The Jalandhar Municipal Corporation Building Bye-Laws, 1997

9 · Notification

3 · 1 Essential Requirements : Every building work within the Municipal limits shall be designed by Registered Architect/Building Designer/Supervisor.

3 · 2 Licensing of Architect, Building Designer and Supervisor, their Qualifications and Competency :-

3 · 2.1. Licensing : A licence as an Architect/Building Designer/Supervisor shall be granted by the local authority to any person who in its opinion is qualified for the work.

3 · 2.2. Qualifications : The minimum qualification necessary for licensed Architect/Building Designer/Supervisor shall be as follows :

3 · 2.3. Competency of Class-A : The licensed Architect/Building Designer and Supervisor shall be competent to carry out the work related to the building permit as given below and shall be entitled to submit :

3 · 3 Renewal of Registration : A Registration Certificate issued shall be renewable every year on the payment of such renewal fee as is determined by the competent authority from time to time.

3 · 4 Cancellation of Registration Certificate : A Registration Certificate granted or renewed shall liable to be cancelled by the competent authority if the holder thereof contravenes any of the provisions of the Act or the Rules or regu-

3 · 5 Notice of Building Application : Every person intending to erect or reerect any building shall give notice of such intention in writing in Form 'A' appended to these bye-laws along with ownership documents, four sets of Ferro Prints and two prints on tracing cloth/tracing film showing location plan, site plan and building plans to the Municipal Corporation and shall at the same time submit:

3 · 6 Tax on Building Application : Every person who makes an application give notice to the Commissioner for sanction of a building plan shall pay along with the application/notice tax at such rate as may from time to time be specified by the government.

3 · 7 Location Plan : A Location Plan of the applicant's site indicating exact distance from the main approach road, prominent buildings/landmarks in the vicinity.

3 · 8 Site Plan : The Site Plan shall be a scale of 1" to 16' for exact identification and shall show :

3 · 9 Building Plan : The plans of buildings and elevations and sections accompanying the notice shall be drawn to a scale not less than 1" to 8' for plots measuring above 200 square yards and 1" to 4' for plots measuring upto 200 square yards and shall:

3 · 9.1 Building plans for Multistoreyed/Special Buildings : For multistoreyed buildings which are more than 15 metre height and for special buildings like marriage palace, Hotel, Group housing, Assembly, Institutional, Industrial, Storage and hazardous occupancies, etc. the following additional information shall be furnished/indicated in the building plans in addition to the item (a) to (1) of Bye-laws No. 3.9.

3 · 10 Scrutiny and Approval of Building Plans : Scrutiny and approval of building plans shall be carried out by the Town Planning Wings of the local authorities or in the absence of such wings, by the officer authorised for this purpose. Every building application shall be either 'Approved' or 'Rejected' within a period of 60 days as provided in the Act.

3 · 11 Notice of commencement of work :

3 · 12 Permission to occupy :

3 · 13 Notice of Completion. - Every person newly erecting or re-erecting a building shall on its completion give notice of such completion to the local authority in Form 'F' appended to the Bye-laws. If the building is not completed within two years of the date of sanction, the notice shall be accompanied by a completion plan on tracing cloth in duplicate with two ferro prints of the part of the building completed, upto date.

3 · 14 Monitoring of execution of works and erection of building as per sanctioned plan and approval of revised plan wherever required :

3 · 15 Compounding of deviations from the sanctioned plan :-

4 · 1 Site coverage, minimum front set back, height and FAR for residential plotted development: The proportion upto which a site may be covered with building including ancillary building along with FAR control shall be in accordance with the following slabs, the remaining portion being left open in the form of minimum front set back, and open spaces around the building and space at rear, sides or internal courtyard :-

4 · 2 Group housing, Multi-storeyed Buildings/Apartments :

4 · 3 Commercial:

4 · 3.1 Site coverage, parking, height and F.A.R. :

4 · 3.2. Basement: The construction of basement in commercial buildings shall be governed in accordance with detailed provisions contained in the Bye-laws No. 4.7.

4 · 3.3 Staircase: Minimum width of staircase in commercial buildings:

4 · 4. Industrial: - Coverage, FAR, Height etc. :

4 · 5 Institutional and other Public Buildings:

4 · 6 Height of buildings and set back:

4 · 7 Provision of Basements in Buildings:

4 · 8 Projection:

4 · 9 Provision of Lifts in Buildings: Every building having more than fifteen metres height shall be provided with a minimum of one lift and total number of such lifts shall be calculated on the basis of one lift for every 900 square metre floor area above four storeys.

5 · Fire protection, Electrical installations, Material and Structural controls:

5 · 1 Fire protection: All requirements of fire protection through classification of buildings based on occupancy, type of construction, and other requirements shall be in accordance with the IS-1642-1960 Code of Practice for safety of Buildings (General); material and details of construction, and other relevant provisions of the National Building Code with latest amendments.

5 · 2 Electrical Installations: The electrical installations in the buildings shall be carried out in conformity with the requirements of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and the Electricity Rules, 1956 as amended from time to time.

5 · 3 Structural Design: The structural design of all the buildings shall be in

5 · 4 Plinth Level: The plinth level shall not be less than 1'-6" or as may be specified by the competent authority from time to time.

5 · 5 Roof: The construction of every roof shall conform to the material and specifications as are specified in the Punjab Public Works Department specifications.

7 · Miscellaneous:

7 · 1. Relaxation: Government may relax any of the provisions of these building bye-laws for reasons to be recorded in writing.

7 · 2 Repeal of existing Bye-laws and Rehabilitation schemes Bye-laws: From the date of coming into force of these building bye-laws, the existing byelaws made by Municipal Corporation and by Government under Schedule 'D' of East Punjab Refugees (Rehabilitation and Building Sites) Rules, 1948 shall stand repealed.

2 · Parking on stilts shall not be counted towards FAR and Maximum permissible height shall be 8’-6".