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high-rise buildings or normal buildings. The total built up area of multiplex complex
shall not be less than 12,000sq. metres and the height of building shall not exceed 50
metres.

26. Exterior and Interior open air spaces.—(1) Every room intended for human habitation shall
abut on an exterior or interior open space or verandah open to such exterior or interior open space
and such open space shall be maintained for the benefit of the building exclusively and shall be
entirely within the owner's own premises and shall be open to the sky and is barred from being
subdivided, partitioned or legally bifurcated or transacted, in any manner whatsoever, till such
date when the structure itself is demolished and shall be kept free from any erection thereon other
than those specially allowed in these rules.

(2) In the case of buildings with multiple occupancy other than multiplex complex, yards for the
most restrictive occupancy shall be provided.

(3) The required minimum setbacks shall be provided at the ground level itself for the whole
building.

(4) The minimum yards for every building upto 10 metres in height shall be as per the Table4:—

TABLE 4

YARDS FOR BUILDINGS UNDER DIFFERENT OCCUPANCIES

Buildings in Buildings in Group
Small plots Group B,C&D G1
Buildings in built
under of built-up
Group A1& up Buildings
Group A1 area
A2 of any area in Group Buildings
and F (built exceeding 200 Group E
built-up area upto in Group
up area not sq. metres & Fbuilt G1 of Group G2

Group J
Group I
and 200 H of built
exceeding up area built up
Yards Buildings in sq. up area
200 sq. exceeding area
Group F metres exceeding exceeding
metres and 200 sq.
with built up
plot area 200 – Above metres 200 sq.
200 sq.
area not 500 500 metres
not metres
exceeding sq. sq.
exceeding
200sq.metres metres metres
125 sq.
metres)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Front(in
3 2 5 7.5 3 3 3 7.5 6 7.5 10
metre)
Rear (in
1.5 1 2 3 1.5 2 3 5 3 7.5 5
metre)
Sides(in 3 and
1 0.6 2 1 2 3 3 2 7.5 5
metre) 5

Provided that for single family residential buildings the front yard of plots abutting un-notified
roads with less than 6 m , shall not be less than 2 m.

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