Definitions

(a) "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, breeding of fish and keeping of bees and the use of land which is ancillary to the farming of land; but does not include-- (i) the keeping of cattle for the sole purpose of milking and selling of milk and milk products; (ii) any garden which is an appendage to a building; and the expression "Agricultural" shall be construed accordingly. (b) "Amenity" includes roads and streets, water and electric supply, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, natural features, play grounds, lighting on roads, drainage, sewage disposal and other utility services, services and facilities. (c) "Building" means a house, hut, shed or other structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof, whether used as human dwelling or not, and includes well, latrines, drainage works, fixed platforms, verandah, plinth, doorstep, staircase, compound wall, fence and the like and any other work appurtenant thereto but does not include plant or machinery embedded in a building. (d) "Building operations" includes-- (i) erection or re-erection of a building or any part thereof; (ii) roofing or re-roofing of any part of a building or open space; (iii) any material alteration or enlargement of any building; (iv) any such alteration of a building as is likely to alter its drainage or sanitary arrangement or otherwise materially affect its stability; (v) the construction of a door opening on any street or land not belonging to the owner. (i-a) "Natural hazard" means the probability of occurrence of loss resulting from the potential of natural event within a specific period; (i-b) "Natural hazard prone areas" means areas likely to be (i) highly seismic prone zones; (ii) flood or inundation prone areas; (iii) areas prone to land slides or slope instability; (iv) areas with one or more of these hazards. (e) "Commercial use" means the use of any land or building or part thereof for the purpose of carrying on any trade, business or profession or for the sale or exchange of goods of any type and includes the running of hospitals, nursing homes, educational institutions, hotels, restaurants and boarding houses (not being attached to any educational institution) and sarais, and also includes the use of any land or building for storage of goods or as an office, whether attached to an industry or not. (f) "Development" and 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 the use of any building or land and includes sub-division of any land. (g) "Development Plan" includes an outline development plan. (h) "Director" means the Director of Town and Country Planning appointed under this Act. (i) "Existing land use map" means a map indicating the use to which lands in any specified area are put at the time of preparing the map and includes the register prepared along with the map giving details of land use. (j) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to any thing attached to the earth. (k) "Local authority" means-- (i) any Municipal Corporation constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956); (ii) any Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961); (iii) any Gram Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994). (l) "Member" means a member of the Town and Country Development Authority or of a Special Area Development Authority, as the case may be and includes its Chairman. (m) "Occupier" includes-- (i) a tenant; (ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land; (iii) a rent-free tenant; (iv) a licensee; (v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of the land. (n) "Owner" includes a mortgagee in possession and any person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, or has received the rent or premium for any land or building whether on his own account or on behalf of or for the benefit of any other person or as an agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for any other person or for any religious or charitable institution or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent or premium if the land were let to a tenant; and includes the head of a government department, the general manager of a railway and the chief executive officer of any local authority, statutory authority, company, corporation or undertaking by whatever name designated in respect of properties under their control. (o) "Planning area" means any area declared to be a planning area under this Act (and the expression "non-planning area" shall be construed accordingly). (o-o) "Reconstituted plot" means a plot which is altered in consequence of the preparation of a town development scheme. (p) "Region" means any area established to be a region under this Act. (q) "Regional plan" means a plan for a region prepared under this Act and approved by the State Government. (r) "Slum" means any area declared as a slum area under section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976). (s) "Special area" means any special area designated as such under section 64. (t) "Special Area Development Authority" means any authority constituted under section 65. (u) "Town Development Scheme" means any scheme prepared by the Town and Country Development Authority for the implementation of the provisions of a development plan and includes "scheme". (v) "Town and Country Development Authority" means any authority constituted under section 38. (w) "Zonal" means a part of a planning area for which a detailed zonal plan has been prepared under a development plan. (x) [Deleted]. Section 2(t)(2),(3) relating to inclusion of Nagar Panchayat and Gram Panchayat under Local Authority; Section 2(ch) definition of District Planning Committee.