UDCPR 2020 Chapter 14 is all about the Special Schemes as per mentioned in the UDCPR 

This is Applicable to all Planning Authorities and Regional Plan Areas except Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Other Planning Authorities/Special Planning Authorities/ Development Authorities within the limit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, MIDC, NAINA, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Hill Station Municipal Councils, Eco-sensitive/Eco-fragile region notified by MoEF & CC and Lonavala Municipal Council, in Maharashtra.

Rule No. 14.11 Integrated Logistic Park (ILP)

Integrated Logistic Park shall be allowed in Commercial, Industrial, and Agricultural Zone in the Development Plan and Regional Plan areas and shall be governed by the provisions mentioned herein below.

14.11.1 Eligibility for Establishment of Logistic Park

The private land owners or developers appointed by him or any Company with a legal entity may apply for permission for Integrated Logistic Park.

14.11.2 Activities Constituting Logistic Park

A logistic Park can include the following activities. (The list is indicative)

i) Logistic Services.

a) Cargo aggregation/segregation.

b) Sorting, grading, packaging/ repackaging, tagging/labeling.

c) Distribution/Consumer Distribution.

d) Inter-model transfer of material and container.

e) Open and closed storage for the transit period.

f) Custom bonded warehouse.

g) Container freight station.

h) Container terminals.

i) Material handling equipment facilities for efficient movement and distribution of Semi-finished or finished products.

ii) Infrastructure

a) Internal roads

b) Power line

c) Communication facilities

d) Internal Public Transportation System

e) Water distribution and water augmentation facilities

f) Sewage and drainage lines

g) Effluent treatment and disposal facilities

h) Fire Tenders arrangements – Parking

iii) Business and commercial facilities

a) Dormitories

b) Guest Houses

c) Canteen

d) Medical Centre

e) Petrol Pump

f) Banking and finance

g) Office Space

h) Hotel

i) Restaurants

j) Hospital/Dispensary

k) Administration office

iv) Common Facilities

a) Weigh Bridge

b) Skill Development Center

c) Computer center

d) Subcontract exchange

e) Container freight station

f) Production Inspection Centre

g) Repair workshop for vehicles & production machinery in the park.

The list of permissible activities as revised by the Department of Industries, Government of Maharashtra, from time to time, shall be applicable.

14.11.3 Procedure for Development of Logistic Parks

Private land owners or developers appointed by him may apply to the Authority for the development of a Logistic Park under this Regulation. After sanction of permission by the Authority for setting up a Logistic Park, such area shall be deemed to be converted for industrial use in the respective Development Plan or Regional Plan and shall be available for development of Logistic Park. However, in the case of land in the Agricultural zone, the premium shall be charged at the rate of 15% of land value as per ASR, without considering the guidelines therein.

14.11.4 Integrated Logistics Park (ILP)

An “Integrated logistic park” will be defined as one that is spread over a minimum of 5 acres of land and has a minimum 15-meter-wide access road. A minimum of 70% of the total area of ‘Integrated Logistic Park’ shall be used for providing logistic services, and the remaining area shall be permitted for support services and common facilities. Floating of FSI shall not be permissible from the area of industrial zone to the area of support services or vice versa, but floating of FSI shall be permitted within the respective areas of industrial zone and support activity zone separately. The Integrated Logistics Park shall provide the following minimum infrastructure and common facilities.

i)  Infrastructure :

a) Internal roads

b) Power line

c) Communication facilities

d) Water distribution and water augmentation facilities

e) Sewage and drainage lines

f)  Effluent treatment & disposal facilities

g) Fire tender arrangements h. Parking

ii)  Common facilities:

a) Dormitories

b) Canteen

c) Medical Centre

d) Weigh Bridge

The parking and other essential services mentioned in Regulation No.14.11.2(ii) will be free of FSI. The letter of Intent for the development of an Integrated Logistics Park shall be issued by the Directorate of Industries. The development in the said Logistics Park shall be completed within 5 years from the date of issue of the Letter of Intent (LOI). The extension to time limit up to a minimum of one year at a time and not more than 3 times may be granted on merits. The Directorate of Industries will be the registering agency for all Integrated logistic parks. The procedure adopted for the issue of a letter of intent and registration would be in line with that adopted under the Integrated Industrial Area. The developer of Integrated Logistics Park will have to develop the infrastructure and create and maintain the facilities. Such facilities can be hired/leased/rented or put to own use by the Developer.

14.11.5 Logistics Park (LP)

Logistics park/building with a minimum of 20000 sq. feet Built up Area with basic FSI will be designated as Logistics Park (LP). The 80% of the total area of ‘Logistic Park’ should be used for providing logistic services and up to 20% of the total area will be permitted for support services and common facilities mentioned in Regulation No.14.11.2 (iii and iv). Logistics Parks will be allowed applicable FSI in these Regulations. The letter of Intent for the development of a Logistics Park shall be issued by the Directorate of Industries. The development in the said Logistics Park shall be completed within 3 years from the date of issue of the Letter of Intent (LOI). The extension to time limit up to a minimum of one year at a time and not more than 3 times may be granted on merits. The Directorate of Industries will be the registering agency for all logistic parks. The procedure adopted for registration would be in line with that adopted under the IT/ITES Policy 2015. The developer of Logistics Park will have to develop the infrastructure and create and maintain the facilities. Such facilities can be hired/leased/ rented or put to own use by the Developer.

14.11.6 Upto 200% Additional FSI for Integrated Logistics Park & Logistics Park

For Integrated Logistic Parks & Logistic Parks, the FSI permissible for Industrial Zone as per these regulations shall be applicable. Upto 200% of additional FSI shall be admissible over and above the basic FSI for the development of Integrated Logistic Park & Logistics Park with or without premium as follows :-

Note : However premium charged will be limited up to the demand made by the developer for additional FSI.

14.11.7 Permissible Height

For Integrated Logistic Park & Logistics Park, the height of the building up to 24 m. or as per requirement shall be permitted.

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UDCPR has a Unified rule, which means that instead of having numerous regulations for every city/region in the state, it is better to have a single rule for all cities in Maharashtra.

But due to some geological conditions or some other restrictions, the regulations may vary a bit for some regions in Maharastra. 

For Example, the Coastal Region, Hilly Region, Densely Populated Region, and Gaothan can't have the same type of rules, and the rules differ according to it.

UDCPR 2020 Chapter 5 is all about Additional Provisions for Regional Plan Areas.

This is Applicable to all Planning Authorities and Regional Plan Areas except the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Other Planning Authorities/Special Planning Authorities/ Development Authorities within the limit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, MIDC, NAINA, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Hill Station Municipal Councils, Eco-sensitive/Eco-fragile region notified by MoEF & CC and Lonavala Municipal Council, in Maharashtra.

Rule No. 5.2 For Thane - Raigad - Palghar Regional Plan

Development around Tarapur Atomic Power Station in Tarapur - Boisar Area

5.2.1

The development within the area of a 5km to 16 km radius of Tarapur Atomic Power Station shall be governed by the following regulations.

Rule No. 5.2.1.1  Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.23 shall be applicable with the following changes-

Side and Rear Marginal Distances for the building of Height more than mentioned in Table No.6-D/6-E of Regulation No.6.2.1 and 6.2.2 :- The marginal distances on all sides, except the front side, of the building shall be a minimum of 6.0 m. or H / 5, whichever is more.

(Where H = Height of building above ground level) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.2.4 shall be applicable

Rule No. 5.2.1.2  Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.10 shall be applicable with the following changes :- Distance between Two Buildings :- 

The distance between the two buildings shall be 6.0 m. or H/5 of the taller building between the two adjoining buildings, whichever is more. (Where H - Height of building above ground level)

Rule No. 5.2.1.3  Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.10 shall be applicable with the following changes :- Height of Building :-

The maximum permissible height of the building, including the parking floor, shall be 24.0 m.

5.2.1.4  Permissible FSI -

a) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.1 and 6.3 shall be applicable with the following changes :-

The permissible Basic Floor Space Index shall be 1.10. In to basic permissible FSI, 0.30 FSI shall be permissible on payment of premium.

If the land is affected by the proposed road or road widening and if the owner hand over the land under such proposed road or road widening of very said plot, free of cost and free from all encumbrances, to the Authority, such FSI can be used instead of FSI on payment of the premium to the maximum extent of 0.30 or 0.30 FSI over and above. 1 Basic FSI may be allowed to be utilized partly from road widening FSI of the very said plot and partly from premium FSI.

Provided that, the above provision of FSI shall also be permissible for earlier sanctioned proposals within the limits of maximum permissible FSI of 0.75 or 1.00, as the case may be, subject to the marginal distances and Distance between Two buildings as prescribed above.

b) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.7.7.2 shall be applicable with the following changes :- Development of Housing for EWS/LIG - proposed in Agriculture Zone as per Regulation No.7.7.2 - FSI permissible shall be 1.0.

c) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.4.11 shall be applicable with the following changes :- FSI for users permissible in the Agriculture Zone shall not exceed the FSI as prescribed in Regulation No.4.11.

However, if FSI on payment of premium is permissible over and above the FSI allowed without payment of premium to a certain user in Regulation No.4.11, then the maximum FSI on payment of premium for such user shall be permissible to the extent of such permissible FSI on payment of premium or 0.40, whichever is minimum.

d) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.4 shall be applicable with the following changes :- The permissible basic Floor Space Index shall be 1.00. In addition to the basic permissible FSI, 0.40 FSI shall be permissible on payment of premium.

e) Provisions mentioned in Regulation No.6.1 and 6.4 shall be applicable with the following changes :- Notwithstanding anything mentioned in various provisions of Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulation, Ancillary FSI shall not be permissible in this area.

5.2.1.5 

Excepting the Regulation mentioned above, all other Regulations in the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulation shall be applicable for the area.

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Additional Regulations for Pune in UDCPR 2020

Additional Regulations in Aurangabad in UDCPR 2020

There are general regulations about any construction permissible on land and no piece of land shall be used as a site for the construction of a building if the site is not eligible for it.

If the Authority considers that the site is insanitary, incapable of being well-drained, or is dangerous to construct a building on it, then it is not permissible to use this land as a site for construction.

For Example, if the site is in Defense land, Railway region Hilly region, or not drained properly, in this case there, one cannot construct anything on the land without considering the regulations. This information about reservations and their use is very important when someone starts actual planning, whether they are land owners, builders, or construction owners. It is a must-know information before purchasing land or starting construction on the land.

This information about reservations and their use is very important when someone starts actual planning, whether they are land owners, builders, or construction owners. It is a must-know information before purchasing land or starting construction on the land.

UDCPR 2020 Chapter 3 is all about General Land Development Requirements.

This is Applicable to all Planning Authorities and Regional Plan Areas except Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Other Planning Authorities/Special Planning Authorities/ Development Authorities within the limit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, MIDC, NAINA, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Hill Station Municipal Councils, Eco-sensitive/Eco-fragile region notified by MoEF & CC and Lonavala Municipal Council, in Maharashtra.

Rule No. 3.7 Minimum Plot Area for Various Uses in UDCPR 2020

The minimum plot area for various uses shall be as given in Table No.3D below:-

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UDCPR 2020 Chapter 9 is all about the Requirements of Part of the Building as per mentioned in the UDCPR 

This is Applicable to all Planning Authorities and Regional Plan Areas except Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Other Planning Authorities/Special Planning Authorities/ Development Authorities within the limit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, MIDC, NAINA, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Hill Station Municipal Councils, Eco-sensitive/Eco-fragile region notified by MoEF & CC and Lonavala Municipal Council, in Maharashtra.

Rule No. 9.27 Provision of Lift 

9.27.1  Planning and Design

At least one lift shall be provided in every building that is more than 15 m in height. In the case of buildings more than 24 m. height, at least two lifts shall be provided. However, in the case of a proposal to add one additional floor to an existing building with a lift, it will not be necessary to raise the existing lift to the additional floor.

For buildings or floors of the building to be constructed for Retirement Homes or Senior Citizen Housing, a lift shall be provided irrespective of the height of the building.

The planning and design of lifts including their number, type, and capacity depending on the occupancy of the building, the population of each floor based on the occupant load and the building height shall be in accordance with Section-5 - Installation of Lift & Escalators of Part VIII - Building Services of National Building Code of India.

All the floors shall be accessible for 24 hours by the lifts. The lifts provided in the buildings shall not be considered as a means of escape in case of emergency. Grounding switch at ground floor level to enable the fire service to ground the lift cars in an emergency shall also be provided.

The lift machine rooms shall be separate and no other machinery shall be installed therein.

9.27.2  Fire Lift

Fire lift shall be provided as mentioned in Regulation No.9.29.8.

Rule No. 9.28 Exit Requirements

9.28.1  The following General requirements shall apply to exits

a) In every building or structure, exits shall comply with the minimum requirements of this part, except those not accessible for general public use.

b) Every exit, exit access or exit discharge shall be continuously maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full use in the case of fire or other emergency.

c) Every building meant for human occupancy shall be provided with exits sufficient to permit safe escape of occupants, in case of fire or other emergency.

d) No building shall be so altered as to reduce the number, width, or protection of exits to less than that required.

e) Exits shall be clearly visible and the route to reach the exits shall be clearly marked and signs posted to guide the occupants of the floor concerned.

f) All exits shall provide continuous means of egress to the exterior of a building or to an exterior open space leading to a street and,

g) Exits shall be so arranged that they may be reached without passing through another occupied unit.

9.28.2  Type of Exits

An exit may be a doorway, a corridor, a passage, or a way to an internal staircase or external staircase, a ramp, or to a verandah and/or terraces that have eaves to the street or to the roof of a building. An exit may also include a horizontal exit leading to an adjoining building at the same level. Lifts and escalators shall not be considered as exits.

9.28.3  Number and Size of Exits

The requisite number and size of various exits shall be provided, based on the number of occupants in each room and floor based on the occupant load, capacity of exits; travel distance, and height of the building as per provisions of Regulation No.9.28.4 to Regulation No.9.28.8.

9.28.4  Arrangement of Exits

Exits shall be so located that the travel distance on the floor shall not exceed as given below :-

Whenever more than one exit is required for a floor of a building, exits shall be placed at remote from each other as possible. All the exits shall be accessible from the entire floor area at all floor levels.

Note – For the buildings where a sprinkler system has been provided in the entire building for fire fighting, the travel distance may be increased by 50% of the value specified in the above table.

9.28.5  Occupant Load

For determining the exits required, the number of persons within any floor area or the occupant load shall be based on the actual number of occupants, but in no case less than that specified in Table No.9-E below :-

Note :

i) Occupant load in dormitory portions of homes for the aged, orphanages, insane, asylums etc. where sleeping accommodation is provided, shall be calculated at not less than 7.5 Sq.m. gross floor area per person.

ii) The gross floor area shall include, in addition to the main assembly rooms or space, any occupied connecting room or space in the same storey or in the storeys above or below where the entrance is common to such rooms and spaces and they are available for use by the occupants of the assembly place. No deductions shall be made in the area for corridors, closets or other subdivisions, that area shall include all space serving the particular assembly occupancy.

9.28.6 Capacity of Exits

1) The unit of exit width used to measure the capacity of any exit should be 50 cm. A clear width of 25 cm. should be counted as an additional half unit. Clear width less than 25 cm. should not be computed for exit width.

2) Occupants per unit exit width shall be in accordance with Table No. 9-F

9.28.7 Provision for Staircase

All buildings having a height more than the ground floor shall have the provision of one staircase. The special buildings specified in Regulations No.1.3(93)(xiv) shall have two staircases out of which one shall be a fire escape staircase.

They shall be of enclosed type. At least one of them shall be on the external walls of buildings and shall open directly to the exterior, interior open space or to an open place of safety. Further, the provision or otherwise of alternative staircases shall be subject to the requirements of travel distance being complied with.

A staircase shall not be provided around the lift shaft unless provided with a fire stop door of 1-hour rating at every floor level and no other openings in the inside wall as illustrated below.

9.28.8 Width of staircase

The minimum width of staircases/corridors for various buildings shall be as below.

Note - Internal staircase for duplex tenements shall be of minimum width 0.75 m. and for mezzanine floor shall be of minimum width 0.90 m.

Rule No. 9.29 Other Requirements of Individual Exit at Each Floor

The detailed requirements in respect of exits shall be as provided in Regulations No.9.29.1

to 9.29.8 given below.

9.29.1  Doorways

i) Every exit doorway shall open into an enclosed stairway or a horizontal exit, or a corridor or passageway providing continuous and protected means of egress:

ii) No exit doorway shall be less than 90 cm. in width except in assembly buildings where door width shall be not less than 200 cm. The doorway shall be not less than 200 cm. in height. Doorways for the bathrooms, water closets or stores shall be not less than 75 cm. wide.

iii) Exit doorways shall open outwards, that is away from the room but shall not obstruct the travel along any exit. No door, when opened shall reduce the required width of stairways or landing to less than 90 cm. Overheads or sliding doors shall not be installed.

iv) Exit door shall not open immediately upon a flight of stairs. A landing equal to at least the width of the door shall be provided in the stairway at each doorway. The level of landing shall be the same as that of the floor which it serves.

v) Exit doorway shall be openable from the side which they serve without the use of a key.

vi) Mirrors shall not be placed in exitways or exit doors to avoid confusion regarding the direction of exit.

9.29.2  Revolving doors

Revolving doors shall not be used as required exits except in residential business and mercantile occupancies but they shall not constitute more than half the total required door width.

9.29.3 Stairways

i) The interior staircase shall be constructed of non-combustible materials throughout.

ii) The interior staircase shall be constructed as a self-contained unit with at least one side to the extent of the required opening adjacent to an external wall and shall be completely enclosed.

iii) Hollow combustible construction shall not be permitted.

iv) The minimum width of the tread without nosing shall be 25 cm. for an internal staircase for residential buildings. In the case of other buildings, the minimum tread shall be 30 cm. The treads shall be constructed and maintained in a manner to prevent slipping.

v) The maximum height of the riser shall be 19 cm. in the case of residential buildings and 15 cm. in the case of other buildings. They shall be limited to 15 per flight.

vi) Handrails shall be provided with a minimum height of 100 cm. from the centre of the tread to the top of the handrails. Balusters/railing shall be provided such that the width of the staircase does not reduce.

vii) Floor indicator - The number of each floor shall be conspicuously painted in figures at least 15 cm. large on the wall facing the flights of a stairway or at such suitable place as is distinctly visible from the flights.

viii) The minimum headroom in a passage under the landing of a staircase shall be 2.2 m.

ix) For special buildings, access to the main staircase shall be gained through at least half an hour fire fire-resisting automatic closing doors placed in the enclosing wall of the staircase. It shall be a swing-type door opening in the direction of the escape.

x) No living space, store or other space including fire risk shall open directly into the staircase.

xi) External exit door of the staircase enclosure at ground level shall open directly to the open spaces or should be reached without passing through any door other than a door provided to form a draught lobby.

xii) In the case of assembly, institutional or residential occupancies or hotels or industrial and hazardous occupancies, the exit sign with an arrow indicating the way to the escape route shall be provided at a height of 0.5 m. from the floor level on the wall and shall be illuminated by electric light connected to corridor circuits. All exit way marking signs should be flushed with the wall and so designed that no mechanical damage shall occur to them due to the moving of furniture or other heavy equipment. Further, all landings of the floor shall have floor-indicating boards prominently indicating the number of floors. The floor indication board shall be placed on the wall immediately facing the flight of stairs and nearest to the landing. It shall be of the size not less than 0.5 m. x 0.5 m.

xiii)  In case of a single staircase, it shall terminate at the ground floor level and the access to the basement shall be by a separate staircase. Whenever the building is served by more than one staircase one of the staircases may lead to the basement level provided the same is separated at ground level by either a ventilated lobby or a cut-off screen wall without opening, having a fire resistance of not less than 2 hours with discharge point at two different ends or through enclosures. It shall also be cut off from the basement areas at various basement levels by a protected and ventilated lobby or lobbies.

9.29.4  Fire escape or external stairs

A fire escape or external stair shall be provided as provided in Regulation No.9.28.7. External stairs, when provided, shall comply with the following :

i) External stairs shall always be kept in sound operable conditions.

ii) All external stairs shall be directly connected to the ground.

iii) Entrance to the external stairs shall be separate and remote from the internal staircase.

iv) Care shall be taken to ensure that no wall opening or window opens on to or close to external stairs.

v) The route to the external stairs shall be free of obstructions at all times.

vi) The external stairs shall be constructed of non-combustible materials, and any doorway leading to it shall have the required fire resistance.

vii) No external staircase, used as a fire escape, shall be inclined at an angle greater than 45 degrees from the horizontal.

viii) External stairs shall have straight flight not less than 1250 mm. wide with 250 mm. treads and risers not more than 190 mm. The number of risers shall be limited to 15 per flight.

ix) Handrails shall be of a height not less than 1000 mm. and not exceeding 1200 mm. There shall be provisions of balusters with a maximum gap of 150 mm.

x) The use of spiral staircases shall be limited to low occupant load and to a building not exceeding 9 m. in height. A spiral staircase shall be not less than 1500 mm. in diameter and shall be designed to give adequate headroom.

xi) An Unprotected steel frame staircase will not be accepted as a means of escape. However, a steel staircase in an enclosed fire-rated compartment of 2 h will be accepted as a means of escape.

xii) The fire escape staircase shall be connected to other staircases through the common passage on every floor.

9.29.5  Corridors and passageways

i) The minimum width of a corridor shall not be less than 75 cm. in the case of 2 storeys row housing residential buildings and 100 cm. in the case of other buildings and the actual width shall be calculated based on the provision of Regulations No.9.28.3 to 9.28.8 (both inclusive)

ii) Where there is more than one staircase serving a building, there shall be at least one smoke-stop door in the space between the staircases.

iii) Exit corridors & passageways shall be of a width not less than the aggregate required width of exit doorways leading from them in the direction of travel of the exterior/stairways.

iv) Where stairways discharge through corridors & passageways the height of the corridors & passageways shall not be less than 2.4 m.

v) All means of exit including staircases, lifts, lobbies & corridors shall be adequately ventilated.

9.29.6  Refuge Area

For buildings more than 24 m. in height, a refuge area of 15 sq.m. or an area equivalent to 0.3 sq.m. per person to accommodate the occupants of two consecutive floors, whichever is higher, shall be provided as under :

The refuge area shall be provided on the periphery of the floor or preferably on a cantilever projection and open to air at least on one side protected with suitable railings.

a) For floors above 24.0 m. and up to 39.0 m. height - One refuge area on the floor immediately above 24.0 m.

b) For floors above 39.0 m height - One refuge area on the floor immediately above 39.0 m. and so on after every 15.0 m.

9.29.7  Lifts and Escalators

i) Lifts :- Provision of lift shall be made as mentioned in Regulation No.9.27.

ii) Escalators :- Escalators may be permitted in addition to required lifts. Such escalators may also be permitted in the atrium area of the buildings.

9.29.8  Fire lift

Where applicable, fire lifts shall be provided with a minimum capacity for 8 passengers and fully automated with an emergency switch on ground level. In general, buildings 15.0 m. in height or above shall be provided with fire lifts. In case of fire, only the fireman shall operate the fire lift. In normal course, it may be used by other persons. Each fire lift shall be equipped with suitable inter-communication equipment for communicating with the control room on the ground floor of the building. The number and location of fire lifts in a building shall be decided after taking into consideration various factors like building population, floor area, compartmentation, etc.

9.29.9  Fire Escape Chutes/controlled Lowering Device for evacuation

i) a) High-rise buildings having a height of more than 70 m. shall necessarily be provided with fire escape chute shaft/s for every wing adjacent to the staircase.

b) Walls of the shaft shall have 4 hours of fire resistance.

c) One side of the shaft shall be at the external face of the building with proper ventilation.

d) The dimension of the shaft shall not be less than 2.5 m. x 1.5 m.

e) The access to the fire escape chute's shaft shall be made at every floor level from the lobby area or from the staircase mid-landing with a self-closing door having fire resistance of at least

one hour.

f) The fire chute shall be of staggered type with landing of each section at the vertical height

of not more than 21.0 m.

Alternatively,

ii) High-rise buildings having a height of more than 70.0 m., shall be provided with a fire tower at the landing/mid-landing level with a smoke check lobby with a fireman lift being an integral part of the fire escape staircase or fire evacuation lift (Hydro pneumatic/electrically operated) on the external face of the building having opening within the fire escape staircase at landing/mid-landing level with smoke check lobby as approved by Chief Fire Officer shall be provided.

Note - Both the smoke check lobby and with evacuation lift shall have a positive level difference of a minimum of 75 mm. with respect to the staircase landing or mid-landing level to avoid ingress of water in the fireman lift shaft.

9.29.10 Refuge chute/Garbage Chute -

In residential buildings, Refuge chute/garbage chute may be provided with opening on each floor or on mid-landing. Design and specifications of Refuge chute shall be in accordance with provisions of IS 6924.

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Provision of Lift as Requirements of Part of Building in UDCPR 2020

Lighting and Ventilation of Room as Requirements of Part of Building in UDCPR 2020

Compound Wall and Other Requirements of Part of Building in UDCPR 2020

UDCPR 2020 Chapter 9 is all about the City Specific Regulations as per mentioned in the UDCPR 

This is Applicable to all Planning Authorities and Regional Plan Areas except Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Other Planning Authorities/Special Planning Authorities/ Development Authorities within the limit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, MIDC, NAINA, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Hill Station Municipal Councils, Eco-sensitive/Eco-fragile region notified by MoEF & CC and Lonavala Municipal Council, in Maharashtra.

Rule No. 10.0 

Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the following city/authority-specific regulations shall be applicable to respective Planning Authorities/Areas.

Rule No. 10.1 Pune City Municipal Corporation

10.1.2 

The height restriction in Koregaon Park Area shall be as per special regulations applicable in Koregaon Park Area as below -

a) Koregaon Park Area is bounded as below :-

i)  The Koregaon Park North Road on the north.

ii)  The Ghorpadi village boundary on the east.

iv) The Circuit House - Fitzgerald Bridge Road on the west.

b) Special Building Rules framed by the Collector of Pune for this area shall be applicable which are as given below -

i)  The minimum area of a building plot shall be as mentioned in the layout. No building plot as shown in the layout shall be sub-divided.

No building shall be allowed to be erected in any plot unless the said plot has suitable access by an existing metalled road or by a projected road which shall be previously constructed. (i.e. metalled in conformity with the layout sanctioned by the Collector.)

ii)  Only one main building together with such outhouses as are reasonably required for the bonafide use and enjoyment by its occupants and their domestic servants shall be permitted to be erected in any building plot. Provided that this restriction shall not prevent the erection of two or more buildings on the same plot, if the plot admeasures at least twice or thrice as the case may be (according to the number of buildings) the minimum size required. Provided also that the same open space shall be required around each main building as if each of these were in a separate building plot.

iii)  Every building to be built shall face the road and where the plot has frontage on more than one road the building shall face the more important road.

iv)  Every building shall be set back at least 20 feet from the boundary of any road, 40 feet or more in width and 15 feet from the other roads as shown in the layout.

v)  No building shall be constructed within 10 feet of the side boundaries of the plot.

vi)  The distance between the main building and the rear boundary of the plot shall be; not less than 20 feet. Provided that, subsidiary buildings such as an outhouse, a garage, stable, privy and the like may be permitted at the rear of the main building subject to the condition that such building shall be at a distance of not less than 10 feet from either any building in the compound or boundary of the plot.

vii)  The open space to be kept around every building shall be open to the sky and free from any erection except projection of roof, chajja or weather sheds, steps or hounds or fountains with parapet walls not more than 4 feet high. Provided that a balcony or gallery may be allowed to project over such open space if the distance between the outer edge of such a projection and the boundary of the plot is not less than 10 feet.

viii)  Not more than one-third of the total area of any building plot shall be built upon. In calculating the area covered by buildings the plinth area of the; buildings and other structures excepting compound walls, steps, open ottas and open hounds or wells with parapet walls not more than 4 feet high or Chajja and weather sheds shall be taken into account. Area covered by a staircase and projections of any kind shall be considered as built over. Provided a balcony or gallery which -

a. is open on three sides;

b. has no structure underneath on the ground floor;

c. projects not more than 4 feet from the walls; and

d. length of which measured in a straight line does not exceed 2/3rd the length of the wall to which it is attached; shall not be counted in calculating the built-over area.

ix)  No building shall contain more than two storeys including the ground floor.

x)  If flats are constructed there shall be not more than two self-contained flats on each floor, each flat being occupied by one family only.

xi)  The minimum standard of accommodation to be provided exclusively for one family shall consist of one living room and one bedroom together admeasuring not less than 250 sq. ft. one kitchen, one verandah not less than 6 feet in width in front and rear, a bathroom and a water-closet or latrine.

xii)  In no circumstances shall one-roomed tenements be allowed to be constructed or used as residences. No chawls or temporary sheds shall be allowed to be constructed.

xiii)  Every building shall have a plinth of at least 2 feet above the general level of the ground.

xiv)  No building shall exceed 100 feet in length in any direction.

xv)  All subsidiary buildings such as an outhouse providing auxiliary accommodation such as a garage, servant's quarter, stable, storeroom, privy, etc. appurtenant to the main building but detached thereon shall be ground floor structures only and shall be constructed at the rear of the plot at a distance of not less than 10 feet from one another or from the main building or from the boundary of the plot.

xvi) The owner of the adjoining plots may be permitted with their mutual consent to group the subsidiary ground floor buildings, such as outhouses, stables, privies, etc. along the common boundary in the rear of their plots provided that such building shall be at a distance of not less than 10 feet from any other building in the compound.

xvii)  The minimum floor area of any room intended for human habitation shall be not less than 120 sq. ft.

xviii)  No sides of a room for residential purposes shall be less than 10 feet long at least one side of every such room shall be an external wall abutting on the surrounding open space through its length or on an interior open yard (chowk) not less than 300 sq. ft. in the area and l5 feet in any direction or on an open verandah.

xix)  The height of every room inside the building shall be not less than 10 feet from the floor to ceiling and in the case of a sloping roof the height of the lowest point thereof shall be not less than 7 feet and 6 inches from the floor.

xx)  Every room shall be provided with windows or other apertures other than doors opening out into the internal air for the admission of light and air and the aggregate area of such openings shall not be less than 1/7th of the floor area of the room in which they are provided.

xxi)  Privies shall be at the rear of the main building and not less than 10 feet from it. They shall be innocuous to the neighbours. They shall not be within 30 feet of a well and shall be screened from public view.

xxii)  No cesspools shall be allowed to be constructed unless there exists an agency for clearing them regularly and properly.

xxiii)  No cesspool shall be used or made within 100 feet of any well.

xxiv)  No Khalkuwa Khalketi shall be used for the reception of night soil.

xxv)  No cattle shall be kept in any part of the residential buildings. No stable or cattle shed shall be constructed within 10 feet of a residential building.

xxvi)  Shops may be allowed on the ground floor of the building in the plots reserved for shops only. The upper floor of the building may be used for residence. Provided all regulations applicable to residential buildings are adopted.

xxvii)  The Collector may within his discretion sanction or license the erection of any building other than a dwelling house if he is satisfied after necessary inquiry in the locality that the erection and user of such building will not adversely affect the amenities of the adjoining lands or buildings.

xxviii)  All buildings shall be of pucca construction and no easily combustible materials shall be used in their construction.

xxix)  No boundary or compound wall or fence shall be erected on the boundary not to any street of a greater height than 4 feet measured from the centre of the road in front.

xxx)  No addition to or alterations in a building shall be carried out without the previous written permission of the Collector.

xxxi)  In the case of land or building situated within the limits of a Municipal Corporation or any other Local Authority, the rules and bylaws of the Municipal Corporation or Local Authority on that behalf shall apply in addition to the regulations prescribed above.

xxxii)  The permission shall be liable to be revoked on breach of any of the conditions.

xxxiii)  All the roads within the layout will be constructed and got ready within six months from the date of sanctioning the layout.

xxxiv)  Central arrangements for the delivery of water to the individual plot holder will be made and got ready within six months from the date of sanctioning the layout.

xxxv)  No building shall be used for other than the residential purposes.

Note - This regulation stands modified if modified by the Government/Collector.

10.1.3

Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the height of the building shall not be more than 21.0 m. in the following area. This height may be relaxed by the Government in special cases.

a) Parvati - Area bounded by Singhagad Road on the north, Singhagad Road on the west, Southern boundary of P.L. Deshpande Udyan on the south, and Road from over bridge up to Laxminagar and western boundary of Tulsibagwale Colony in S.No.89, 90 etc. of Parvati on the east.

b) Chatushrungi - S.No.105, 106 pt., 107 pt. etc. of village Bhamburda.

The area is bounded by Ganeshkhind Road on the North, Senapati Bapat Road on the east, S.No.106 - South boundary on the south, and the Western boundary of S.No.107,105,106 - on the west.

10.1.4 No piece of land shall be used as a site for the construction of the building

(a)  If the land is within a prohibited distance (currently of seventy-five meters) from the crest of the outer parapet of the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Range Pashan, Pune.

(b)  If the land is within a prohibited distance of approximately 457.2 m. (500 yards) from the crest of the outer parapet of the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Sutarwadi, Pune as shown on the Development Plan.

Rule No. 10.15 Certail Regulations Cease to Operate in Future

The Regulation No. 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.4, shall cease to operate on 1st Jan, 2022 or as decided by the Government from time to time and thereafter provisions of these regulations shall apply.

However, in the case of redevelopment projects, the Regulation No.10.1.1 shall continue in effect until 01st Jan, 2026.

Rule No. 10.1.1 Height of Building 

For a building having a height of more than 36 m., the minimum road width shall be 12 m. and for a building having a height equal to or more than 50 m., the minimum road width shall be 15 m.

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