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1 GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STANDARDISED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIAL COUNCILS AND NAGAR PANCHAYATS IN MAHARASHTRA SANCTIONED VIDE GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION NO-TPS-1812/157/CR 71/12/REC NO 34/12 /UD 13, DT. 21st November 2013 STANDARDISED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND NAGAR PANCHAYATS IN MAHARASHTRA INDEX Regulation No. Contents Page No. PART - I ADMINISTRATION Short Title, Extent and Commencement 1 Definitions 1 Applicability of Regulations 10 Interpretation 10 Development Permission / Commencement Certificate Required 11 Procedure for Obtaining Development Permission / Building Permit / Commencement Certificate 12 Procedure During Construction 21 Inspection 22 Unsafe Buildings 22 Offences and Penalties 22 PART II GENERAL PLANNING AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS Requirements of Sites 24 Means of Access 25 Regulation for Land Sub-division and Layout 27 Land Use Classification and Permissible Uses 34 Open Space, Area and Height Limitations 34 Parking.

2 Loading and Unloading Spaces 38 Requirements of Parts of Building 44 Provision of Lifts 51 Exit Requirements 51 Fire Protection Requirements 57 Special Requirements of certain categories of Buildings 58 PART III LAND USE CLASSIFICATION AND PERMISSIBLE USES Purely Residential Zone R1 60 Residential Zone R2 61 Commercial Zone 71 Industrial Zone 71 Agricultural / No Development Zone 73 Public-Semipublic Zone 75 Uses Permissible in Proposed / Reservations 76 PART IV MARGINAL SPACES, HEIGHT, PERMISSIBLE FSI. General 78 Marginal Open Spaces, Area, Height Limitations and Permissible FSI in Congested Areas. 78 Residential Buildings 78 Cinema Theater/Multiplex, Assembly building, Shopping Mall and Like Buildings 79 Educational, Medical, Institutional, Commercial, Mercantileand other Buildings in congested area 79 Marginal Open Space, Area, Height Limitation and Permissible FSI outside Congested Area.

3 79 Residential Buildings 79 Other Buildings 82 Marginal Open Space, Area, Height Limitation and Permissible FSI for Industrial building 84 PART V ADDITIONAL FSI IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES IN NON-CONGESTED AREAS General 85 FSI for road widening and construction of new road 85 Educational / Medical/ Institutional Buildings and Starred Category Hotels 85 Buildings of Government & Semi-government Offices and Public sector undertakings 86 Development/Redevelopment of Housing Schemes of MHADA 86 Biotechnology Units/Parks 88 Buildings of Police Department 88 Information Technology Establishments 89 Religious Buildings 89 YatriNiwas and Youth hostel 90 Lands in Possession of MSRTC 90 Redevelopment of Existing Buildings 90 Redevelopment of Dangerous Buildings with Tenants 90

4 Basic Shelter for Urban Poor 91 PART VI FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENT General 92 Construction Material 92 Lifts and Fire Lifts 92 Basement 93 Service Duct and Shaft 95 Refuse Chutes 95 Refuse Area 95 Electrical Services 95 Gas Supply 96 Illumination of Means of existExit 96 A Stand-by Electric Generator 97 Transformer 97 Air Conditioning 97 Provision of Boiler and Boiler Room 98 Provision of First Aid and Fire Fighting Appliance 99 Fire Alarm System 99 Lightning Protection of Building 99 Fire Control Room 99 Appointment of Fire Officer 99 House Keeping 100 Fire drills and Fire Orders 100 Compartmentation 100 Helipad 100 Material for Interior Decoration / Furnishing 100 PART VII STRUCTURAL SAFETY, WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE & SANITARY REQUIREMENTS, OUTDOOR DISPLAY STRUCTURES Structural Design 101 Quality of Materials and Workmanship 101 Alternative Materials, Methods of Design and Construction and Tests 101 Building Services 102 Water Supply, Drainage and Sanitary Requirements 102 Drainage and Sanitary Requirements 104 Signage and Outdoor Display Structures 105 PART VIII SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS Provisions forRegardingFacilities for Physically Handicapped Persons 120 Installation of Solar assisted Water Heating System 123 Rain Water Harvesting 124 PART IX ACQUISITION / DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVED / DESIGNATED SITES IN DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

5 Manner of Development of Reserved/Designated Sites in Development Plan (Accommodation Reservation Principle) 126 Transferable Development Rights 130 PART X ADDITIONAL PERMISSIBLE USES IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES Commercial Use of Lands owned by ZillaParishads, PanchayatSamitees and GramPanchayats. 134 Commercial Use of Lands in the possession of MSRTC 134 Uses below Flyover 134 PART XI REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL ACTIVITIES Mining or Quarrying Operations 135 Erection of Mobile Towers 135 PART XII SPECIAL SCHEMES Special Townships 136 Tourism Development 136 Innovative Development Proposals 138 PART XIII SUPPLEMENTARY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Clarification 139 Powers to Delegate 139 Board of Appeal 139 Appendices Appendix A-1 Application Form for construction of building or layout of 140 building or group housing Appendix A-2 Application Form for sub-division of land as plotted layout 149 Appendix B Form for Supervision.

6 152 Appendix C Qualification and duties, responsibilities etc. of Licensed Technical Personnel or Architect for preparation of Schemes for development permission and Supervision 153 Appendix D-1 Form for Sanction of Building Permit / Commencement Certificate. 156 Appendix D-2 Form for tentative approval for demarcation of land / sub-division of land. 157 Appendix D-3 Form for Final approvalof building permit/sub-division of layout 158 Appendix E-1 Form for Refusal of Sanction toBuilding Permit / Commencement Certificate 159 Appendix E-2 Form for Refusal of Sanction to the land sub-division / layout 161 Appendix F Form for Intimation of Completion of Work upto Plinth Level 163 Appendix G Form for Approval / Disapproval of Development Work up to Plinth Level 164 Appendix H Form for Completion Certificate 165 Appendix I Form for Occupancy Certificate 166 Appendix J Form for Refusal of Occupancy Certificate 167 Appendix K Form of Indemnity for Part Occupancy Certificate 168 DCPR FOR A,B.

7 C CLASS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 1 STANDARDISED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PROMOTION REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND NAGAR PANCHAYATS IN MAHARASHTRA PART I ADMINISTRATION SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT These Regulations shall be called as StandardisedDevelopment Control and Promotion Regulations for Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in Maharashtra These Regulations shall apply to the building activity and development works on lands within the jurisdiction of ..*Municipal Council / Nagar Panchayat in Maharashtra. (a) These Regulations shall come into force from ..* and these shall replace all existing building bye-laws and Development Control Rules / Regulations in force framed under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 and The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, Regulations, if any, approved by the Government considering the character of the town shall also be applicable.

8 Savings: Not withstanding anything contained herein, any permission granted or any action taken under the Regulations in force prior to these Regulations shall be valid and continue to be so valid, unless otherwise specified. DEFINITIONS General In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions given hereunder shall have meaning indicated against each of them. Words and expressions which are not defined in these Regulation shall have the same meaning or sense as in the - i) Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 ii) The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 and iii) National Building Code (2005 or amended from time to time) Act :Act in these Regulations means The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966; Authority - Authority means an Authority which has been created by a statute and which for the purpose of administering the Regulations may authorize a Technical Committee or an official having a professional skill to act on its behalf.

9 Alteration :- Any change in existing authorized building or change from one occupancy to another, or a structural change, such as an addition to the area or height, or the removal of part of a building, or any change to the structure, such as the construction of, cutting into or removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor, roof or other support or a change to or closing of any required means of ingress or egress or a change to the fixtures of equipment as provided under these regulations. However modification in respect of gardening, white washing, painting, plastering, pointing, paving and retiling shall not be deemed to be alteration. DCPR FOR A,B,C CLASS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2 Advertising Sign :- Any surface of structure with characters, letters or illustrations applied theretoand displayed in any manner whatsoever out door for purposes of advertising or to give information regarding or to attract the public to any place, person, public performance, article or merchandise whatsoever, and which surface or structure is attached to, or forms a part of building, or is connected with any building or is fixed to a tree or to the ground or to any pole, screen, fence or hoarding or displayed in space Air-conditioning.

10 -The process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution to meet the requirement of conditioned space Accessory Building :-A building separate from the main building on a plot and containing one or more rooms for accessory use such as servants quarters, garage, store rooms or such areas as may be classified by the Director of Town Planning. Accessory / Ancillary Use :-Any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and incidental to the principal use. Amenity Space :- For the purpose of these Regulations, amenity space means a statutory space kept in any layout to be used for any of the amenities such as open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, playgrounds, sports complex, gardens, convenience shopping, parking lots, primary and secondary schools, clinics, dispensaries, nursery,health club, sub post-office, police station, electric substation, ATM of Banks, electronic cyber library, open market, garbage bin,water supply installation, electricity supplyinstallation, sewage treatment plant and includes other utilities, services and conveniences.