Vidhi Codex

section 224

Building bye-laws.

The Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024
General2024362 sections26 chapters
Read full ActSections

Chapter XVII REGULATION OF BUILDINGS AND TOWN PLANNING

Statutory text
  1. (1) With the approval of the Greater Bengaluru Authority, the City Corporation in its jurisdiction shall make building bye-laws for the regulation and restriction of the use of sites or buildings in accordance with model building bye-laws prepared by the Greater Bengaluru Authority with suitable modifications if necessary and the bye-laws shall provide for the following:-
    • (a) Information and plans required to be submitted to the City Corporation by any person seeking to construct a building within the jurisdiction of the City Corporation;
    • (b) The type of site where the building may be constructed and the permitted technical standards for such construction;
    • (c) List of locations around which certain types of constructions may be prohibited;
    • (d) Height of building sought to be constructed, relative to the width of the street;
    • (e) Level and width of foundation of the building sought to be constructed, level of lowest floor based on the stability of structure;
    • (f) Provision of sufficient open space, external or internal and adequate means of ventilation with in the building;
    • (g) Provision for secondary means of access for the removal of waste from the building;
    • (h) Materials and methods of construction of external and party walls, roofs and floors within the building;
      • (i) Position, materials and methods of construction of hearths, smoke escapes, chimneys, staircases, privies, drains, cesspools within or outside the building;
    • (j) Paving of yards within the site where the building is sought to be constructed;
    • (k) Restrictions on the use of inflammable materials within the buildings in accordance with other relevant regulations;
    • (l) Provision of lifts with in the building and provision for common amenities, ramps and amenities for differently challenged;
    • (m) Fire protection requirement with in the building in accordance with the fire plan;
    • (n) Minimum plantation required with in a building site;
    • (o) Installation of rain water harvesting systems with in the building and provisions of renewable energy applications;
    • (p) Minimum quality of materials to be used during construction of building; and
    • (q) Provision for specially abled, EV charging, Telecom services and other utilities.
  2. (2) No piece of land shall be used as a building site for construction or re- construction of the building and no building shall be constructed or re constructed otherwise then in accordance with the provision of this Act and any rules or bye-laws made there under relating to the use of building sites or the construction or re construction of buildings.

Study data processing for this section.

PDF: pending for this language.