Building Byelaws & Regulations
Building Byelaws & Regulations
Building Byelaws & Regulations
A permission or authorization in
writing by the authority to carry
out work regulated by the code is
known as the permit.
Terminology – Set back line
The distance from
the curb or other
established line
within which no
buildings may be
erected
Terminology – Street
What
A road's main
function is
transportation,
while streets
facilitate public
interaction
Terminology–Sanctioned Plan
Sunshade
Protectio
n from
sun and
rain
Terminology – Balcony
serves as
passage or
sitting out
place
Terminology–
Basement or
Cellar
The lower
storey of a
building
below
ground level
Terminology –
Detached
Building
Independent
of any other
building
Highest form
or class of
residence.
Terminology - Drain
Occupancy Class
Type of construction
Width of street forming the
building and traffic load
Locality where the particular
building is proposed
Density of population in that
locality
Parking facilities
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Objectives of building byelaws
• Guide lines to the architects or engineers
• Orderly growth and prevent haphazard
development.
• safety against fire, noise, health hazard
and structural failure
Principles underlying building
byelaws
• Building with unit as a family and mention the
requirements.
• Rooms –According to use and specify minimum
standards w.r.t
– Size
– height
– floor area
– ventilation
– light
• Height of compound wall and location of compound wall
gates
• Controlling the height of structures and laying maximum
limit of height in certain zones
• Controlling projections in marginal spaces
Principles underlying building
byelaws
• FSI or FAR
• Drainage and water supply
• Making compulsory the appointment of an
architect or engineer for works of specified
nature and magnitude
• Materials and workmanship as per standard
specifications for the construction of buildings
• Light plane, set backs and marginal spaces
• Minimum size of plots, their dimensions and
frontages
Classification of buildings
• Classified based on occupancy and types
of construction
Classification - Based on Occupancy
• Group A – Residential
• Group B – Educational
• Group C – Institutional
• Group D – Assembly
• Group E – Business
• Group F – Mercantile
• Group G – Industrial
• Group H – Storage
• Group I – Hazardous
Group A – Residential Buildings
Residential
Purpose
Apartments,
Dormitories,
Hotels etc
Group B – Educational Buildings
Building used
for school
and college
Group C – Institutional Buildings
• Hospitals, sanitaria,
homes for aged,
orphanages, jails,
prisons, mental
hospitals and
reformatories.
Group D – Assembly Buildings
• Amusement, recreation,
social, religious, patriotic,
civil, travel and similar
purposes.
• Theatres, motion picture
houses, assembly halls,
auditoria, exhibition halls,
museums, places of
worship, dance halls, club
rooms etc.
Group E – Business Buildings
• Used for transaction
of business
Group F – Industrial Buildings
• Where products or
materials of all kinds
and properties are
fabricated, assembled
or processes.
• Assembly plants,
laboratories, power
plants, dry cleaning
plants, refineries etc
Group G – Storage Buildings
• Used primarily for
storage or sheltering
of goods, wares,
merchandise
• Cold storage, ware
houses, freight
depots, transit sheds,
store houses etc
Group H– Hazardous Buildings
• Used for
storage,
handling and
manufacturing
of highly
combustible or
explosive
materials.
Classification - Based on type of
construction
4 hour fire resistance
3 hour fire resistance
2 hour fire resistance
1 hour fire resistance
Open space requirements
• Lighting and Ventilation requirements.
• Front yard: every building fronting a street
should have front yard. Minimum width of front
yard has to be 3m but should never be less than
1.8m.
• Rear yard: every building should have rear yard.
The average is 3 m and should never be less
than 1.8m.
• Side open space: for permanent open air space,
should not be less than 3 m.
Height of Buildings
• Max Height !> 1.5 * Width of road
• Max Height is fixed by Civil Aviation
Authorities
Form 1
Form2
Form3
Form4
Form5
Form6
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