 2007

The document outlines building bylaws established by the Wb Municipality in 2007 regarding floor area ratios, building heights, internal open spaces, joint open spaces between buildings, car parking space requirements, and open space requirements for buildings in hill areas. Key points include maximum permissible FAR and building heights based on plot size, minimum interior open space dimensions of 30% of building height or 3 meters, joint open space requirements between buildings based on their heights, and parking space requirements specified for different building categories.

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Building ByLaws by The WB Municipality As Per 2007

The document outlines building bylaws established by the Wb Municipality in 2007 regarding floor area ratios, building heights, internal open spaces, joint open spaces between buildings, car parking space requirements, and open space requirements for buildings in hill areas. Key points include maximum permissible FAR and building heights based on plot size, minimum interior open space dimensions of 30% of building height or 3 meters, joint open space requirements between buildings based on their heights, and parking space requirements specified for different building categories.

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Building ByLaws by the Wb Municipality as per 2007:

1. F.A.R:
Maximum Permissible Floor Area Ratios;

While calculating the floor area, the following shall not be included:—
(i) stair cover not exceeding 2.4 meters in height and staircase with landing upto
the extent of the width of the stairway in each floor including ramp if there be any,
(ii) lift machine room as per the latest edition of the National Building Code. Lift
Landing lobby with a maximum area of 6 sqm in all floors including roof, if any;
(iii) roof tanks and their support, the height of support not exceeding 1 metre;
(iv) chimneys, ventilating, air-conditioning and service equipment attached to the
building: Provided that the aggregate area of these structures mentioned at (i) to
(iv) above shall not exceed one-third area of the roof upon which these are
erected;
(v) areas of loft, ledge or tand and areas of cupboards or wardrobes upto a
maximum extent of 3% of total floor area but shall include the area of mezzanine
floor;
(vi) the areas for garden covered with permeable material, pergola, expanded or
similar other materials at the roof level, up to 5% of the total roof area or 10 sqm
whichever is more, subject to adoption of adequate structural safety measures;
2. Permissible Building Heights
Height of a building shall be the vertical distance measured from the average
level of the centre line of the adjoining street or passage on which the plot abuts
to the highest point of the building, whether with flat roof or sloped roof.
(2) (a) The following appurtenant structure shall not be included in the height of
the building:—
(i) stair cover not exceeding 2.40 meters in height;
(ii) lift machine rooms as per the latest edition of the National Building Code;
(iii) roof tanks and their supports, the height of support not exceeding 1.00 metre;
(iv) chimneys;
(v) parapet walls not exceeding 1.50 meters in height;
(vi) ventilating, air conditioning and other service equipments;
(vii) height above mid-point between eaves level and ridge level;
(viii) toilet at roof level upto a height of 3.0 mtrs. subject to maximum floor area of
3.00 sq.m.;
(ix) garden cover with permeable material not exceeding 3.00 mtrs. in height;
(x) equipment for communication such as Microwave Antenna, Towers, Dish
Antenna as well as room for installing the said equipment or their support
equipment subject to a maximum area of 20 sq.m. and further subject to
permission of the same from Municipal Authority.
(a) shall not exceed one-third of the area of the roof upon which these are
erected;
(b) The aggregate area of the structures mentioned in clause
(3) The maximum permissible height of buildings on a plot shall be as given in
the table below:—

Note : (I) There will be no restriction in height of buildings for plots abutting
means of access above 10 mtrs in width subject to free gifting of strip of land as
per prescribed street alignment. However, this increase in height as mentioned
above shall be permissible provided the minimum area of the plot is 2500 sqm.
and minimum frontage of the plot abutting the main road is 30.0 Meters.

3. Internal Open Spaces:


The interior open space shall be as follows:—
(a) For inner courtyard—
(i) in case the whole of one side or part of at least two sides of every habitable
room is not abutting either the front open space, rear open space or side open
spaces, it shall abut an interior open space. Interior open space at ground level
shall be called courtyard.
(ii) Any room which is separated only by a verandah from the interior open space
shall be deemed to abut on such interior open space for the purpose of this rule.
(iii) The minimum dimension of any side of every interior open space
(a) at ground level all sides of which are enclosed by a building or part
thereof shall be 30% of the height of the building or 3.0 meters, whichever
is more
(b) at any other level, all sides of which are enclosed by a building or part
thereof shall be 30% of the height of the building or 3.0 meters, whichever
is more, measured from the said level where interior open space is formed.
(iv) For the purpose of this rule, if any interior open space or courtyard enclosed
on three sides by a building or part thereof is meant to serve lighting and
ventilation purpose to a part or whole of one side of one or more habitable
rooms, the minimum width of such open space shall be 2.4 meters for buildings
upto 14.5 meters in height, 3.5 meters for buildings above 14.5 meters upto 24.0
meters height, 5.0 meters for buildings above 24.0 meters upto 36.0 meters
height, and 7.0 meters for all buildings above 36.0 meters height.
(b) Ventilation Shafts for Kitchen or Toilet— For ventilation of bathroom or water
closet or if it does not open into the front open space, rear open space or
side-open space or an interior open space, it shall open into a ventilation shaft
which shall not be less than the specification in Table 1 and Table 2 below:—
Provided that for any building with a height exceeding 20 meters, a mechanical
ventilation system shall be installed in addition to the provisions of minimum
ventilation shaft: Provided further that no chajja shall be allowed in any ventilation
shaft: Provided also that no ventilation shaft may be required for fully
air-conditioned building, or mechanically ventilated toilet, kitchen, bath and W.C.

4. Joint Open Space


Subject to the provisions contained in this rule, the joint open space shall be
provided in between two buildings, if the height of one of such building exceeds
the height of 14.50 M whether belongs to the same owner or not, as follows :—
(I) 7.00 M - if height of both the buildings exceeds 14.50 M,
(II) If one of the buildings exceeds 14.50 M in height—
(a) 4.50 M - if height of the other building is above 11.0 M but does not exceed
14.5 M,
(b) 3.50 M - if height of the other building is above 8.0 M but does not exceed
11.0 M,
(c) 3.00 M - if the height of the other building does not exceed 8.0 M.
Note.—If any of the buildings has basement, the minimum Joint Open Space
against the basement line shall be kept as 7.0 m. The rule of Joint Open Space
shall not be applicable in case the adjoining structure is not exceeding 5.0 M in
height. The Joint Open Space between two buildings may vary at places
considering the variation of height of any of the buildings or both the buildings.

5. Car Parking Spaces:


Parking Space requirements for motor cars:
(1) The parking space requirements for motor cars in respect of different
categories of buildings are given in the Table below:—

6. Open spaces:
Open spaces for building in areas other than municipalities in hill areas.— 1)
Every room intended for human habitation shall be about an interior open space
or exterior open space or an open verandah open to such interior open space or
exterior open space. Open spaces shall be areas forming integral parts of the
plot at ground level and shall be open to the sky without any projection or
overhang accepting cornices, chajjas or weather-shades of not more that 0.50
metre width​;
2) The minimum open spaces with respect to height and Category of buildings
shall be as follows:—
(a) For residential use:

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