Building Plans for Multistoried/Special

Buildings
• For multistoried buildings which are more than 15m height and for special
building like educational, assembly, institutional, industrial, storage and
hazardous and mixed occupancies with any of the aforesaid occupancies
having area more than 150 sqm. the following additional information shall
be furnished/indicated in the Building Plans in addition to the items
• a) access to fire appliances / vehicles with details of vehicular turning circle
and clear motorable access way around the building up to 6m. width.

• (b) Size (width) of main and alternate staircases along with balcony
approach, corridor, ventilated lobby approach:

• (c) Location and size of fire lift;

• (d) Smoke stop lobby / door, where provided;

• (e) refuse chutes, refuse chamber, service
duct etc,

• (f) vehicular parking spaces

• (g) refulse area, if any:

• (h) Details of Building Services – Air-

conditioning system with position of fire
dampers, mechanical ventilation system,.
Electrical services, boilers, gas pipes etc.
• (i) details of exits including
provisions of ramps etc. for
hospitals and buildings requiring
Special Fore Protection measures.

• (j) Location of generator,

transformer and switch gear room

• (k) Smoke exhauster system, if any;

• (l) Details of fire alarm system net

work;
• (m) Location of centralized control, connecting all
fire alarm system built in fire protecting
arrangements and public address system etc;

• (n) Location and dimensions of static water storage

tank and pump room along with fire service inlets
for mobile pump and water storage tank

• (o) Location and details of fixed fire protection

installations such as sprinklers, wet risers
hosereels, drenchers Co2 installation etc and

• (p) Location and details of first aid, fire fighting

equipment’s/ installations.
OPEN SPACE, AREA & HEIGHT
LIMITATIONS
• 15.1 Exterior Open Spaces – The provisions for open spaces at the front,. side and rear of the
building, depending upon occupancy, plot size, nature of development (namely row-housing
semi-detached and detached), width of road fronting the plot, the locality shall be as given in
Appendix N.

• 15.1.1.Building shall be set back at least 3 m from internal means of access in a layout of
buildings.

• 15.1.2 Building Abutting Two or More Streets – When a building abuts two or more streets, the
set backs from the streets shall be such as if the building was fronting each such street.

• 15.1.3 Open Spaces and Height of Buildings- The open spaces at sides and rear shall be
provided as per Table 27
• Open space separate for Each Building or Wing- The open spaces required under these rules shall be separate
or distinct for each building and where a building has two or more wings, each wing shall have separate or
distinct open spaces according to these rules for the purpose of light and ventilation of the wings. 15.1.6.1
However , in case of single storied accessory building to residential building the separation between buildings
shall be not less that 1.5 m .

• 15.2 Interior Open Spaces (Chowk) 45 15.2.1 Inner chowk - The whole of every room excepting bath W.C. and
store room and not abutting on either the front, rear or side(s) open spaces (see rule No. 17.14.4) shall about
on an interior open space (courtyard, inner chowk), whose minimum width shall be 3 m further such Inner
Chowk shall have an area at all levels of chowk of not less than the square of 1/5th the height of the highest
wall abutting the chowk. Provided that when any room (excluding staircase bay and both-rooms and water
closet (see rule No. 15.2.1.1) is dependent for its light and ventilation on an inner chowk the dimensions shall
be such as is required for each wing of the building.

• 15..2.1.1Where only water closet and bathroom are abutting on the interior open space, the size of the
interior open space shall be in line with the provision for ventilation shaft as given in rule No.17.14.5
• 15.2.2 Outer Chowk The minimum width of outer chowk (as distinguished
from its depth) shall be not less than 2.4 m If the width of the outer chowk
is less than 2.4 m then it shall be treated as a notch and the provision of
outer chowk shall not apply. However, if the depth of outer chowk is more
than the width the provisions of B rule No. 15.1.6 shall apply for the open
spaces to be left between the wings.

• 15.3 Area and Height Limitations The area and height limitations through
covered area, height of buildings and number of storyes tenement density,
Floor Area Ratio for various occupancies, facing different road width shall
be as given in appendix N and regulation 15.5 hereinafter.
PARKING LOADING AND UNLOADING
SPACES
• 1 Each off-street parking space provided for Motor Vehicles shall not
less than 2.5 m x 5 m areas, and for scooters and cycles the parking
spaces provided shall not be less than 3sq.m. and 1.4 sq.m.
respectively.

• 16.2.For building of different occupancies off-street space for vehicles

shall be provided as given in 16.2.1.

• 16.2.1 The provision for parking of vehicles shall be as given in Table 6.