MULTI-STOREY BUILDING

o A MULTI-STOREY BUILDING IS A BUILDING THAT HAS MULTIPLE STOREYS, AND TYPICALLY

CONTAINS VERTICAL CIRCULATION IN THE FORM OF RAMPS, STAIRS
AND LIFTS.

o A MULTI-STOREY BUILDING (MSB) IS A BUILDING EXCEEDING FOUR FLOORS AND/OR 15.25M IN

HEIGHT (FOR HOSPITAL BUILDINGS, THE HEIGHT CAN BE UP TO 17M).

o DEPENDING ON THEIR HEIGHT, MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS MAY HAVE PARTICULAR

CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO:

 ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.

 FIRE SAFETY AND EVACUATION.

 STRUCTURAL DESIGN.

 VENTILATION.

 EXTERNAL AIR MOVEMENT.

 SHADING, VIEWS AND RIGHT TO LIGHT.

 CONSTRUCTION METHODS.

 ACCESS FOR MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING.

o CLASSIFICATIONS OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS INCLUDE:

 LOW-RISE: A BUILDING WHICH IS NOT TALL ENOUGH TO BE CLASSIFIED AS HIGH-RISE.

 MID-RISE: BUILDINGS OF FIVE TO TEN STOREYS, EQUIPPED WITH LIFTS.

 HIGH-RISE: MORE THAN 7 TO 10 STOREYS.

 SKYSCRAPER: 40 STOREYS OR MORE.

 SUPER-TALL: EXCEEDING 300 M.

 MEGA-TALL: EXCEEDING 600 M.

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTING MSB APPROVALS

o ACCESS ROAD WIDTH SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 18M.

o PLOT FRONTAGE SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 25M (40 M FOR CATEGORY III BUILDING).

o MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE FAR RANGES FROM 1.50 TO 2.50 DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF THE
BUILDING. FOR HOSPITAL BUILDINGS, AN ADDITIONAL 0.25 FAR IS ALLOWED.

[BUILDINGS ARE DIVIDED INTO 3 CATEGORIES - CATEGORY 1A, 1B, II, AND III]

o MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR BUILDINGS IN CATEGORY IA: G + 6 FLOORS OR STILT + 7 FLOORS, SUBJECT
TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 24M. FOR CATEGORY IB: G + 8 FLOORS OR STILT + 9 FLOORS, SUBJECT
 TO A MAXIMUM OF 30M. FOR CATEGORY II AND III BUILDINGS: A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 60M WHERE
THE WIDTH OF THE ABUTTING ROAD IS A MINIMUM OF 18M; IF IT EXCEEDS 60M, THE WIDTH OF
ABUTTING ROAD SHOULD BE A MINIMUM 30.5M.

o MINIMUM EXTENT OF PLOTS IN AREAS SHALL BE 1,200 SQ.M. (FOR BUILDING CATEGORY I), 1,500
SQ.M. (FOR CATEGORY II), 2,500 SQ.M. (FOR CATEGORY III), AND 4 GROUNDS (9,600 SQ.FT.).

o MAXIMUM COVERAGE SHALL BE BETWEEN 30% AND 50% DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF THE
BUILDING.

o MINIMUM SETBACK SHALL BE 7M (ADDITIONAL SETBACK TO BE PROVIDED FOR BUILDINGS ABOVE

30M IN HEIGHT).

o INTERNAL VEHICULAR ACCESS WAY WITHIN THE SITE SHALL HAVE A CLEAR WIDTH OF 7.2M.

o IN CASES WHERE THE EXTENT OF THE SITE (WHERE THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL OR
PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS) EXCEEDS 10,000 SQ.M. (1 HECTARE), THE
DEVELOPER SHALL RESERVE A MINIMUM 10 PER CENT AREA (EXCLUDING ROADS IF ANY HANDED
OVER TO LOCAL BODY), AND PROVIDE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME GROUPS WITH DWELLING
UNITS NOT EXCEEDING 45 SQ.M. IN FLOOR AREA EACH, EITHER WITHIN THE SITE PROPOSED FOR
MSB DEVELOPMENT OR IN A LOCATION WITHIN A RADIUS OF 2KMS FROM THE SITE UNDER
REFERENCE.

o PREMIUM FSI OF 1 OVER AND ABOVE THE PERMISSIBLE FSI IS ALLOWED SUBJECT TO ROAD WIDTH
PARAMETERS.

o WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS

WITH OVER 100 DWELLING UNITS. IF THE DWELLING UNITS EXCEED 50, OR HAVE 2,500SQ.M. OF
COMMERCIAL AREA.

o A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT MUST BE PROVIDED WITH PRIOR APPROVAL.

o FOR SITES EXCEEDING 2500 SQ.M., A SITE PLAN ENSURING 10% OF THE LAND AS OPEN SPACE
RESERVATION LAND SHOULD BE CONTIGUOUS.

o RAINWATER HARVESTING AND SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS SHOULD BE SHOWN IN THE
APPROVED DRAWINGS.

o A CERTIFICATE FROM A CHARTERED ENGINEER OR SOIL MECHANICS ENGINEER STATING THAT

THE SOIL IS HAVING A SAFE BEARING CAPACITY FOR THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE MSB.

o DETAILS LIKE THE SOIL TEST REPORT FROM A REPUTED FIRM, STP REPORT WITH DETAILED
CALCULATIONS AND DRAWINGS SHOULD BE FURNISHED.

o AN NOC FROM THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES SHOULD BE OBTAINED:

A) FIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT

B) NATIONAL HIGHWAY/ STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT (IF APPROACH ROAD IS THROUGH

NH/SH)

C) CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT (IF APPLICABLE)

D) DOORDARSHAN/ALL INDIA RADIO (IF APPLICABLE)

E) TRAFFIC POLICE DEPARTMENT

F) ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT

G) POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

H) TWAD BOARD
MEANS OF ACCESS
o A BUILDING SHALL ABUT ON A STREET OR STREETS OR UPON SPACES DIRECTLY CONNECTED
FROM THE STREET BY A HARD SURFACE APPROACH ROAD, WIDTH OF APPROACH ROAD IS NOT
LESS THAN 9 METERS,

o IF THERE ARE ANY BENDS OR CURVES ON THE APPROACH ROAD, A SUFFICIENT WIDTH SHALL BE
PROVIDED AT THE CURVE TO ENABLE THE FIRE APPLIANCES TO TURN, THE TURNING CIRCLE
BEING AT LEAST OF 9.0 M RADIUS. WHERE ENTRY TO THE PLOT IS THROUGH A SLIP ROAD THE
GATE WIDTH SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 6 M FOR ENTRY OF THE FIREFIGHTING APPLIANCE.

o THE APPROACH ROAD TO THE BUILDING AND OPEN SPACES ON ITS ALL SIDES UP TO 6 M WIDTH
AND THE LAYOUT FOR THE SAME SHALL BE DONE IN CONSULTATION WITH CHIEF FIRE OFFICER,
FIRE SERVICE AND THE SAME SHALL BE REINFORCED TO ENSURE SAFETY OF THE FIRE EQUIPMENT
AND CAPABLE OF TAKING THE WEIGHT OF FIRE ENGINE, WEIGHING UP TO 45 TONNES) THE SAID
OPEN SPACE SHALL BE KEPT FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS AND SHALL BE MOTORABLE.

o MAIN ENTRANCES TO THE PREMISES SHALL BE OF ADEQUATE WIDTH TO ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO
THE FIRE ENGINE AND IN NO CASE IT SHALL MEASURE LESS THAN 6 M. THE ENTRANCE GATE
SHALL FOLD BACK AGAINST THE COMPOUND WALL OF THE PREMISES, THUS LEAVING THE
EXTERIOR ACCESS WAY WITHIN THE PLOT FREE FOR MOVEMENT OF FIRE SERVICE VEHICLES. IF
ARCHWAY IS PROVIDED OVER THE MAIN ENTRANCE THE HEIGHT OF THE ARCHWAY SHALL NOT BE
AT A HEIGHT LESS THAN 5M.

o FOR MULTISTORIED GROUP HOUSING SCHEMES ON ONE PLOT, THE APPROACH ROAD TO THE SITE
SHALL BE MINIMUM 18 M IN WIDTH.

PERIPHERAL OPEN SPACES INCLUDING SET BACKS

o THERE SHALL BE A SPACE OF 6 M ALL AROUND UP TO 40M HEIGHT AND AFTER THAT A SPACE OF
9M ALL AROUND SHOULD BE PROVIDED

PARKING SPACES
o THE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED AS PER THE PROVISIONS OF MASTER PLAN OR ZONAL
PLAN AS PREVALENT. THE LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES SHALL BE WELL VENTILATED.

o IN CASE OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS PARKING WILL BE PERMITTED AT ANY / ALL OF THE

FOLLOWING:
I. BASEMENTS
II. STILTS
III. PODIUM

o STACKED/ MULTI-LEVEL/ AUTOMATED PARKING IS ALSO PERMITTED.