(1 ) The State Government shall prepare a Code to be called the Municipal Power of State

Building Code containing rules providing for- Government to make

1. (a) the regulation or restriction of the use of sites for buildings, building rules and to
2. (b) the regulation or restriction of buildings Glaeslly ho eicipal
3. (c) And compliance with the provision of any law relating to urban land £ licati purp f ceiling or urban land use planning. of application o building rules.

1. (2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such Code may provide for all or any of the following matters :-
   • (a) information and plans to be submitted together with application under any of the provision of this chapter,
   • (b) requirements of sites,
   • (c) means of access,
   • (d) development of land into land sub-division and layout,
   • (e) land use classification and uses,
   • (f) open space area and height limitations,
   • (g) parking spaces,
   • (h) requirement of parts of building plinth, habitable room, kitchen, pantry bathroom, water closet, loft , ledge, mezzanine floor, storeroom garage roof, basement, chimney, lighting and ventilation of room, parapet, wells, septic tanks and boundary wall,
     • (i) provisions of lifts,
   • (j) Exit requirement including doorways, corridors, passageways, staircase, ramps and lobbies,
   • (k) Fire protection requirement including materials and designs for interior decoration,
     • (I) special requirement of occupancies for residential building, educational building, institutional building, assembly building, business building, mercantile building, industrial building, storage building and hazardous building (including those for assembly movement, parking loading, unloading, public convenience, water supply and vendors plazas),
   • (m) structural design,
   • (n) quality of materials and workmanship,
   • (o) alternative materials, method of design, construction and tests,
   • (p) Building service including electric supply and such supply from non- conventional sources of energy, air conditioning or heating and telecommunication systems.
   • (q) water supply, water harvesting and plumbing services,
   • (r) signs and outdoor display structures,
   • (s) special requirement for building in the hill areas,
   • (t) special requirement of access for handicapped persons in respect of matters referred to in chapter XXII, chapter XXIII, chapter XXIV and