2.1 Access: means a clear approach to a plot or a building.
2.2 Act: Means the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act (KTCP, Act), 1961.
2.3 Addition and/ or Alteration: Means a structural change including an addition to the area or change in height or the removal of part of building, or any change to the structure, such as the construction or removal or cutting of any wall or part of a wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor including a mezzanine floor or other support, or a change to oƌ closing of͟ anLJ ƌeƋuiƌed means of access ingƌess oƌ egƌess oƌ a change to fidžtuƌes oƌ eƋuipment ͚͚as pƌoǀided in these Zonal ‘egulations.
2.4 Agriculture: includes horticulture, farming, growing of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass, fodder, trees or any kind of cultivation of soil, breeding and keeping of livestock including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, fish, poultry and bees, the use of land which is ancillary to the farming of land or any purpose aforesaid, but shall not include the use of any land attached to a building for the purposes of gaƌden to be used along ǁith such building; and ͚agƌicultuƌal͛ shall be constƌued accordingly.
2.5 Agro- based industry: Means an industry concerned with the production and processing of agricultural products. It may include oil mills, roller flour mills, seeds processing units, etc., but excludes all agro – chemical units like fertilizer plants, pesticides / insecticides, etc.
2.6 Amalgamation: means clubbing of two or more authorised properties as a single property.
2.7 Amusement Park: Means a premises having park and ground for public amusement containing entertainment and fun / rides equipment like swings, joy rides, roller coaster, Ferris wheel, Water Park, etc. It includes related facilities like cafeteria, children play area, swimming pool, picnic huts, mini zoo, aquarium, etc.
2.8 Ancillary Use: Means any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and customarily incidental to the principal use.
2.9 Apartment: means suits of rooms, which are occupied or which is intended or designed to be occupied by one family for living purpose in an Apartment building. This word is synonymous with residential flat.
2.10 Apartment Building/ Multi-Dwelling Unit Building: means one or more buildings, containing or meant for multi-family dwellings and contains more than four dwelling units.
2.11 Applicant: means any person who applies to the Authority with an intention to develop land or building as per these regulations. The applicant shall be the owner of the property or his authorised representative or the promoter authorised by the land owner.
2.12 Assembly Building: means any building or part of a building, where 50 persons or more congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes. These shall include theatres, motion picture houses, assembly halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rings, large gymnasiums, places of worship, dance halls, club rooms, passenger stations and terminals of air and surface, public transportation services, stadia, etc.
2.13 Auditorium: means Premises having an enclosed space to seat audience and stage for various performances such as concerts, plays, music etc.
2.14 Authority: means Planning Authority constituted for Bengaluru Local Planning Area under the provisions of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961
2.15 Balcony: means a horizontal cantilever projection including a handrail or balustrade, to serve as passage or sit out place.
2.16 Basement or cellar: means any storey, which is partly / wholly below the average ground level contiguous to the building, with one or more than one level. The basement height should not project more than 1.2 m above the average ground level.
2.17 Bifurcation: means division of a plot into two.
2.18 Building: means a structure or enclosure constructed with any materials whatsoever for any purpose, whether used for human habitation or otherwise. Provided, structures of temporary nature like tents, hutment as well as shamianas erected for temporary purposes for ceremonial occasions, with the permission of the Component AuthoƌitLJ, shall not be consideƌed to be ͞buildings͟.
2.19 Building Line: means the line up to which the plinth of buildings may lawfully extend within the plot on a street/ road or an extension of a street/ road and includes the line prescribed, if any, or in any scheme. Building line represents a line on either side of the road; between which no building activity is permitted at all.
2.20 Building Set Back: means the minimum distance from the boundary of the plot and any building and/ or structure.
2.21 Built-up Area: means the area covered by a building on all floors including cantilevered portion, if any, except the areas excluded specifically under these regulations.
2.22 Bus Depot: means premises used by public transport agency or any other agency for parking, maintenance and repair of buses. These may include the workshop.
2.23 Bus Terminal: means a facility that provides the following uses: Bus bays, access ways to buses and passengers, parking facilities, booking offices, depots and layover facilities, intra-city operational facilities, facilities for crew and passenger amenities, circulation areas, facility of goods loading, information kiosks, waiting areas and other essential facilities.
2.24 Canopy/ Portico/Porch: means cantilever projection at lintel level or ground floor roof level over an entrance of a building subject to restrictions as per applicable building bye-laws.
2.25 Civic Amenity: as defined in BDA Act, 1976.
2.26 Cinema/ Multiplex: means premises with facilities for projection of movies/ films and stills with a covered space to seat audience. It may consist of one or more theatres. A Multiplex consists of two or more cinema halls sharing common facilities in one or more floors.
2.27 Clinic: means a premises used for treatment of out–patients by doctors.
2.28 Commercial use: means any use involving in part or in whole the sale or rental of merchandise, materials or services, but not including home occupations as defined herein.
2.29 Competent Authority: Means the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), constituted under the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976, to perform such functions as required under these regulations or the agency as specified under specific provision of these regulations.
2.30 Community Hall: means congregational place to be developed by Government or Local Bodies, Trust, Society, etc., having a maximum of 300 sqm carpet area of hall without separate kitchen and dining. No upper floor shall be permitted.
2.31 Conference Hall: means a facility used for conferences and seminars, which can also be, located within an Executive Park, and is limited to accommodations for conference attendees. In addition to meeting rooms, the accommodation may include dormitories, guestrooms or similar lodging facilities, cafeterias, dining rooms, and recreational uses and supporting services. A conference room is not designed to be used by the general public for overnight accommodations.
2.32 Convention Centre: means premises having enclosed space for conducting seminars, conferences and exhibitions without cooking facilities.
2.33 Corner Plot/ Corner Site: means a plot facing two or more intersecting Streets/Roads.
2.34 Corridor: means a common passage or circulation space including a common entrance hall.
2.35 Cold Storage: Means premises where perishable commodities are stored in covered space using mechanical and electrical devices to maintain conducive and controlled conditions. It also includes milk chilling plant.
2.36 Cultural Building: means a building built by a Trust, Society, Government or Local body for cultural activities.
2.37 Dairy Farm: means a premises with facilities for rearing of animals and processing of dairy products . It may have temporary structures of sheds and barns for animals.
2.38 Detached Building: means a building, the walls and roof of which are independent of any other building in the same plot with open spaces on all sides, except the portion covered by the garage.
2.39 Development: with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out of building, engineering, mining, or other operations in, on, over or under land or the making of any material change in any building or land, or in the use of any building or land and includes sub-division of any land;
i. Provided that for the purpose of these Regulations, the following operations or uses of land shall not be deemed to involve development of the land that is to say,
ii. the carrying out of any temporary works for the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of any building, being works which do not materially affect the external appearance of the building;
iii. the carrying out by a local authority of any temporary works required for the maintenance or improvement of a road, or works carried out on land within the boundaries of the road;
iv. the carrying out by a local authority or statutory undertaker of any temporary works for the purpose of inspecting, repairing or renewing any sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus, including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose;
v. the use of any building or other land within the cartilage of a dwelling house for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house as such; and v. the use of any land for the purpose of agriculture, gardening or forestry (including afforestation) and the use for any purpose specified in this clause of this provision of any building occupied together with the land so used.