: Commercial Buildings Requirements

Levels, Heights and Number of Floor

1-Levels, Heights and Number of Floors

1. Level of the ground floor tiles must not exceed (1.20) m from the Approved Design
Level.
2. Heights of Commercial and Office Floors are applied as perTable (18).
3. Number of floors is determined according to the Planning Requirements issued by
the Concerned Administration.
4. A retaining wall shall be constructed in the event of a level difference of more than
(1.50) m.
5. If there is a Half-mezzanine Floor (open to Ground Floor), the maximum Net Height
of Ground Floor is (8 meters + the thickness slab including the finishing), and the
minimum Net Height of Ground Floor is (6 meters + the thickness slab including the
finishing) isas shown in Figure (12 ).

 Mezzanine Floor
It is permitted to use Mezzanine Floor separately at the rate
of (100%), if the Ground and Mezzanine Floors are used as a
Commercial Center. In this case, the presence of an Internal
Connection Component, an Escalator Staircase between the
two floors, or Elevators with a glass façade of no less than
(10) persons capacity for one elevator.
Mezzanine Floor is permitted to be used separately at the rate
of (100%) in case it is used as Parking Lots.
It is not permitted to construct verandas, projections or
balconies on the mezzanine floor
It is not permitted to construct another mezzanine on the
ground floor if the original mezzanine floor is separated and
used separately.
It is permitted to use Mezzanine Floor separately as offices or
for the building's service purposes.
Roof Floor
Roof Floor is limited to Service Rooms only (elevator room, water
tanks, central air-conditioning equipment, etc.) with the rates and
conditions mentioned in Article No. (26) of this regulation
Boundry Walls (Walls)
Boundry Walls are not permitted on Commercial Plots.
Parking Lots
Areas and Dimensions of Spaces

The thickness of walls separating shopsand office units from each other and between them
and public corridors must not be less than (20) cm, and the thickness of all the external walls
of the buildings must not be less than (20) cm.
Sanitary Rooms

Corridors
General Requirements
1. Prayer Areas for both Male and Female shall be provided in Shopping Malls with an
area of more than (900) m2 with the need to provide minimum utilities for both genders
and in accordance with Article (16).
2. Services like Nursing Rooms and Baby Changing Rooms shall be provided.
3. Utility Services required by Relevant Authorities (Electricity Room,Telephone Room,
Pump Room, Water Tank or equivalent thereof) shall be provided.
4. A service floor is allowed between Typical Floors in buildings with heights that exceed
(20) floors, and it is intended for mechanical, electrical and sanitary(MEP)services and
their related accessories. No spaces for living, residential, commercial, recreational or
similar purposes are allowed. Its height shall not exceed (3.00) meters and its net height
shall not be less than (2.40) meters, and it shall not be counted amongthe permitted
floors of the plot
Article (12): Health Requirements for Establishments carrying out (
Restaurants, Foodstuff & Beverages ‘F&B’)
1-The design of Restaurants, 'F&B' shops (restaurants, cafeterias, cafes, juice shops,
vegetables and fruits
shops, confectioneries, refreshment shops, mills, toasters, refrigerated, frozen and dry
food stores,
The engineer should refer to these requirements when drawing up the designs.
2-The floors, walls and ceilings of the restaurants, 'F&B' premises must have
smooth, easy-to-clean, non-absorbent, waterproof, fire-resistant, light-colored, non-
toxic finishes and free of cracks.it will have to have a suitable slope to allow a simple
cleaning. The corners between the walls, between the walls
and floors, and between the walls and the ceiling must be airtight and curved to
facilitate cleaning.
3-Suitable ventilation and lighting should be granted for each of the internal parts as
established in this Regulation.
4-Shelves, electrical appliances, laundry rooms, warehouses, fireplaces, service tables,
insects must be foreseen.
5-The ceilings of the kitchens of the restaurants and the like are going to be made of
Reinforced Concrete or equivalent.
6-Restaurants, 'F&B' shops have to be equipped with the correct sanitary facilities
and in according to the Sanitary Works and Plumbing Requirements.
7-Chimneys for bakeries, restaurants and toasters have to be located on the side of the
Sikka or just
through the skylights of the property, in order to preserve the General appearance of
the Property. elevation should not be less than (4) m above the roof of the building, and
that it should be equipped with Landscape.
8-The refrigeration and freezing rooms must be equipped with a temperature indicator
installed in such a way that it achieves be read from the outside, and its doors have to be
designed to open from the inside and from the outside.