LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN FOR KALYANI MUNICIPAL AREA Being a portion of Calcutta Metropolitan Area Cyl CALCUTTA METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY December - 2000LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN FOR KALYANI MUNICIPAL AREA Being a portion of Calcutta Metropolitan Area Approved by the Govt. of West Bengal u/s 37 of the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning & Development) Act, 1979 vide its letter issued under No. 4430-UD/O/M/SB/S-2/98 dated 11-12-2000 Published wv the oficial Goyette ow 16.02 2001 Vide matigication ma 8 /anra /fecti/vii -33/97 dt 06.02. 200| wo CALCUTTA METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY December - 2000a aa TAPAS KR. GUHA 1..Director of Planning sieht) lenning Unit (KMDA) Contents Page No. PART | — INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 SHORT TITLE AND APPLICATION 1 Chopter 2 DEFINITION 2 Chopter 3 POWER TO RELAX 7 PART Il — USE OF LAND AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY Chopter 4 PRESENT PREDOMINANT LAND USE 8 Chapter 5 RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURING AREAS 9 Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENT POLICY n PART Ill — GENERAL PROPOSAL FOR USE OF LAND Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ZONES 2 Chapter 8 PRESCRIPTION FOR USE OF LAND 18 Chopter 9 PRESCRIPTION FOR USE OF LAND FOR SOME 22 SPECIFIC PLOTS AND PREMISES Chapter 10 PRESCRIPTION FOR MIXING OF OCCUPANCIES 23 PART IV — PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION Chopter 11 PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF AREAS 24 AND BUILDINGS PART V — REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT Chapter 12 REGULATIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS 25 Chapter 13 REGULATIONS FOR GROUND COVERAGE FOR 27 BUILDINGS Chapter 14 REGULATIONS FOR HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS 28Chapter 15 Chopter 16 Chapter 17 Chopter 18 Chopter 19 Chapter 20 Chopter 21 Chopter 22 SCHEDULES — REGULATIONS FOR OPEN SPACES FOR BUILDINGS REGULATIONS FOR PROVISION OF PARKING. WITHIN A PLOT REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT OF PLOT CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE BUILDING REGULATION FOR CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FOR ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION AND LOW INCOME GROUP HOUSING SCHEME APPROVED BY CALCUTTA METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PROVISION REGARDING EXISTING BUILDINGS REGULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING SITE REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, PUBLIC OPEN SPACES, PONDS, WET LANDS, CANNALS AND RIVERFRONT REGULATIONS FOR SUB-DIVISION OF PLOTS 1, Ul, IV, Vv, VE Page No. 30 36 43 45 48 50 51 541.0 1 12 Chapter 1 SHORT TITLE AND APPLICATION This document including the schedules and diagrams may be called “The Lond Use and Development Control Plan” for Kalyani Municipal Area. It sholl opply to the whole of present Kalyoni Municipal Area, the boundary of which is given below. NORTH Southern boundary of part of village Birparo, Muratipur ond Chandmori and the Canal bearing C.S. Plot No. 497p of Birparo, C.S. Plot Nos. 904 and 709 of Murotipur and C.S. Plot Nos. 1944- 1946 of Chandmari. EAST By the Calcutta-Ranaghat Eastern Raivoy Line. SOUTH By the District boundary of 24-Pargones District and by road from Budho Pork (Kalyani) to the River Bhagirathi beoring C.S. Plot Nos. 789 and 544 of Mouza Krishnadeb-Bati and C.S. Plot No. 33 of Chor Kanchrapara. WEST By the port of Caleutto-Ghosh Para Road bearing C.S. Plot No. 813 of Krishnodeb-Boti Mouzo ond 376 of Konchrapora Mouzo ond Railway siding line passing through the villoge Mojherchar and Char Jodubati and the Conal of C.S. Plots Nos. 86 ond 21 of Chor Joduboti Mouzo.2.0 21 2.2 2.3 2.4 25 2.6 Chapter 2 DEFINITION “The Act" means the West Bengal Town ond Country (Planning ond Development) Act, 1979 as amended; *Chojio or Cornice" means a sloping or horizontol structural overhang usually provided over openings on external walls to provide protection from sun and rain; *Chimney’ means the construction by means of which a flue is formed for the purpose of carrying the products of combustion to the open air and includes chimney stack and the flue pipe; "Courtyard" means a space permanently open to the sky, enclosed fully or partially by building and may be at ground level or any other level within or adjacent to a building, « countyard enclosed on all sides being an inner courtyard and a courtyard where one of the sides is not enclosed being on outer courtyard; *Cul-de-sact means o public or private street or passage closed at one end. “Ground coverage” means the quotiient obtoined by dividing the area of the plot covered by the building at the ground level by the total areo of the plot. This is expressed as 0. percentage = The area of the plot covered by building . 95 el Eee Total oreo of the plot For the purpose of calculating the ground coverage all projections ond overhangs shall be included in the covered area excepting cornice, whether-shade or chajjo of not more than 0.50 metres in width;27 28 29 2.10 211 2.12 2.13 214 *Khatal’ means 0 place where cattle ore kept or maintained for the purpose of trade or business in cattle including business in milk or otherwise : ‘Ledge or Tand” means a shelf-like projection, supported in ony manner except by means of vertical supports within @ room itself but not having projection wider than 0.75 metre, to be used only os storage space; “Loft means an intermediary floor between two floors or a residual spoce in a pitched roof above normal floor level which is constructed or adopted for storage purposes; "Means of access" means a public street or privote street or passage open to the sky, provided that in case of partition of an existing building, the passage moy not be open to sky; “Open space” means an orea, forming on integral part of the site, of the ground level open to the sky; "Passage" is a means of access which is not a private street or a public street and which provides access to not more than three plots. Passage shall include footway and drains attached to the passage and sholl also include all lands up to the property line of the plots abutting the passage; “Private street" means any street, road, lane, alley or possage which provides access to four or more plots and which is not a public street but does not include a passage provided in effecting the partition of any masonry building amongst joint owners where such possage is less thon 2.50 metres wide. Private street shall include footway and drains attached to any street and shall also include oll lands up to the property line of the plots abutting the private street; "Public street" means any stree!, road, lane, gully, alley, passage, pathway, square, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have @ right - of - way, ond includes 0) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway; 3215 2.16 217 2170 217.2 b) the footway attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway, and ¢)_ the droins attached to any such street, public bridge or cousewoy ond where there is no drain attached to any such street, shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to include all land up to the outer woll of the premises abutting the street, or where o street oligament hos been fixed and the area within such alignment has been required by the Municipality ond the alignment hos been demarcated or is capable of being demarcated up to such alignment; “section means a section of the A “Tenement" means an independent dwelling unit. "Use group" or "Occupancy" means the purpose for which @ building or 0 port of @ building is used or intended 10 be used. For the purpose of clossification of a building according to occupancy, occupancy shell be deemed to include subsidiary occupancies, which are contingent upon it. idential, educotional, The occupancy classification shall include re institutional, ossembly, business, mercantile (retail), mercantile (wholesale), industrial, storage and hozordous. Principal occupancy shall be the ‘occupancy of covering more than 50% of the floor orea of the building. In case no single occupancy covers more than 50% of the floor oreo of the building, the building shall be clossified os "mixed use building’. The clossification of buildings based on principal occupancy, shall be as given below = "Residential building” means any building in which sleeping ‘occommodation is provided for normal residential purpose os the principal use with or without cooking facility or dining facility or both, such building shall include one or two or multi-family dwellings, lodging or rooming houses, hostels, dormitories, aporiment houses and flats, ond privote garages; “Educational building’ means any building used for school, college, librory or day-care purposes as principal use involving assembly for instruction, education or recrection incidental 1o education; 42.17.3 217.4 2.17.5 217.6 217.7 “Institutional building” means any building or part thereof ordinarily providing sleeping accommodation for occupants ond used principally for the purposes of medical or other treatment or core of persons suffering from physical or mental illness, disease or infirmity, core of infonts, convalescents or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention in which the liberly of the inmates is‘restricted, such building shall include hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, sanatorio, custodial institutions and penal institutions like jails, prisons, mental hospitals and reformatories; “Assembly building" means any building or part thereof where groups of people congregate or gather for amusement or recreation or for social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel, sports, and similor other purposes as the principal use, such building shall include theatres, motion picture houses, drive-in-threatres, city halls, town halls, ouditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rinks, gymansiums, restaurants, eating houses, bors, hotels, boarding houses, places of worship, dance halls, club rooms, gymkhonos, passenger stations and terminals of air, surface ond other public transportation services, recreation piers and stadiums; “Business building" means any building or part thereof used principally for transaction of business for keeping of accounts and records or for similar purposes; such buildings sholl include offices, banks, professional establishments, court houses if the principal function of these is transaction of public business or keeping of books and records. Such building shall also include buildings or premises solely or principally used os on office or for office purpose; "Mercantile building (retoil)” means any building or port thereof used principally as shops, stores or’ markets for display or retail sale of ties incidental thereto; merchandise or for office, storage of service fo: “Mercantile building wholesale)” meons any building or part thereof used principally as shops, stores or markets for display or sale of merchandise on wholesale basis, or for office, storage or service focilities incidental thereto and shall include establishments, wholly or partly engaged in wholesale trade, manufacturer's wholesale outlets including related storoge 52.17.8 2179 2.17.10 2.18 facilities, warehouses, and establishments engaged in truck transport [including truck transport booking agencies); “Industrial building” means any building or structure or part thereof used principally for fabrication, assembly ond or processing of goods and materials of different kinds; such building shall include laboratories, power plants, smoke houses, refineries, gos plonts, mills, dairies, factories ond workshops; “Storage building” means any building or part thereof used principally for the storage or sheltering of goods, wares or merchandise os in worehouses; such building shall include cold storage, freight depots, transit sheds, store houses, public garages, hangars, silos and barns; ‘Hazardous building” means any industrial or storage building or part thereof used principally for the storage, handling, monufacture or processing of highly combustible or explosive moteriais or products which are lioble to burn with extreme ropidity or which may produce poisonous fumes or explosions during storage, handling, manufacture or processing or which involve highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalies, acids or other liquids or chemicals producing flames, fumes, explosions or mixtures of dust or which result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to spontaneous “Width of a street” means the whole extent of space, including the footpath, within the boundaries of the street os specified in the survey map or other records of the Municipality but shall not include the land under prescribed right-of-way or the regular line of the street.3.0 3.1 Chapter 3 POWER TO RELAX Notwithstanding anything contained in this Lond Use and Development 8 Development Authority may, for Control Plan, the Calcutta Metrop. reasons to be recorded in writing and with the previous approval of the State Government, relax any provision of this Lond Use ond Development Control Plan for dealing with a case in a just and equitable manner40 Chapter 4 PRESENT PREDOMINANT LAND USE Present predominant land use of these areas have been shown in different maps and registers already published by the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority under section 29 of the Act. at5.0 Chapter 5 RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURING AREAS The Kalyani Municipality is situated on the East bank of River Hooghly at @ distance of about 50 k.m. from C.8.D. of Calcutta. The municipality is connected with the remaining areas of C.M.A. and the hinterland by Kalyani Barrackpore Expressway, Muragacha Rood, Kenchropara - Haringhato Road, and Notional High woy No. 34. The area is connected with the areas in the West Bank of River Hooghly by Iswar Gupta Setu. The area is connected with the remaining oreas of C.M.A. and the hinterland by the Suburban Railway line of the Sealdah - Ranaghot section ‘ond the branch line from Kalyani R.S. to Kaiyani Simanta R.S. There ore four Railway stations. viz. Kalyoni, Kalyani Silpanchal, Ghosh para and Kalyani Simania within the municipal area The Kalyani Municipal area in respect of Colcutta Metropolitan Area has been shown in drawing No. 1.CALCUTTA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Lecexo 106.0 Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENT POLICY The policy for development and general use of lond in the area would include the following :- ii) vi) vii) All major water bodies shall be preserved. The present pattern of mixed land use will be allowed to continue in general, but certain non-conforming uses will be prohibited in order to improve the environment and living condition. The existing parks and public open spaces will be preserved and efforts will be made for creation of new porks ond public open spaces. Buildings and creas that are important from historical, architectural, environmental or ecological points of view will be indicated for preservation and conservation. The development of buildings and lond for different purposes in different Zones will be guided and controlled through appropriate regulations considering the ovoilable circulation and infrastructure facilities with a view to making the area functionally efficient and environmentally acceptable. Efforts will be made for development of the river front in C.M.A. with pedestrian plaza and other conforming facilities clong the river bank In creas with intense commercial activities ond where intense commercial activities are expected in future, efforts will be made to promote a development form with reduced ground coverage resulting in reduction of traffic congestion ond overcrowding of street level but ot the same time ensuring proper utilization of the high value lond in such areas. u7.0 7 72 73 Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ZONES Kolyani Municipal Area has been divided into eight Development Control Zones that are indicated in para 7.1 to 7.8 below and are shown in diagram No. 2. Development Control Zone ‘C’ The Development Control Zone comprises the areas that are used intensively for commercial activities mixed with residential and other uses. This zone also includes the areas which are likely to be used in future for intense commercial activities. The Development Control Zone ‘C’ consists of the following oreo. The area is bounded by a line drawn east ward from the point 1 olong the road connecting 1 & 2 upto the point 2 thence south ward along the road connecting 2 & 3, upto the point 3 thence west ward along the road connecting 3 & 4, upto the point 4 thence north ward along the rood connecting 4 & 1 upto the point 1 os shown in diagram No. 2. Development Control Zone ‘I’ The Development Control Zone ‘I’ comprises the areas that are used extensively for industrial purpose. The Development Control Zone ‘I’ consists of the area covered by word no. 5 & 6 of Kalyani Municipality. Development Control Zone ‘Cl’ The Development Control Zone ‘CI’ comprises the orea thot ore used for industrial purpose mixed with other uses but ore likely to be used in future for intense commercial activities. 1274 The Development Control Zone ‘CI’ is bounded by a line drown south ward along the eastern edge of Ghoshpara road from Buddho pork upto the point 5 at o distance 1000’-0" from Kalyoni- Barrackpur Expresswoy upto the point 6, thence northward along the eastern edge of the road upto the point 7 of Kalyani- Barrackpur Expressway, thence eastward along the northern edge of the expresswoy upto the railway line, thence northward along the western edge of Eastern railway line, thence westward ‘along the northern boundary of ward no. 9 upto the point 2A thence southward along western boundary of ward no 9 upto Iswar Gupta road, thence westward along Iswar Gupta road upto Buddha Park as shown in the Drawing. Development Control Zone ‘RI’ The Development Control Zone ‘RI’ comprises the areas thot ore used principally for residential or industrial purposes but are mixed with other uses. The Development Control Zone ‘RI’ consists of two parcels of land ‘areas, the boundaries of which are given below. i) Parcel - 1 The whole ward of 19 of Kalyani Municipality excluding the oreo within zone ‘CI’ within this ward. ii) Parcel - 2 The area is bounded by a line drawn northward starting from a point 30 along the existing road upto the point 11 thence eastward along the southern boundary of Sewage disposal plant upto the point 10 thence eastward along the Strand Road upto the Buddha Park thence southward along Ghosh Para Road upto the point 31 thence westward along the southern boundary of Kalyani Municipality upto the point 30. 1375 76 17 Development Control Zone ‘UA’ The Development Control Zone ‘UA’ comprises the areas presently being used as sewoge treatment plant. The development control zone ‘UA’ consists of the following area. The area is bounded by a line drawn eastward from the point 8 along the southern edge of the Canal upto the point 9 thence southward along the western edge of the road connecting 9 & 10 upto the point 10 thence westward along the Southern boundary of Sewage disposal plant connecting 10 & 11 upto the point 11 thence northward along the eastern edge of the road connecting 11 & 8 upto the point 8. Development Control Zone ‘RF’ Development Control Zone ‘RF’ comprises the following two parcels of land : i) Parcel - 1 A 15.00 metres wide strip of land from northern bank of the canol which runs east west. The strip starts from point - 1 and runs upto western boundary of the municipality. ii) Parcel A 15.00 metres wide strip of land from the southern bonk of the conal which runs eost west. The strip starts from point 1 ond runs upto western boundary of the municipality. Development Control Zone ‘SP” The Development Control Zone ‘SP’ comprises the areas thu! ore principally used for institutional ond educational purposes. Development Control Zone ‘SP* consists of the following parcels of land 14iy Parcel The oreo is bounded by the boundary wall of Kalyani University starting from the point 18 drawn northward along the boundary wall upto the point 19 thence eastward along the boundary wall upto the point 20 thence again northward along the boundary wall upto the point 21 thence eastward along the boundary wall upto the point 22 thence southward along the boundary wall upto the point 23.thénce eostward along the boundary wall upto the point 24 thence southward along Ghoshpara Road upto the junction of railway line ‘and Ghoshpara Road thence westward along the railwoy line upto the point 18. Porcel - 2 The area is bounded by the boundary wall of Kalyani University starting from the intersection of Ghoshpara Road and railway line drawn northward along Ghoshpora Road upto the point 25 thence eastward long the boundary wall upto the point 26 thence northward along the boundary wall upto the point 27 thence eastward along the boundary wall, upto the point 28 thence southward along the boundary wall upto the point 29 thence westward along the railway line upto the intersection of railway line ‘and Ghoshpara Road. Parcel - 3 The area is bounded by a line drawn eastward from the point 12 long the southern edge of the railway track upto the point 13 thence southward along the western edge of the road connecting 13 ond 14 upto the point 14 thence westward along the northern edge of the road connecting 14 and 15 upto the point 15 thence southward long the western edge of the road connecting 15 and 16 upto the point 16 thence westward along the northern edge of road connecting 16 and 17 upto the point 17 thence northward along ihe eostern edge of the rood connecting 17 and 12 upto the point 12 578 Note : Development Control Zone Development Control Zone ‘R’ comprises the areas that are principally used for residentiol purposes mixed with other uses. This zone includes the oreas which ore likely to be developed for residential purpose in future. The Development Control Zone ‘R’ consists of the areas of Kalyani Municipality which ore not included in the Development Control Zones ‘C’, ‘I, ‘CI’, ‘RI, ‘UA’, ‘RF’, ‘SP’ os described under para 7.1 to 7.7. The Wards Nos. 1,2,3 and 5 in full ond part of ward Nos. 4,6,7,12,13 ond 14 falling within the limits of Kalyoni Municipality are outside the limits of Calcutta Metropolitan Area as per Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979. Hence the Prescription under this Land Use and Development Control Plan for those wards are only suggestive. 16x ITIWaISINAW_INVATY 80d NW 1d, ONINOS INSWWEOTIASO_ONY SSO8.0 8.1 82 83 Chapter 8 PRESCRIPTION FOR USE OF LAND Development Control Zone ‘C’ i) ii) In development Control Zone ‘C’ the following buildings ore prohibited : a) b) 4) New industrial building or extension of existing industrial building except for those industries listed in Schedule - | and Schedule - II of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Hazardous building. New mercantile (wholesale) building and extension of existing mercantile (wholesole) building. In Development Control Zone ‘C’ Khatals are prohibited. Development Control Zone | In Development Control Zone | excepting industrial and its incidental uses all other uses are prohibited. Development Control Zone ‘CI’ In Development Control Zone ‘CI’ the following buildings ore prohibited 9) b) New industrial building for those industries listed in Schedule - Il of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Extension of existing industrial building for industries listed in Schedule - Ill of this Land Use ond Development Control Plan: 1884 85 86 ii) J d) New mercantile (wholesale) building and extension of mercantile (wholesale) buildings, Hozordous Building. In Development Control Zone ‘CI Khatals ore prohibited. Development Control Zone ‘RY’ ) ii) In Development Control Zone ‘RI’ the following buildings are prohibited :- a) b) a New industrial buildings except for those industries listed in Schedule - 1 ond Schedule - ll of this Lond Use ond Development Control Plan. Extension of existing industrial building for industries listed in Schedule - Ill of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. New Mercantile (wholesale) building and extension of existing mercantile (wholesale) building, Hazardous building, In Development Control Zone ‘RI’ Khatals ore prohibited. Development Control Zone ‘UA’ Development Control Zone ‘UA’ is to be used only for operational purposes provided that any change of use from the present operational purposes will require specific approval of the Calcutta Metropoliton Development Authority Development Control Zone ‘RF In Development Control Zone ‘RF’ the following buildings ore proibited. 1987 88 d) New industrial building or extension of existing industrial building; Hozardous building, New mercontile (wholesale) building and extension of existing mercontile (wholesale) building; New residential, business, educationol, institutional, mercantile (retail), mixed use ond storage building ond extension of existing such building; New assembly building ond extension of existing ossembly buildings excepting clubs, resturants, eating houses, passenger stations, transport terminals, crematoria and bothing ghots; ii) In Development Control Zone ‘RF’ Khatals ore prohibited. Development Control Zone ‘SP’ In Development Control Zone ‘SP’ change of existing use of land is not permitted. Uses allied to the existing land use can only be permitted. Development Control Zone ‘R’ Ip Development Control Zone ‘R’ the following buildings are prohibited :- 9) b) d) New industrial building or extension of existing industrial building except for those industries listed in Schedule - | of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Hazardous building, New mercontile (wholesale) building ond extension of existing mercantile (wholesole) building, New institutional building or extension of existing institutional building meant for penal & correctional detention 20e) New buildings or extension of existing buildings with business occupancy or assembly occupancy of more thon 300 sq. metres of total covered area put to such occupancies. in Development Control Zone 'R’ Khatals are prohibited. 219.0 91 92 93 94 Chapter 9 PRESCRIPTION FOR USE OF LAND FOR SOME SPECIFIC PLOTS & PREMISES. ©) In plots and premises listed in schedule V of this Land Use and Development Control Plan which ore presently being used os parks and public open spaces, no development is permitted excepting those stipuloted in chapter 21 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. b) In parks ond play grounds within Railway property no development is permitted excepting those stipulated in chapter 21 of this Lond Use ‘and Development Control Plan. In plots and premises mentioned in the municipal records as Land used for the purpose of cremotion, burial and lost rite performed after death by different communities, no development is permitted excepting those ollied uses requited for performing ritual functions. For the plots and premises mentioned in Schedule VI of this Land Use ond Development Control Plan presently being used os educational or institutional use, chonge of the present occupancy or occupancies is prohibited. The said Schedule V & VI with the previous approval of the State Government and by notification in the official Gazette, be modified as may be felt necessary in the public interest during the process of implementation of this Land Use ond Development Control Plan 2210.0 Chapter 10 PRESCRIPTION FOR MIXING OF. OCCUPANCIES Residential or Educotional or Institutional or Business or Mercantile (Retoil) occupancy or occupancies, ore no! permitted in a building with Industrial occupancy or occupancies excepting Industries listed in Schedule | and Schedule II of this Land Use and Development Control Plan which ore permitted in the Development Control Zones in terms of the provision of Chapter 8 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Hazardous or Mercantile (Wholesale) occupancy or occupancies are not permitted with Residential or Educational or Institutional or Business or Mercantile (Retail) occupancy or occupancies. 23nO Chapter I1 PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF AREAS AND BUILDINGS The areos and or buildings requiring preservation and conservation from historical, architectural, environmentol or ecélogical points of view are indicated in Schedule IV of this Lond Use and Development Control Pian. Proviided thot, the areas and buildings indicated in the soid Schedule IV may, with the previous approval of the Stole Government ond by notification in the official gazette, be modified as may be felt necessary in the public interest, in course of the implementation of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. 2412.0 12.1 12.2 Chapter 12 REGULATIONS FOR MEANS OF ACCESS Every plot shall about a means of access which moy be a public street or private street or passage. The relotionship between the width of the means of access and the maximum permissible height of building shall be as indicated in Chapter-14 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Minimum width of means of access No new building shall be allowed on a plot unless the plot abuts a street which is not less than 10.00 metres in width at any part, or there is access to the plot from any such street by @ passage which is not less than 10.00 metres in width at any part; provided thot :- 9) b) d) In case of a residential building with other occupancy or occupancies, it any, of less than 10% of the total covered area of the building, the width of such street or passage shall not be less than 6.00 metres ot ‘ony part; In case of a residential building with educational occupancy of 10% or more of the total covered area of the building, the width of such street or passage shall not be less than 7.00 metres at any port; In case of an educational building with residential occupancy, the width of such street or passage shall not be less thon 7.00 metres ot ony port; In cose of an educational building with other occupancy or occupancies not being residential of less than 10% of the total covered oreo of the building, the width of such street or possage shall not be less thon 7.00 metres at any, pant; 2512.3 12.4 Any building which in full or part is put to assembly occupancy for the purpose of theatre, motion picture house, city hall, dance hall, skating rink, ouditorium, exhibition hall or for similar other purposes shall not be allowed on a plot located within 50 metres of junction of two streets, the width of each of which is 15.00 metres or more. For plots in a scheme for Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group housing approved by Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority, the minimum width of means of access shall be as indicated in Chapter 18 of this Lend Use and Development Control Plon. 2613.0 13.1 13.1.1 13.2 13.3 Chapter 13 REGULATION FOR GROUND COVERAGE OF BUILDINGS The maximum permissible ground coverage for building when a plot contains @ single building will depend on the plot size ond use of the building os given in the table below = Maximum permissible Ground Coveroge (plot containing a single building) Maximum Permissible Ground Coverage Type of Building In Development In other Control Zone ‘C’| Development x/cv Control Zones 1. Residential and Educational 0) Plot size upto 200 55% 65% sq.mt. b) Plot size 500 sq.mt. 45% or 110 sq. 50% or 130 or more meters whichever sq.metres which is more ever is more 2. Other uses including 40% 40% mixed use For ony other size of plot in between the plot size of 200 10 500 sq.m the % of coverage shall be calculated by direct interpolation When a plot contains more than one building, the moximum premissible ground coverage for the building shall be os stipulated in Chopter-17 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan For plots within a scheme for Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group housing approved by Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority the maximum permissible ground coverage for the buildings shall be os indicated in Chapter-18 of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan. a714.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Chapter 14 REGULATION FOR HEIGHT OF BUILDING Height of © building shall be the vertical distance measured from the overage level of the centre line of the adjoining street or passage on which the plot obuts to the highest point of the building whether with flat roof or sloped roof The following appurtenant structures sholl not be included in the height of the building :- i) Stair cover not exceeding 2.40 metres in height; ii) Lift machine rooms as per the latest edition of the Notional Building Code; ) Roof tanks and their supports, the height of support not exceeding 1.0 metre; iv) Chimneys; v) Ventilating, airconditioning and other service equipments. The aggregate orea of the structures mentioned above shall not exceed one-third of the area of the roof upon which these are erected. The maximum permissible height of buildings on a plot shall be os given in the table below : Width of means of access in Maximum permissible metres height in metres i) 3.50 metres to 6.0 metres 8.00 i) 6.00 metres to 7.00 metres 11.00 ili) Above 7.00 metres 14.50 2814.4 For plots in a scheme for Economically Weaker Section ond Low Income Group housing opproved by Calcutta Metropoliton Development Authority, the moximum permissible height of building shall be os indicated in Chapter 18 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan.15.0 15.1 Chapter 15 REGULATIONS FOR OPEN SPACES FOR BUILDINGS General iii iv) Every room intended for human habitation shall abut on interior or exterior open space or an open verandah open to such interior or exterior open space. Open spaces shall be areas forming parts of the plot ot ground level and shall be open to the sky any projection or. overhang excepting cornices, chajjas or weather-shades of not more than 0.50 metre width. Every building shall have exterior open spaces comprising from front ‘open space, rear open space and side open spaces. The minimum width prescribed for front open space, rear open space and side open spaces shall be provided along the entire front, rear and side faces of the building respectively. For this purpose the front of the building sholl be thot face of the building which faces the means of ‘access fo the plot and the reor of the building shall be deemed to be thot face of the building which is forthest from the means of access. This shall also be applicable for each individual building when a plot contains more than one building. In cose of o corner plot located ot the crossing of more than one street or passage, the rear of the building shall be deemed to be thot face of the building which is farthest from the widest of all such streets and or passoge. No building shall at any time be erected on any open space prescribed under these rules for a building and from part of the site thereof, nor shall such open space be taken into account in determining the area of any open space required under these rules for any other building if the front open space is 3.00 metres or more a “Gate Goomti for security purpose may be allowed in the said open space, the covered 3015.2 15.2.1 area of such “Goomti* shall not in any case exceed 3.00 sq.metres and the height of such “Goomti" shall not exceed 3.00 metres. The covered area of the ‘Gate Goomti* shall not be included in the calculation of Ground Coverage. Distance from overhead electrie lines No building or verandah, balcony or projection in ony building, shall be permitted to be erected, re-erected, added to or altered in any cose where the distance between such construction and ony overhead electric lines, in accordance with the provision of the Indion Electricity Act, 1910, (9 of 1910) and the rules framed thereunder is less than os specified hereinafter :- Vertical Horizontal earance Clearance a) Low and medium voltage 2.5m 12m lines including service lines. b) High voltage lines upto & 37m 1.2m including 11,000 volts. <) High voltage lines above 3.7m 2.0m 11,000 volts & upto & including 33,000 volts. d) For extra high voltage 3.7 m plus 0.3 m 2.0 m plus 0.3 m lines beyond 33,000 volts. for every for every additional 33,000 additional 33,000 volts or part volts or port thereof, thereof. Note : "m” indicates metre Front open space i) Every residential or educotional building shall hove o minimum front open space at ground level of 1.20 metres at its narrowest part; 3115.2.2 iy vi) vii) In case of residential or educational building with other occupancy or occupancies covering more than 20% of the floor orea ot ground floor of the building, the minimum front open space ot the ground level shall be 2.00 metres at its narrowest port. Provided that for such cases on plots with area of 300.00 sq.metres or less, the minimum width of the front open space shall be 1.20 metres if the port of the building used for other occupancy or occupancies is not more than 30.00 sq.metres ot the ground floor; Every industrial or storage or mercantile (wholesale) building sholt have a minimum front open space at ground level of 5.00 metres ot its narrowest part; In cose of industrial or storage of mercantile (retail) building on plots of area less than 300.00 sq.metres the minimum front open space shall be 1.20 metres at its narrowest port; Every institutional or mercantile (retail) or business building shall have ‘2 minimum front open space ot ground level of 3.00 metres ot its narrowest part; Every assembly building shall hove a minimum front open space ot ground level of 4.00 metres ot its norrowest port; For mixed use buildings, the minimum front open space shall be the cone applicable for that particular occupancy which gives the highest valve of the minimum front open space. For plots in a scheme for Economically Weaker Section ond Low Income Group housing approved by Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority the minimum front open space shall be as indicated in Chapter 18 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. 3215.3 15.4 Rear Open space i) Every building shall have o minimum rear open spoce ot ground level of @ width at its narrowest port of not less than that indicated below :- imum rear open space at narrowest part (metres) Height of building (metres) Upto 8.00 2.50 Above 8.00 but not more than 3.00 11.00 Above 11.00 but not more than 4.00 14.50 ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in para 15.3. (i), the minimum width of rear open space at its narrowest part of industrial or storage cor mercontile (wholesale) buildings shall be 3.50 metres. iii) For plots in a scheme for Economically Weaker Section ond Low Income Group housing opproved by Calcutta Metropoliton Development Authority the minimum rear open space shall be os indicated in Chapter 18 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. Side open space i) Every building shall have minimum side open spaces at ground level of width at its narrowest part of not less than that indicated hereinafter :- Height of building | Minimum side open space at ground (metres) level at its narrowest part (metres) Side 1 Side 2 Upto 11.00 1.20 1.20 Above 11.00 but not 1.20 2.50 more than 14.50 3315.5 iii) Notwithstanding anything contained in para 15.4 (i), the minimum width of side open space for on industrial or storage or mercontile (wholesale) building shall be 3.50 metres. ) In case of a building more thon 24.00 metres in depth on a plot abutting ony street, a passage olong the entire depth of the building shall be provided ond the minimum width of such passage shall be 4.0 metres. For plots in a scheme for Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group housing opproved by Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority the minimum side open space shall be os indicated in Chapter-18 of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan. Interior open space y Inner courtyard In case ony room excepting bath, water-closets and store-room is not abutting either the front, rear or side open spaces, it shall but an inner courtyard whose minimum width shall be 30% of the height of the building or 3.00 metres whichever is more, or shall abut an outer courtyard os provided in para 15.5 (ii). Ventilation shaft For ventilating water closet and bath-room, if not opening on to front, side, rear or interior open space or out courtyard shall open on to a ventilation shaft, the size of which shall not be less thon the values given below :- Minimum area of wentilcion shaft Muhimum widih of Height of building (metres) (sq.metres) shaft (metres) Upto 11.00 1.50 1.00 Above 11,00 but not 3.00 1.20 more than 14.50No chajja shall be allowed in the ventilation shaft uniess the width of the shoft is 2.40 metres or more Outer courtyard The minimum width of outer courtyard shall not be less thon 20% of - the height of the building or 2.50 metres, whichever is more.16.0 Chapter 16 REGULATIONS FOR PROVISION OF PARKING WITHIN A PLOT ) Generally °) b) 4) e) the minimum size of a cor parking space shall be 2.50 metres x 5.00 metres and that for a truck or bus parking space shall be 3.75 metres x 10.00 metres. These spaces do not include the area of circulation, internal roads, aisles ond drive-woys. The minimum width of an internal circulation road shall be 3.50 metres for cars and 5.00 metres for trucks; in calculating the number of parking spaces as per the norms laid down in sub regulations (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8), the covered areo shall be some os the total covered area of the building, but shall exclude the area of covered parking spaces, if ony; the parking loy-out plan shall be so prepared that the parking space for each vehicle becomes directly accessible from the driveway oF circulation driveway or aisles. This clause shall not be applicable for residential building upto 14.50 metres in height; the open spaces within the plot may be allowed to be utilized for car parking spaces open to the sky provided that the minimum front, rear and side open spaces prescribed in chapter 15 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan shall be kept free from parking; for areas with different occupancies in @ building the number of parking spaces shall be worked out on the basis of each of the occupancies separately and such number will be added to find 362) out the total number of parking spaces required for the building; f) in case of a plot containing more thon one building; parking requirement shall be calculated for each building separately, on the basis of use of each building; g) in colculoting the areas of different tenements or different occupancies in a same building or different units of the some ‘eccupancy in o building, the areas of common spaces at any floor, which is included in the calculation of the toto! covered area shall be distributed proportionately amongst the different units or tenements; h) for plots ina scheme for Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group Housing approved by the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority, the parking requirement sholl be os indicated in chapter 18 of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan. i) for plots with means of access of less than 3.50 metres in width, car parking spoce may not be provided. For residential occupancy, cor parking shall be subject to the following provisions = 0) Building with single tenement :- i) no car parking space sholl be necessary for totol covered area of less than 100.00 sq.metres; ii) one cor parking space shall be necessary for a total covered area of 100.00 sq.metres but less than 200.00 sq.metres; iii) one cor parking space for every 200.00 sq. metres of covered area shall be necessary for a total covered areo ‘of 200.00 sq. metres or more; 37b) A) 8) C) 0) Building with more than one tenement Tenement each upto 50.00 sq. metres of covered area :- i) no car parking space shall be necessary upto five such tenements; ii) one car parking space shall be necessary for six such tenements; iii) one additional car parking space shall be necessary for every additional six such tenements; Tenement each with more than 50.00 sq. metres but upto 75.00 metres of covered area :- i) mo car parking space shall be necessary upto three such tenements; ii) one cor parking space shall be necessary for four such tenements; cone additional car parking space shall be necessary for every additional four such tenements; Tenement each with more than 75.00 sq. metres but upto 100.00 sq. metres of covered oreo :- ‘One car porking space shall be necessary for every two such tenements; Tenement each with more than 100.00 sq. metres of covered area :- ‘One car parking space shall be necessary for each tenement hoving covered oreo less than 200.00 sq. metres. One additional car parking space for every 100.00 sq. metres of covered area of the tenement beyond the first 200.00 sq.mtr. 38&) 3) a) For @ building with tenements of different sizes, the car parking requirement shall be colculated on the basis of the requirement of each size group subject to the condition that at least one cor parking space shall be necessary for more thon 300.00 sq. metres of total covered area of the building, irrespective of the number of sizes of tenement; The above minimum standard shall be applicable for oll Development Control Zones excepting the Development Control Zone ‘C! and ‘Cl’ for which the requirement of number of cor parking spaces shall be 1.5 times the requirement prescribed in clouse (0) ‘and (b). For business occupancy, car parking shall be subject to the following provisions = 0) For covered area upto 1500.00 sq. metres; one car parking space for every 75.00 sq. metres of covered area or part thereof shall be necessary; b) For covered area above 1500.00 sq. metres but upto 5000.00 sq. metres; twenty car parking spaces plus one odditional car parking space for every 100.00 sq. metres of covered area or port thereof, beyond 1500.00 sq. metres shall be necessary; ©) For covered area above 5000.00 sq. metres; fifty five cor parking spaces plus one cor parking space for every 200.00 sq. metres of covered area or part thereof beyond the 5000.00 sq. metres shall be necessory. For mercantile (retail) occupancy, car parking’ shall be subject to the following provisions :- 2) no car porking space shall be necessary upto a total covered area of 50.00 ‘sq. metres; 395) b) For covered area above 50.00 sq. metres one car parking space plus one additional cor parking space for every additional 100.00 sq. metres of covered oreo shall be necessary; For assembly occupancy, car parking shall be subject to the following :- 9) b) Restaurant, eating house, bars, clubs and gymkhana no car parking space shall be necessary upto a total covered oreo of 200.00 sq. metres. For covered area more than 200.00 nal 200.00 sq. metres, one car parking space for every addi sq. metres or part thereof shall be necessary; Hotel and boarding house : i) one car parking space for every five guest rooms or port thereof shall be necessary for three star, four star and five stor hotels; ii) one car parking spoce for every twenty guest rooms or port thereof shall be necessary for other hotels ond boarding houses; for oreas to be used os restaurant, dining hall, shopping orea, seminar hall, banquet hall and similar purposes, one additional car parking space for every 200.00 sq. metres of covered area of part thereof shall be necessory; Theater, Motion Picture House, City Hall, Dance Holl, Skating Rink, Town Hall, Auditorium or similar other Halls or such other place. ji) Hoving fixed seating arrangement ‘one cor porking space for every thirty seats shall be necessary. 40ii) Hoving no fixed seating arrangement fone cor parking space for every 100.00 sq. metres of covered area shall be necessary. jonal occupancy, car parking shall be subject to 6) For inst the following pro} jons :~ 0) Hospital and other health core insfitution run by Government, Statutory Bodies, Local Authorities : i) in institution where beds are provided, one cor porking space for every twenty beds shall be necessary. ii) in insfitution where beds ore not provided, one car parking space shall be necessary for every 100.00 sq. metres of covered area. b) Hospital ond other health core institution not run by Government, Statutory Bodies, Local Authorities : one cor parking space for every 75.00 sq. metres of covered rea or part thereof shall be necessary; Note : In no case, the required car parking space shall exceed 200 in numbers. 7) For educational occupancy, car parking shall be subject to ©) no cor parking space shall be necessary upto a covered orea of 100.00 sq. metres used for administrative purpose; b) for covered orea more than 100.00 sq. metres but less than 400.00 sq. metres used for administrative purpose one cor parking space shall be necessary; 418) for covered areo of 400.00 sq. metres and above used for ‘odministrative purpose, one car parking space for every 400,00 sq. metres shall be necessary; d) for total covered area more than 1000.00 sq. metres one bus parking space for every 1000.00 sq. metres shall be necessary. Such parking space shall be in addition to the cor parking space required for the building; For industrial or storage or hazardous occupancy, car parking shall be subject to the following provisions :- ©) no cor or truck parking space shall be necessary upto a total covered area of 200.00 sq. metres; b) for covered area above 200.00 sq. metres, one cor parking space for every 200.00-sq. metres and one truck parking space for every 1000.00 sq. metres subject to @ minimum of one truck porking space, shall be necessary; ¢) in no case the required car parking space shall exceed 50 and the required truck parking space shall exceed 50. 4217.0 7.2 Chapter 17 REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT OF PLOT CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE BUILDING iii) Every building on 0 plot containing more than one building shall abut an internal road connecting the means of access of the plot, The minimum width of such internal roads shall not be less than 6.00 metres. The maximum permissible height of any building on o plot shall be determined by the width of the means of access on which the plot abuts according to the toble given in pora 14.3 of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan. The minimum width ond the maximum length of all such internol roods shall be os prescribed in the table in para 22.2 of this Lond Use ond Development Control Plan. In cose the buildings within o plot ore not of the same occupancy, an individual building of ony particular occupancy shall comply with the Development Control Regulations of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan for that occupancy excepting the provisions ‘of Ground Coverage. Ground Coverage For plots measuring 5,000 sq..metres or more in oreo, the moximum permissible ground coverage shall be 45% for residential or educational buildings and 35% for buildings of other use groups or for buildings with mixed occupancies Provisions of Chapter 13 of this Lond Use end Development Control Plan shall be applicable for plots measuring less than 5,000 sq. metres. 4317.3 17.4 75 Open Spaces 1) Every building shall have minimum external open spaces os prescribed in Chopter 15 of this Land Use and Development Control Plan. For plots measuring 5000 sq. metres or more in area, eight percent of the total area of the plot is to be developed as community open space. The width of each such open space sholl not be less thon 10.00 metres ond each such open space shall abut street having © width of not less than 7,00 metres. The minimum orea of each such open space in one parcel sholl be 400.00 sq. metres. Land for Facilities For plots meosuring 25,000.00 sq. metres or more in areo seven percent of the total area is to be kept reserved for use for facilities like school, heolth centres, market, milk booths, post office, power sub-stotion, transport terminal, water treatment plant and sewage treotment plant etc. Such land shall abut o street having a width of not less than 10.00 metres. This shall be in addition to eight percent of the total land necessary for community open space. Parking The provisions shall be some as stipulated in Chapter - 16 of this Lond Use and Development Control Plan 44