Chapter 2

2. Definitions,- (a) In these Bye-laws unless the context otherwise requires,-

(1) ‘Access’ – means a clear approach to a plot or a building.

(2) ‘Act’- means the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964);

(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 or closing of any required means of access ingress or egress or a change to fixtures or equipment as provided in these Bye laws.

(4) ‘Agriculture’ includes horticulture, farming, growing of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass, fodder, trees of any kind 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 purpose of garden to be used along with such building; and ‘agriculture’ shall be construed accordingly.

(5) ‘Air-conditioning’- The process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, purity, distribution and air movement and pressure to meet the requirements of the conditioned space.

(6) ‘Amalgamation’ means clubbing of two or more properties as a single property.

(7) ‘Amenity’ includes roads, street, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, play grounds, gardens, water supply, electric supply, street lighting, sewerage, drainage, public works and other utilities, services and conveniences.

(8) ‘Annexure’ means the Annexure appended to these bye-laws;

(9) ‘Apartment' means suite 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.

(10) ‘Apartment Building/Group Housing' means one or more buildings, each containing more than four Apartments.

(11) ‘Appendix' means Appendix appended to these bye-laws.

(12) ‘Application’ means an application made in such form as may be prescribed by the Authority or as notified by the Government from time to time

(13) ‘Applicant’ means any person who applies to the Authority with an intention to develop building as per these bye-laws. The Applicant shall be the owner of the property or his authorised representative or a promoter authorised by the owner.

(14) ‘Approved’ means as approved/sanctioned by the Authority under applicable Bye-Laws

(15) ‘Architect’- means a person holding a graduate degree in Bachelor of Architecture from any institute recognized by the Council of Architecture (COA) and has his/her name entered in the register of COA for the time being, with a valid COA Registration number

(16) ‘Auditorium’ means Premises having an enclosed space to seat audience and stage for various performances such as concerts, plays, music etc.

(17) ‘Authority’- means the Local Authority which has been created by a statute and which, for the purpose of administering / undertaking the various functions specified in these Byelaws, may authorize a committee or the CEO or any other designated officer of Local Body to act on its behalf; hereinafter called the ‘Authority’.

(18) ‘Balcony’ means a horizontal projection with a handrail or balustrade, to serve as passage or sit out place.

(19) ‘Basement storey 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 1.2m above the average ground level.

(20) ‘Bifurcation of plot’ means division of a plot into two.

(21) ‘Building’- means a Building defined in clause (3) of section 2 of the Act.

Types of Buildings based on use of premises or activity:

(a) ‘Residential Building’- includes a building in which sleeping and living accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes, with cooking facilities and includes one or more family dwellings, apartments/flats, and private garages of such buildings;

(b) ‘Educational Building’- Includes a building exclusively used for a school or college, recognized by the appropriate Board or University, or any other Competent Authority involving assembly for instruction, education or recreation incidental to educational use, and including a building for such other uses as research institution. It shall also include quarters for essential staff required to reside in the premises, and building used as a hostel captive to an educational institution whether situated in its campus or outside;

(c) ‘Institutional Building’- Includes a building constructed by Government, Semi Government Organizations or Registered Trusts and used for medical or other treatment, or for an auditorium or complex for cultural and allied activities or for an hospice, care of persons suffering from physical or mental illness, handicap, disease or infirmity, care of orphans, abandoned women, children and infants, convalescents, destitute or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention with restricted liberty of the inmates ordinarily providing sleeping accommodation and includes Dharamshalas, hospitals, sanatoria, custodial and penal institutions such as jails, prisons, mental hospitals, houses of correction, detention and reformatories etc;

(d) ‘Assembly Building’- means a building or part thereof, where groups of people (not <50) congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes and this includes buildings of drama and cinemas theatres, drive-in

theatres, assembly halls, city halls, town halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, kalyana mantapas, ‘mangal karyalayas’, skating rinks, gymnasia, restaurants, eating or boarding houses, places of worship, dance halls, clubs, gymkhanas and road, railways, air, sea or other public transportation stations and recreation piers;

(e) ‘Business Building’- Includes any building or part thereof used principally for transaction of business and/or keeping of accounts and records including offices, banks, professional establishments, court houses etc., if their principal function is transaction of business and/or keeping of books and records;

‘Commercial/Mercantile Building’- Includes a building or part thereof used as shops, stores or markets for display and sale of wholesale and or retail goods or merchandise, including office, storage and service facilities incidental thereto and located in the same building;

(g) ‘Industrial Building’- Includes a building or part thereof wherein products or material are fabricated, assembled or processed, such as assembly plants, laboratories, power plants, refineries, gas plants, mills, dairies and factories etc.;

(h) ‘Storage Building’- means a building or part thereof used primarily for storage or shelter of goods, wares, merchandise and includes a building used as a warehouse, cold storage, freight depot, transit shed, store house, public garage, hanger, truck terminal, grain elevator, barn and stables;

(i) ‘Hazardous Building’- Includes a building or part thereof used for

(i) Storage, handling, manufacture of processing of radioactive substances or highly combustible or explosive materials or of products which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and/or producing poisonous fumes or explosive emanations; and

(ii) Storage, handling, manufacture or processing of which involves highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalis, acids, or other liquids, gases or chemicals producing flame, fumes and explosive mixtures etc. or which result in division of matter into fine particles capable of spontaneous ignition.

(j) ‘Mixed Land Use Building’- means a building partly used for non-residential activities and partly for residential purpose.

(k) ‘Wholesale Establishment’- means an establishment wholly or partly engaged in wholesale trade and manufacture, wholesale outlets, including related storage facilities, warehouses and establishments engaged in truck transport, including truck transport booking agencies

(a) ‘Detached Building’- means a building with walls and roofs independent of any other building and with open spaces on all sides within the same plot;

(b) ‘Semi-detached Building’- means two buildings, together having not more than 4 dwelling units with a maximum of G+1 floor, attached to each other with a common wall and each building having setbacks only on three sides; and

(c) ‘Row Housing’ – means two or more dwelling units with a maximum of G+1 floor, in a row attached to each other, where the intermediate dwelling units have only front and rear setbacks and the dwelling units on the extreme ends have setbacks on three sides.

II. Types of building based on height:

(a) B1- means residential buildings of G+1 floors upto 4 dwelling units;

(b) B2- means all buildings upto G+2 floors other than B1 buildings and Industrial buildings;

(c) B3- means all low-rise buildings other than B1 and B2 buildings and Industrial buildings;

(d) B4- means all high-rise buildings (multi storey buildings) other than Industrial buildings; and

(e) B5- means all Industrial buildings

(a) ‘Multi-Level Car parking’- means a building partly below ground level having two or more basements or above ground level with two or more floors, primarily to be used for parking of cars, scooters or any other type of light motorized vehicle.

(b) ‘Unsafe Building’- Includes a building which:

(i) Is structurally unsafe, or

(ii) Is insanitary, or

(iii) Is not provided with adequate means of ingress or egress or

(iv) Constitutes a fire hazard or

(v) Is dangerous to human life or

(vi) In relation to its existing use, constitutes a hazard to safety or health or public welfare by maintenance, dilapidation or abandonment.

Note: All unsafe buildings /structure will require be restoring by repairs, demolition or dealing with as directed by the Authority. The relevant provisions of the Act shall apply for procedure to be followed by the Authority in taking action against such buildings

(22) ‘Building line’ means the line upto which the plinth of building may lawfully extend within the plot on a street or an extension of a street and includes the line prescribed, if any in the Master Plan or Town Planning scheme. No portion of the building may extend beyond this line.

(23) ‘Building Site’ means a plot held for building purposes, approved as per under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961. (herein after referred to as Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961).

(24) ‘Bus Depot’ means a premise used by public transport agency or any other agency for parking, maintenance and repair of buses. These may include the workshop.

(25) ‘Bus Terminal’ means a premise used by public transport agency to park the buses for short duration to serve the public. It may include the related facilities for passengers.

(26) ‘Canopy’- shall mean a cantilevered projection from the face of the wall over an entry to the building at the lintel or slab level provided that:

(i) It shall not project beyond the plot line;

(ii) It shall not be lower than 2.3m or 7’- 6’ when measured from the ground; and

(iii) There shall be no structure on it and the top shall remain open to sky.

(27) ‘Carpet Area’ means the net usable floor area of an apartment or commercial premises, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment/ commercial premises. The clear distance between the structure (RCC or Masonry wall) of the external walls shall be considered for calculating Carpet Area, without considering the thickness of wall plastering, skirting, wall cladding etc.

(28) ‘Chajja’ means a continuous sloping or horizontal cantilever projection provided over an opening or external wall to provide protection from sun and rain.

(29) ‘Chimney’ means a structure usually vertical containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gas, etc. of a fire or furnace are carried off by means of which a draught is created.

(30) ‘Common Wall’ means a wall built on land belonging to adjoining owners, the wall being the joint property of both owners.

(a) If two adjoining owners build a dividing wall on their property, they are not common walls and no part of the footings of either wall shall project on to the land of the adjoining owner, except by legal agreement between the owners; and

(b) Any such ‘common’ or ‘dividing’ wall shall be considered for the purpose of these byelaws, as being equivalent to an external wall as far as the thickness and height are concerned.

(31) ‘Community Hall’ means congregational place to be developed by government or local bodies, trust, society, etc., having a maximum of 300m² carpet area of hall without separate kitchen and dining. No upper floor shall be permitted.

(32) ‘Construction’ means; Any erection of a structure or a building, including any addition or extension thereto either vertically or horizontally, but does not include any repair and renovation of an existing structure or building, or, construction, maintenance and cleansing of drains and drainage works and of public latrines, urinals and similar conveniences, or, the construction and maintenance of works meant for providing supply of water for public, or, the construction or maintenance, extension, management for supply and distribution of electricity to the public; or provision for similar facilities for publicity.

(33) 'Contractor’ means the agency executing the works of any of the components of the building or land, on behalf of the owner / Promoter, who is required to be registered under these Byelaws.

(34) ‘Conversion of Occupancy’- means the change from one occupancy to other occupancy or any change in building structure or part thereof resulting in a change of space and use requiring additional occupancy certificate.

(35) ‘Corner Plot’ means a plot facing two or more intersecting streets / roads.

(36) ‘Corridor’ means a common passage or circulation space connecting separate rooms or different parts of the same building including a common entrance hall.

(37) ‘Cornice’- means a sloping or horizontal structural overhang usually provided over openings or external walls to provide protection from sun and rain.

(38) ‘Courtyard’ means a space permanently open to sky, enclosed fully or partially by buildings and maybe at ground level or any other level either in the interior or exterior of a building within the site.

(39) ‘Cultural buildings’ means a building built by a Trust, Society, Government or Local body for cultural activities.

(40) ‘Damp Proof Course’- means a course consisting of some appropriate water proofing material provided to prevent penetration of dampness or moisture.

(41) ‘Density of Households’ means number of dwelling units per hectare

(42) ‘Density of Population’ means concentration of population expressed in terms of number of persons per hectare in a particular area.

(43) ‘Development’ with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, or over or under land or water, or the making of any material change in any building or land (including compound wall) or in the use of any building or land and includes sub-division of any land.

(44) 'DR/T.D.R.’ – means Development Rights or Transfer of Development Rights available for plots as prescribed under Section 14B of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 and the Rules framed thereof.

(45) ‘Drains’ means natural valleys intended for flow of storm water /rain water

(46) ‘Drainage system’ – means a system or a line of pipes, with their fittings and accessories, such as manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies, floor traps used for drainage of building or yards appurtenant to the buildings within the same cartilage for conveying surface water or a system for the removal of any waste water.

(47) ‘Duplex’ means a dwelling unit in two levels connected with an internal staircase.

(48) ‘Dwelling’- means a building or a portion thereof which is designed or used wholly or principally for residential purposes for one family.

(49) ‘Empanelled Professional’ means professionals such as Architects, Engineers, Structural consultants, MEP consultants, Environment consultants etc., who are empanelled by the Authority as per the provisions of these bye-laws as authorised persons to inspect the plots before, during, and after construction, as the case may be, to certify the constructions made as per the provisions of the approved plans and report to the Authority and also to sanction building plans of certain buildings as notified by the government.

(50) ‘Encroachment’- means an act to enter into the possession or rights either of permanent or temporary nature on a land or built up area of a private property or local body or state/central Government. 'Existing development’ means all developments (including buildings) which existed before coming into force of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, and all approved developments thereafter (including building) and which are completed or under development at the time of commencement of these bye-laws.

(51) ‘Existing development' means all developments (including buildings) which existed before coming into force of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, and all approved developments thereafter (including building) and which are completed or under development at the time of commencement of these bye-laws.

(52) ‘Existing Use’- means use of a building or structure existing before the commencement of these Bye-Laws.

(53) ‘Exit’ means a passage channel or means of egress from the building, its storey or floor to a street or, other open space of safety; whether horizontal, outside and vertical exits meaning as under: -

(i) Horizontal exit means an exit, which is a protected opening through or around afire well or bridge connecting two or more buildings;

(ii) Outside exit mean an exit from building to a public way to an open area leading to a public way or to an enclosed fire-resistant passage leading to a public way and

(iii) Vertical exit means an exit used for ascending or descending between two or more levels including stairway, fire towers, ramps and fire escapes.

(54) 'External Wall’ means the outer wall of the building not being a partition wall, even though an adjoining wall of another building and also a wall abutting on an interior open space of any building.

External wall of an apartment or commercial premises means the outer wall of the apartment or commercial premises, even though an adjoining wall of another apartment or commercial premises.

(55) ‘First floor’ means the floor immediately above the ground floor or stilt, on which second and other floors follow subsequently

(56) ‘Flatted factory’ ‘means premises having group of non-hazardous small industrial units which are permissible under the Zonal Regulations and these units may be located in multi-storied industrial buildings.

(57) ‘Floor’ means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building

(58) ‘Floor Area’ means the area in each floor considered for calculating the FAR utilised in the building.

(59) ‘Floor Area Ratio (FAR)’ means the quotient of the ratio of the combined gross floor area of all the floors, excepting areas specifically, exempted under the Zonal Regulations, to the total area of the plot. Viz.

Total floor area of all the floors. Floor Area Ratio = Plot Area

(60) ‘Fire and/or Emergency Alarm System’- means Fire alarm system comprises of components for manually or automatically detecting a fire, initiating an alarm of fire and initiating other actions as appropriate.

(61) ‘Fire Hazard Industries’-

(i) ‘Low Fire Hazard Industries’ includes engineering industries using/processing or assembling non-combustible materials i.e. lathe machines, steel works, steel components etc.

(ii) Moderate Fire Hazard Industries’ includes industries using / processing combustible materials but not flammable liquid etc., plastic industries, rubber, and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) industries, textile, paper, furniture, flour mills etc.

(iii) ‘High Fire Hazard Industries’ includes industries using/processing flammable liquids, gases, chemicals petroleum products, plastic or thermo setting group etc.

(62) ‘Fire Lift’- Means a special lift designed for the use of fire service personnel in the event of fire or any other emergency.

(63) ‘Fire Proof Door’- Means a door or shutter fitted to a wall opening, and constructed and erected with the requirement to check the transmission of heat and fire for a period.

(64) ‘Fire Pump’- Means a machine, driven by external power for transmitting energy to fluids by coupling the pump to a suitable engine or motor, which may have varying outputs/capacity but shall be capable of having a pressure of 3.2 kg/ cm² at the topmost level of multi-storey or high-rise building.

(65) ‘Fire Pump-Booster Fire Pump’- Means a mechanical/electrical device that boots up the water pressure at the top level of a multi-storey / high-rise building and which is capable of a pressure of 3.2 kg/cm² at the nearest point.

(66) 'Fire Resistance’-means Fire resistance is a property of an element of building construction and is the measure of its ability to satisfy for a stated period some or all of the following criteria:

(a) resistance to collapse;

(b) resistance to penetration of flame and hot gases; and

(c) Resistance to temperature rise on the unexposed face up to a maximum of 180°C and/or average temperature of 150°C.

(67) 'Fire Resistance Rating'- The time that a material or construction will withstand the standard fire exposure as determined by fire test done in accordance with the standard methods of fire tests of materials or structures.

(68) 'Fire Separation’- Means the distance in metres measured from any other building on the site or from another site, or from the opposite side of a street or other public space to the building.

(69) ‘Fire Brigade Inlet’- Means a connection provided at the base of a building for pumping up water through in-built fire-fighting arrangements by fire service pumps in accordance; with the recommendation of the Chief Fire Officer.

(70) ‘Fire Tower’- Means an enclosed staircase that can only be approached from the various floors through landings or lobbies separated from both the floor area and the staircase by fire resistant doors and open to the outer air.

(71) ‘Fire Resisting Building’- means a building in which material, which has, appropriate degree of fire resistance is used.

(72) ‘Footing’- means a foundation unit constructed in stone masonry or concrete under the base of a wall or column for the purpose of distributing the load over a larger area.

(73) 'Form' means a Form appended these bye-laws;

(74) ‘Foundation’ means that part of structure which is below the lowest floor and which provides support for the superstructure and which transmits the load of the superstructure to the bearing strata.

(75) 'Frontage’ means the width of the site/land abutting the access/public road.

(76) 'Gal1ery’- means an intermediate floor or platform projecting from a wall of an auditorium or a hall providing extra floor area, and or additional seating accommodation and includes the structures provided for seating in stadia.

(77) ‘Garage-Private’- means a building or a portion thereof designed and used for the parking of vehicle.

(78) ‘Garage-Public’ – means a building or portion thereof, designed other than as a private garage, operated for gain, designed and/or used for repairing, servicing, using, selling or storing or parking motor driven or other vehicles.

(79) ‘Gas Go down’ means premises where LPG cylinders are stored.

(80) 'Government’ means the Government of Karnataka.

(81) 'Ground Floor’ means the Floor immediately above the level of the adjoining average ground level on all sides having approach directly from the road or above the basement floor.

(82) ‘Ground Coverage’ means area covered by the building immediately above the ground level contiguous to the building. Covered area does not include the space covered by ramps around the building, roof of basement floor beyond the plinth of the building projecting above the ground level, structures for services permitted in the setback area, garden, rocky area, well and well structures, plant, nursery, water pool, swimming pool (if uncovered) platform around a tree, tank, fountain, bench with open top and unenclosed sides by walls cut outs and ducts which are open to sky and the like drainage, culvert, conduit, catch-pit, gully-pit, chamber gutter and the like, within the site, compound or boundary wall, gate, unstoreyed porch and portico, Chajja, slide, swing, uncovered staircase, watchman booth, pump house and the like within the site.

Ground Coverage in hilly areas shall be as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations.

(83) ‘Habitable Room’ means a room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living, sleeping, Eating, cooking but does not include bathrooms water closet compartments, laundries serving and storage pantries, corridors, cellars, and spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods.

(84) ‘Head room’ means the clear space between the finished floor level and ceiling/ beam bottom. Minimum headroom shall be 2.4m.

(85) ‘Heritage building’ means a building possessing architectural aesthetic, historic cultural values, which are declared as heritage building by the competent authority or government within whose jurisdiction such building is situated.

(86) ‘Heritage Precinct’ means an area comprising heritage building or buildings and precincts there of or related places which is declared as such by the competent authority or government within whose jurisdiction such building is situated.

(87) ‘High-rise Building’ means a building having height of 15 m and above.

(88) ‘Height of Building’ means the vertical distance measured from the average level of the ground around and contiguous to the building to the top of the roof in case of flat roofs and in the case of sloped roofs up to the point where the external surface of the outer wall intersects a finished surface of the sloping roof at the eave level In hilly areas, if the average level of the ground around and contiguous to the building is below the road level (road for which FAR is considered), then the height of the building shall be measured from such road level and not from the average ground level. The formed level made by filling of natural ground, if considered for the height of the building, shall not be more than 2.0m above the road level.

(89) ‘Hilly Area’ for these Byelaws means those Local Planning Areas notified as hilly area by the Government from time to time.

(90) 'Hospital': means a premise providing medical facilities of general or specialized nature for treatment of in-patient and out-patients.

(91) 'Hotel': means Premises used for lodging with payment, with or without boarding facilities.

(92) ‘Illuminated Exit Signs’- means a device for indicating the means of escape during normal circumstances and power failure.

(93) ‘Land use’ includes the purpose to which the site or part of the site or the building or part of the building is in use or permitted to be used by the Authority. Land use includes Zoning of land use as stipulated in the Master Plan and the Zonal Regulations.

(94) ‘Licence’ means a valid permission or authorization in writing by the Authority to carryout development of building or a work regulated by these Bye- Laws.

(95) ‘Licensed Professional’’ means Qualified professionals who have been registered with the Urban Local Body as per the Qualification and competence notified by the Government and therefore possess the license to provide professional services in Building construction. Only licensed professionals would be allowed to be professionals on record.

(96) ‘Lift’ means an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car platform. The word ‘elevator’ is also synonymously used for ‘lift’.

(97) ‘Lobby’- means a covered space in which all the adjoining rooms open.

(98) ‘Lodging House’ means a premise used for lodging on payment. This is synonymous to Hotel

(99) ‘Loft’ means a residual space above normal floor level which may be constructed or adopted for storage purposes.

(100) ‘Market value’ means the guideline value of the land notified under section 45B of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957

(101) ‘Master Plan’ means Master Plan prepared for the local planning area and approved by the government under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961.

(102) ‘Means of Escape’- means an escape route provided in a building for safe evacuation of occupants.

(103) ‘Mezzanine Floor’- means an intermediate floor between Ground floor and First floor only, with area of mezzanine floor restricted to one third of the area of that floor and with a minimum height of 2.20m. Mezzanine floor is permitted for non-residential uses only. Such Mezzanine floor shall be accessible only from the Ground floor.

(104) ‘Multilevel Car Parking (MLCP)’ means multilevel structure used for car parking connected to all floors by means of ramps / mechanical elevators. MLCP can be an independent structure or part of a building with other land uses. However, in the portion used for parking, no other land uses shall be permitted.

(105) ‘Multiplex complex’ means a building housing an entertainment and cultural centre including cinema theatres, restaurants, food courts and shops as defined in Karnataka Cinema Regulations Act 1964. The development of such buildings shall be governed as per the provisions of Karnataka Cinema Regulations Act 1964.

(106) ‘MCB/ELCB’ means Devices for tripping of electrical circuits in event of any fault in the circuit or installation.

(107) ‘Non-Combustible Material’- means a material which is not liable to burn or add heat to a fire when tested for combustibility in accordance with the latest code of Bureau of Indian Standards Method of Test for combustibility of Building Materials.

(108) 'Nursing home' means A premises having medical facility for in-patients and out patients, having up to 30 beds, it shall be managed by a doctor or a group of doctors.

(109) ‘Occupancy or use’-means the principal occupancy or use for which a building or a part of a building is intended to be used. For the purposes of classification of a building according to occupancy, occupancy shall be deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies which are contingent upon it.

‘Mixed occupancy’ buildings being those in which more than one occupancy is present in different portions of the buildings.

(110) ‘Open space in a plot’ means an area forming an integral part of the plot, left open to sky.

(111) ‘Owner’ means a person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person or for any religious or charitable purpose, the rent or profit of the property in connection with which the word is used and in whose name the approval for development is issued.

(112) ‘Parapet’ means a low wall or railing built along the edge of a roof or a balcony.

(113) ‘Parking space’ means an area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open sufficient in size to park vehicles together with a drive-way connecting the parking space with a public street or any public area and permitting the ingress and egress of the vehicles.

(114) ‘Partition’ means an interior non-load bearing barrier, one storey or part-storey in height.

(115) ‘Partition Wall’ includes (i)A wall forming part of a building and being used or constructed to be used in any part of the height or length of such wall for separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or constructed or adopted to be occupied by different persons; or (ii) A wall forming part of a building and standing in any part of the length of such wall, to a greater extent than the projection of the footing on one side or ground of different owners.

(116) ‘Plinth’ means the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor immediately above the ground.

(117) ‘Plinth Area’ means the built up covered area measured at the floor level of the basement or of any storey including balconies but excluding ducts/ services and lift shaft (except in the lowermost floor of lift shaft) and open cut-out areas.

(118) ‘Plinth Level’ means the level of the floor of a building immediately above the surrounding ground.

(119) ‘Plot / Site’ means a parcel of land enclosed by definite boundaries having a means of access

(120) ‘Porch or Portico’ means a roof cover supported on pillars or cantilevered projection for the purpose of pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building without any structure above.

(121) ‘Premium F.A.R'. means the FAR over and above the permissible FAR allowed, on collection of additional fee as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations

(122) ‘Premises’ means any portion of the building used for specific use other than the common areas of the building and includes dwelling units.

(123) ‘Professional on record’- means an Architect/Competent professional who is brought on record to represent his client for a construction project, to act on their behalf regarding building licenses and process of construction (Qualification, experience and competence as notified by the Government). He may be registered with the Authority for the cause (Registration procedure as under Appendix-I).

(124) ‘Prohibited area’ means any area specified or declared to be a prohibited area under section 20A of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act 24 of 1958).

(125) ‘Promoter’ means –

(i) A person who constructs or causes to be constructed an independent building or a building consisting of Apartments, or converts an existing building or a part thereof into Apartments, for the purpose of selling all or some of the Apartments to other persons and includes his assignees; or

(ii) A person who develops land into a project, whether or not the person also constructs structures on any of the plots, for the purpose of selling to other persons all or some of the plots in the said project, whether with or without structures thereon; or

(iii) Any development Authority or any other Public body in respect of Allottees of –

(a) Buildings or Apartments, as the case may be, constructed by such Authority or body on lands owned by them or placed at their disposal by the Government; or

(b) plots owned by such Authority or body or placed at their disposal by the Government; for the purpose of selling all or some of the Apartments or plots, or

(i) An Apex State level co-operative housing finance society and a primary co-operative housing society which constructs Apartments or buildings for its members or in respect of the Allottees of such Apartments or buildings; or

(ii) Any other persons who acts himself as a builder, coloniser, contractor, developer, estate developer or by any other name or claims to be acting as the holder of a power of attorney from the owner of the land on which the building or apartment is constructed or plot is developed for sale; or

(iii) such other person who constructs any building or apartment for sale to the general public