RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

CHENNAI BUILDING RULES

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
 Ordinary residential / predominantly residential buildings, Clinics,
dispensaries, nursing homes with floor area not exceeding 300 sq.m.
and G+1 floor in height.
 Working women hostels / old age homes with floor area not exceeding
500 sq.m. and G+1 floor in height.
 Corporate / Institution Guesthouses with floor area not exceeding 300
sq.m. and G+1 floor in height.
 Cottage industries (with number of workers not exceeding 8 and
electric machineries not exceeding 5 H.P.) with floor area not exceeding
300 sq.m. and G+1 floor in height.
 Nursery schools, primary schools with floor area not exceeding 300
sq.m.
 Reading rooms, libraries, Post office, EB Office, telegraphic office, Local
body maintenance offices with floor area not exceeding 300 sq.m.
(i) In CBA, there shall be atleast 1m wide internal passage from rear
to front in Ground floor, directly accessible to road.
(ii) In cases of Residential or predominantly residential
developments,
- (a) where dwelling units for Economically Weaker
Sections do not exceed 30 sq.m in floor area each, 50% of
normally permissible FSI is additionally allowable over and above
the normally permissible FSI; and
- (b) where dwelling units for Low Income Group do
not exceed 50 sq.m in floor area each, 30% of normally
permissible FSI is additionally allowable over and above the
normally permissible FSI;
Provided that the developer or promoter or owner shall not sell
these dwellings for other than the said purposes and no
conversion or amalgamation shall be permissible in these cases of
lower income group dwellings
 Ordinary Commercial Buildings and
other small developments

Ordinary commercial / predominantly commercial buildings including

shops, private offices, banks, restaurants, fuel filling stations with or
without service stations, Departmental stores, clinical labs, Schools of
Commerce, with floor area less than 300 sq.m. and up to Ground +one
floor.
INDUSTRIAL ZONE
SPECIAL & HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES
INSTITUTION BUILDING
• Including nursery schools, Primary schools and religious buildings with
floor area exceeding 300 sq.m. Secondary schools, Colleges, Higher
Educational, Technical & Research Institutions, Students hostels &
Dormitories, Research Institutions, Broadcasting, Telecasting &
Telecommunication centers, Government & Quasi Government offices, and
Institutions, Government archives, Museums, Art galleries and Public
libraries, foreign missions, Consulates and embassies.
• In CBA, there shall be atleast 1m wide internal passage from rear to front
in Ground floor, directly accessible to road.
• In cases of Government and Quasi-Government hospital buildings an
additional FSI of 0.25 is allowable over and above the normally permissible
FSI.