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URDPFI UNFCC we 2Ws 3Ws 4Ws Road Over Bridge Railway Under Bridge Right of Way Slow Charger / Slow Charging (AC) Service Provider South Dethi Municipal Corporation ‘The Energy and Resource Institute ‘Tubular Fluorescent Lighting ‘Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation Guidelines, 2014 ‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Water Closet ‘Two wheelers ‘Three wheelers Four wheelers / PV(cars)DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NOTIEICATION New Delhi, the 22nd March 2016 (Unified Building Bye Laws for Delhi 2016) Chapter 1 General Te S.0.1191(F): In exercise ofthe powers conferred under sub-section (1)Section 57, read with Section 13 of Delhi Development Act-1957, the Delhi Development Authority, with the previous approval of the Central Government hereby make the following regulations, ‘The regulations earlier notified under these clauses vide Notifications No. $.0. 513, dated 26-2-1959 Gazette of India, Part-II, Section 3 (i) dated 7-3-1959, as adopted by the Delhi Development Authority, vide Resolution No. 229 dated 1-5-1965 and the Building Bye Laws 1983, published in Extra Ordinary Part IV of Delhi Gazette, published by Government of India(Delhi Administration) vide S.O. ‘No, 104, dated23.06.1983, in force and subsequent resolutions and amendments in Building Bye Laws 1983 were superseded by these ‘Unified Building Bye-Laws for Delhi 2016, notified vide $.0.1191 (F ) dated 22.03.2016. ‘Thereafter, subsequent amendments‘modifications were notified (i) vide S.0, 2479 (E) dated 21.07.2016; Amendment in Para 9.2.5, of the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi 2016; (ii) vide S.0. 1053(B) dated 05.04.2017: Modifications in the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi 2016; (iii) vide $.0, 1502 (E) dated 11.05.2017: Corrigendum to the Modifications in the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi 2016,(v)vide S.0. 859 (E) dated 28.02.2018: Modification of sub-clause 2.10 in UBBL 2016 Notified vide S.0 1053 (E) dated 5* April 2017; (v) vide 8.0. 1487 (E) dated 04.04.2018: Modification in UBBL 2016 Notified vide 8.0 1053 (B) dated 5 April 2017 for sub-clauses, simplification of forms/proformas and omission of submission of Bondi(s)/Afidavit(s);(vi) vide $.0. 1236 (E) dated 8 March 2019 : Modifications in the Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi-2016; (vi) vide 8.0. 668 (E) dated 12.02.2020 : Modifications inthe Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi 2016-2020 ‘which are compiled and incorporated and shall be the integral part of these Unified Building Bye-Laws (UBBL) for Delhi 2016 and shall be read as under: 1.0. Short Title, Extent and Commencement “These bye laws shall be called “UNIFIED BUILDING BYE LAWS FOR DELHI 2016” These shall be applicable tothe National Capital Territory of Delhi It shall come into force on such date as the appropriate Government / Authority / Body, by notification in the Oficial Gazette, appoint. 11 Jurisdiction ‘These Unified Building Bye-Laws shall be applicable to the area under jurisdiction of the Delhi Development Authority and concerned local bodies. 1.2. Applicability “These building byelaws shall be applicable to all building activites and read in conjunction with specific notifications in respect of urban vllages/rural villages, unauthorized regularized colonies and for special areas with regard to regularized resettlement colonies (as mentioned in Chapter 6- Regulations Notifed by Delhi Development Authorities). These Bye-laws s13 14 shall be reviewed at the end of every five years, The system of implementation of these building byelaws shall be uniform in the Delhi Development Authority and all the concerned local bodies. Information 1.3.1 In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires the definition given belovs, under clause 14 shall have the meaning indicated against each term. 132. The words and expressions not defined in these bye-laws shall have the same meaning or sense as in Delhi Development Act, 1957 and Master Plan for Delhi 133 Allmandatory Master Plan Development Control Regulations regarding use, coverage, FAR, set-backs, open spaces, height, number of stories, number of dwelling units, parking standards etc, for various categories of buildings, including modifications therein, made from time to time, shall be applicable mutatis-mutandis in the building Regulations under this clause, All amendments/ modifications made in these Regulations will automatically be included as part ofthese Unified Building Bye-Laws. ‘Note: Extract relating to Development Control Regulations/provisions are reproduced from Master Plan for Delhi (Chapter 5 and Annexure VI ofthis document). 134 Alldocuments such as Acts, Notifications, Rules & Regulations including BIS Codes, National Building Codes, Delhi Fire Service Rules, Indian Electricity Rules, ete referred in these Building Bye-Laws shall be applicable as amended from time to time. Thus for the current status for any legal, official purpose, the amended provisions issued by the concerned Ministry/departments(s) shall be followed, Definitions 14.1 Aet: Delhi Development Act, 1957 and Act of other local bodies. 142 Air Conditioning: The process of treating air so as to control simultancously its termperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution to meet requirement of conditioned space. 143 Alteration; A structural change, such as an addition to the area or height, or the removal of a part ofa building, or any change to the structure, such as the construction of cuting into for removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist floor or other support, or a change to or closing of any required means of ingress or egress or a change to the fixture or equipment, 144 Approved: Approved by the Sanctioning Authority. 14.5 Access: Approach to a plot or a building from a road! street 146 Accessory Building: A building separate from the main building on a plot and containing one or more rooms for accessory use such as servant quarlers, garage, store rooms or as shall be classified by the building plan Sanctioning Authority 147 Accessory / Ancillary Use: Any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and incidental to the principle! 148 Amenity Space: A statutory space kept in a layout for amenities such as garbage bin, water supply installation, electricity supply installation, sewage treatment plant and includes other utilities, services and conveniences, as provided according to planning norms in layout plan,1.49 Atrium Atria: Iisa party/ fully enclosed space with a minimum double height which is partly/ fully covered with light roofing! R.C.C and could be constructed upon. In a building, there may be more than one atrium at ground or at any other level. Ground coverage and EA.R to be as per MPD. 14.10 Sanctioning Authority: The Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi Municipal Council, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, fast Delhi Municipal Corporation, Delhi Cantonment Board hereinafter called the ‘Sanctioning Authority’ 14.11 Automatic Sprinkler System: A system of water pipes fitted with sprinklers heads at suitable intervals and heights and designed to actuate automatically, control and extinguish a fire by discharge of water. 14.12, Automatic Fire Detection and Alarm System: Fire alarm system comprising of components for automatically detecting fire, initiating an alarm of fire and other actions as appropriate. Note: The system shall also include manual fire alarm call points 14.13 Balcony: A horizontal cantilevered/non-cantilevered/projected slab including parapet and handrail balustrade, at any floor level including terrace to serve as a passage or sit out place with at least one side fully open, except being provided with railing or parapet wall for safety. 14.14 Basement or Cellar: The lower story of a building below or partly below ground level 14.15 Building: Any structure for whatsoever purpose and whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof whether used as human habitation or not and includes foundation, plinth wals, floors, roofs, chimneys, and building services, fixed platforms, verandahs, balcony, or projection part of a building anything affixed thereto or any wall enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space and signs and outdoor display structures, monuments, memorials or any contrivance of permanent nature/stability built under or over ground 1416 Building Height: a. the vertical distance in the case of flat roofs is measured from the highest surrounding road level/ ground level up to the top of structural slab, excluding machine room, irrespective of location of entry level b. In the case of pitched roofs, up to the point where the external surface of the outer wall intersect the finished surface ‘of the sloping roof, and in case of gable facing the road, the mid-point between the eaves level and the ridge. €. Architectural features serving no other function except that of decoration and other building components mentioned in clause no 7.19 shall be excluded for the purpose of taking height. 4. Ifthe building does not abut on a street, the height shall be measured from the highest evel ofthe ground immediately adjacent to the building, 14.17 Building Line: The line up to which the plinth of a building adjoining a street future street may lawfully extend. It includes the lines prescribed in the MPD or specifically indicated in any Scheme sn extension of a street or on a or Layout Plan, or in these Bye-Laws, 1418 Built up Area: The area covered by a building on all floors within the premise, used for activities or use, including cantilevered portion, basement, stilpodium, utility, services, mezzanine floors (if any), other similar areas. 14.19 Cabin / Guard Hut: A room constructed with non-load bearing partition/parttions with minimum width of 2.0 ‘m, provided light and ventilation standards prescribed in these bye-laws are met with or the provision of light and ventilation isto the satisfaction of the Sanctioning Authority.1.420 1421 1422 1423 1424 142s 1426 1427 1428 1429 1.430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 Canopy: A cantilevered projection over an entrance, Chhajj A-continuous sloping or horizontal overhang. Chimney: The construction by means of which a flue is formed for the purpose of carry-ing the products of combustion from a heat producing appliance to the open air. Chimney includes chimney stack and the flue pipe Combustible Material: A material, fit burns or adds heat toa fire when tested for combustibility in accordance with good practice, Conversion: The change in nature of occupancy to another occupancy or part thereof resulting into change of use. Courtyard: A space permanently opens to the sky, enclosed fully or partially by build-ings within the building envelope, Curtain Wall: Curtain wall is a system in the form of structural glazing or any other energy efficient material to improve the energy efficiency of the building which does not form the past of the structural system of the parent building. Covered Area: Ground area covered immediately above the plinth level covered by the building but does not include the spaces; defined in clause 7.17. Damp Proof Course: A course consisting of some appropriate waterproofing material provided to prevent penetration of dampness or moisture. Detached Building: A building whose walls and roofs are independent of any other building with open spaces on all sides as specified, Drain: A line of pipes including all fittings and equipment such as manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies and floor traps used for the drainage of building, ora number of buildings or yards appurtenant to the builAings, within ‘the same curtilage, Drain shal also include open channels used for conveying surface water Drainage: Tae removal of any liquid by a system constructed for this purpose, Dwelling Unit / Tenement: An independent housing unit with separate facies for living, cooking (maximum one Jitchen)and sanitary requirement Enclosed Staircase: A staircase separated by fire resistant walls from the rest of the building. Entrance: A doorway ora pastage way used as a means of accessing a building ora site Existing Building or Use: A building, structure or its use as sanctioned/approved! regularized by the Sanctioning Authority, existing before the commencement of the bye-laws, Exit; An exit maybe doorway; corridor; passageway(s) to an internal staircase, o external staircase, or to a verandah or terrace(s), which have access to the street, oF to the roof of a building or a refuge area. An exit may also include a horizontal exit leading to an adjoining building at the same level. 8, Vertical Exit: A Vertical exit is a means of exit used for ascension or descension between two or more levels including stairveays, fre towers, ramps, and fire escapes; b. Horizontal Exit: A horizontal exits a protected opening, through or around a fie wall abridge connecting two buildings.1437 Outside Exit: An outside exit is an exit from the building to a public way, to an open area leading to public way or to an enclosed fre resistive passage leading to a public way. 1.438 Escalator: A power driven, inclined, continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers or goods. 1.439 External Wall: An outer wall ofa building not being a party wall even though adjoining a wall of another building and also means a wall abutting on an interior open space of any building, 1.4.40 Fire Lift: One of the lifts specially designed for use by fire service personnel in the event of fre. 1441 Fire Door: A fire-resistive door approved for openings for fie separation, 14,42 Fire Resisting Material: ‘The materials or elements of construction having property to withstand the standard fire exposure, 1443 Fire Resistance: ‘Ihe time during which it fulfils its function of contributing to the fre safety of a building when subjected to prescribed conditions of heat and load or restrain. ‘Ihe fire resistance test of structures shall be done in accordance with good practice. 1.444 Fire Separation: The distance in meters measured from other building on the ste, or from other site, or from the opposite ofa street or other public space to the building, 1445 Fire Service Inlets: A connection provided atthe base ofa building for pumping up water through inbuilt firefighting arrangements by fire service pumps in accordance with the recommendation of the Delhi Fite Service. 1.4.46 Fire Tower: An enclosed staircase which can only be approached from the various floors through landings or lobbies separated from both the floor areas and the staircase by fire resisting doors and open to the outer air. 1.447 Floor: The lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building, The general term, floor, unless otherwise specifically mentioned, shall not refer to a mezzanine floor. mates 1.449 Footing: A foundation unit constructed in brick work, masonry or concrete under the base of a wall or column for the purpose of distributing the load over a large area, 1.4.50 Foundation: That part ofthe structare which is in direct contact with and transmitting loads to the ground, 1.451 Fountain: An artificially created jet or stream of water with or without structural form 1.452 Gallery: An intermediate floor or platform projecting from a wall of an auditorium or a hall providing extra floor area, additional seating accommodation ete, 1.4.53 Garage, Private: A building or out-house designed or used for the storage of private owned motor driven or other vehicles,10 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1.4.60 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Garage, Public: A building or portion thereof designed other than a private garage, operated for gain, designed or ‘sed for repairing, servicing, hiring, selling or storing motor driven or other driven vehicle Gazebo: A freestanding or attached to garden wall, roofed, usually open-sided structure providing a shady resting place and ornamental features for gardens. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands or rain shelters. G appropriate redressal in a time bound manner. wvance Redressal Committee: A committee for addressing complaints/dificulties/ appeals and providing Ground Coverage: The portion of the building within the maximum outer surface of the structural wall/column/ slab measured at ground level shall be considered as ground coverage (excluding the mentioned limits of projection! balcony/canopy /porch /void/shafi/cladding/ curtain wall et. refer 7.17.2 & 8.10) Habitable Room: A room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living, sleeping, eating and kitchen if itis used as living room, but not including bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries serving and storage pantries, corridors, cellars, atics and spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods. Helipad:A prepared area designated and used for takeoff and landing of h icopter. High Rise:Aay buildings of 15m and above height shall be considered as igh rise building, Thamp: A downward, vertical or sloping projection hanging below any horizontal projection like balcony, canopy, ‘verandahs, passage etc, to provide protection from direct sun and rain, Jhot: Strip of land permanently left open for drainage purposes not to be used as an access way and is not a street oF beincluded asa part of setbacks Kiosk: A booth operating for selling small consumables such as newspapers, magazines, street maps, confectionary, tea, coffee ete Ledge or Tand: A sheti-like projection supported in any manner whatsoever except by means of vertical supports ‘within a room itself but not having projection wider than 0.75 m and at a minimum clear height of 2.2 meters from. the floor level, Lift: An appliance designed to transport persons or materials or vehicle between two or more levels in vertical or substantially vertical diections, by means of guided car platform, ‘Lift Machine: Part ofthe lit equipment comprising the motor(s) and the control gear there with, reduction gear (if any), brakes and winding drum or sheave, by which the lift car is raised or lowered, Lift Well: Unobstructed space within an enclosure provided for the vertical movement of the lift ear(s) and any counter weights, including the lift pit and the space for top clearance, Loft: An intermediary space created by introduction of a slab between floor and ceiling of a room, passage oF wherever it is provided with maximum clear height of 1.5 m for storage purposes only. Mumty or Stair Cover: A structure with a covering roof over a staircase and its landing built to enclose only the stairs for providing protection from weather and not used for human habitation,1.4.70 Masonry: An assemblage of masonry units properly bonded together with mortar. 1471 Masonry U _Avunit whose net cross-sectional area in every plane parallel to the baring surface is 75% or more of its gross cross-sectional area measured in the same plane. It may be either clay brick, stone, concrete block or sand- lime brick, 1.4.72 Master Plan: he Master Plan for Delhi approved by the Central Government under the Delhi Development Act. 1957 and the amendments made from time to time, 14.73 Mezzanine Floor: An intermediate floor between two floor levels above ground floor and at least one side of it form an integral part of space/ floor below. 14.74 Non-Combustible: A material which docs not burn nor add heat to a fire when tested for combustibility in accordance with good practice, 14.75 Occupancy Or Use Group: The principal occupancy for which a building or a part ofa building is used or intended toe used, for the purposes of classification ofa building according to the occupancy, an occupancy shall be deemed to include subsidiary occupancies which are contingent upon it, The occupancy classification shall have the meaning given below unless otherwise spelt out in MPD. 4. Residential Buildings: These shall include any building in which sleeping accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes with or without cooking or dining or both facilities. It ineludes one or two or multi-family wellings, lodging or rooming houses, dormi-tories/hostels, apartment houses and flats and hotels >, Educational Buildings: These shall include any building used for school, college, coaching centers (for students ‘more than 20) or day-care purposes for move than & hours per week involving assembly for instruction, education or recreation. «, Institutional Buildings: ‘These shall include any building or part thereof which is used for purposes such as medical or other treatment or cate of persons suffering ftom physical or mental illness, disease or infirmity, care of infants, convalescents or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention in which the iberty ofthe inmates is restricted. Institutional buildings ordinasily provide sleeping accommodation for the occupants. Itincludes nursing homes, hospi-tals, sanatoria, custodial institutions and penal institutions like jails, prisons, mental hospintals, reformatories 4. Assembly Buildings: These shall include any building or part of a building where group of people not less than 50 congregate or gather for amusement, recreation social, religious, patriotic civil, travel and similar purposes; for example theatres, banquet hal, motion picture houses, assembly halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, skating rinks, gymnasium, restaurants, places of worship, dance halls, club rooms, passenger stations, and terminals of air surface and other public transportation services, recreation piers and stadia, «Business Buildings: These shall include any building or part of a building which is used for transaction of business for the keeping of accounts and records for similar purposes, doctors’ service faciliti , barber shops, city halls, town halls, court houses, ibraties shall be classified in this group, so far as principal function of these is transaction of public business and the keeping of books and records £. Mercantile Buildings: These shall include any building or part of a building which is used as shops, stores, market, for display and sale of merchandise either wholesale or retail. Office, storage and service facilities incidental to the sale of merchandise and located in the same building shall be included under this group. u2 4 Industrial Buildings: These shall include any building or part of a building or structure, in which products or materials of all kinds and properties are fabricated, assembled or processed, refineries, gas plants, mills, dairies, factories, ete 1s Storage Buildings: Taese shall include any building or part of building used primarily for the storage or sheltering. of goods, wares or merchandise, ike warehouses, cold storages, freight depot, transit sheds, store houses/garages, ‘hangars, truck terminals, grain elevators, barns and stables. 4. Hazardous Building: ‘These shall include any building or part of building which is used for the storage, handling, manufacture or processing of highly combustible or explosive materials or products which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and/ or which may produce poisonous fumes or explosions for storage, handling, manufacturing or processing which involve highly corrosive, oxic or noxious alkalis, acid or other liquids or chemicals producing flame, furnes, and explosive, mixtures of dust or which result in the division of matter into fine particles subject to spontaneous ignition 1.4.76 Mechanical Ventilation: The mechanical system(s) or equipment(s) used to circulate air or to replace stale air with fresh air 1.4.77 Open Space: An area, forming an integral part of the site, left open to the sky 14.78 Owner: The owner is a person, group of persons, a Company, Trust, Institute, Registered Body, State or Central Government & is attached subordinate Departments, Undertaking and like in whose name the property stands registeredin the revenue records/ government records! any other legal documents up tothe satisfaction of Sanctioning Authority 1.4.79 Parapet: A low wal or railing built along the edge of a roof ora floor. See 7.22 1.4.80 Parking Space: An area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open, suflicient in size to park vehicles, together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley and permitting ingress and egress of the vehicles. 1.481 Partition: An interior non-load bearing wall, one storey or part storey in height. 1.482 Party Wall: It includes a Awall forming part of a building, and being used or constructed to be used in any part of the height or length, of such wall for separation or adorning buildings belonging to different owners or occupied or constructed oF adapted to be occupied by different persons; or 'b, wall forming part of a building and standing in any part ofthe length of such wal, to a greater extent than the projection of the footing on one side on grounds of different owners. 1.483 Pantry: A room where food, provisions, dishes of linens are stored and served in an ancillary capacity tothe kitchen, 1.4.84 Pergola: An arbor or a passageway of columns supporting a roof of trelliswork on which climbing plants are trained to grow 1.485 Pedestal: An architectural support or base, as for a column or statue 1.4.86 Permit: A permission or authorization in writing by the Sanctioning Authorityto carry out the work regulated by the Bye-laws, 1.487 Plinth: "The portion of structure between the surface ofthe surrounding ground and surface ofthe floor, immediately above the ground.