DATA
COLLECTION:HOSTEL
OCCUPANCY:GROUP A2 Lodging Houses & special residential
Lodging Houses and Special residential shall include all lodging or rooming houses,
seminaries/convents, orphanage, old age homes, dormitories, tourist homes, tourist resorts (or by
whatever name called), hostels, hotels with or without conference halls, dining halls or assembly
rooms.
SETBACK
Front : 3m
Rear :1.5m
Sides:1m
OCCUPANT LOAD FOR CALCULATING SANITATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR Group A2,
Built-up area in sq. metres/person: 5.9
(Note :—It may be assumed that 2/3 of the number are males and 1/3 are females)
SANITATION REQUIREMENTS
Staircases and fire escape staircases
Staircases.—
Any building having more than one floor shall be provided with a staircase unless each such
floor is independently accessible from ground. The number and width of stair shall be
determined with respect to the occupant load as table 16 of these rules and maximum
travel distance between two stairs shall not be less than 60m.
For such stair:-
(a) minimum width of stair shall be 120 centimeters,
(b) minimum width of tread shall be 30 centimeters,
(c) maximum height of riser shall be 15 centimeters
(d) minimum height of handrail shall be 90 centimeters
The minimum headroom in a passage under the landing of a staircase and under the
staircase shall be [Link] building having more than three floors including basement
floor(s) shall have at least two staircases, one of which may be a fire escape staircase:
Escalators can be provided instead of staircases. The width of such escalators shall not be
less than one metre.
Fire escape staircase:—
(1) Fire escape staircase shall be provided for every building under:—
(a) Residential occupancy exceeding three storeys above ground level;
(b) Non-residential occupancies exceeding two storeys above ground level Note:—
Fire escape staircase is one which is connected to public areas and/or common areas on all
floors and leads directly to exterior open space at ground, has at least one side abutting
external wall, this side being provided with openable glass or break open glass or fully open
and has landing areas accessible from the external side to facilitate rescue operations during
an emergency.
(2) Width of fire escape staircase shall not be less than one metre
(3) Tread shall not be less than 25 centimetres
(4) Riser shall not exceed 19 centimetres and the number of risers shall not exceed 16 per
flight of stairs
(5) Height of handrail of a fire escape staircase shall not be less than 100 centimetres and
not more than 120 centimetres.
(6) The spacing between the balustrades should be less than 15 centimetres.
(7) The use of spiral staircase shall be limited to buildings up to 10 metres in height. Spiral
staircase shall not be less than 150 centimetres in diameter and shall be designed to give
adequate head room.
(8) Fire escape stairs shall have straight flight for building exceeding 10 metres height
(9) Entrance to fire escape stair shall be separated and as far as possible remote from other
staircase(s) if any.
(10) If the staircase provided for the building up to three storeys satisfies the provisions of
fire escape stair also, no separate fire escape stair is needed.
Ramps.—
Ramps, if provided as a substitute for stairways, shall be laid with a slope not exceeding 1 in 10 and
such ramp shall comply with all requirements of a stairway and shall be surfaced with approved non-
slippery materials.
PARKING FACILITIES
FACILTIES FOR DISABLED
Min of 1 WC and 1WB should be provided.
Ramp should be provided.(1:12 slope and min width of 1.5m)
The min width for corridor should be 1.5 m,with guiding floor material.
Handrails should be provided.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
Building Height Based on Road Width:
Road width 12-18 meters: Maximum building height of 15 meters (for
certain areas) to 24 meters.
Road width above 18 meters: Maximum building height can go up to
45 meters.
DATA COLLECTION:
HOSPITAL
OCCUPANCY:Group C—Medical or Hospital Building
Medical or Hospital Building shall include any building or part thereof, exceeding 200 sq. metres of
built up area which is used for purposes such as medical or other treatment or care of persons
suffering from physical or mental illness, disease or infirmity, care of infants, hospitals, sanatoria,
clinics, homes for the infirm, convalescent homes, mental hospitals etc, are included in this group.
SETBACK
200 – 500 sq. metres
Front : 5m
Rear :2m
Sides:2m
Above 500 sq. metres
Front : 7.5m
Rear :3m
Sides:3m and 5m
OCCUPANT LOAD FOR CALCULATING SANITATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR Group c,
Built-up area in sq. metres/person: 5.9
(Note :—It may be assumed that 2/3 of the number are males and 1/3 are females)
Fire escape staircase:—
(1) Fire escape staircase shall be provided for every building under:—
(a) Residential occupancy exceeding three storeys above ground level;
(b) Non-residential occupancies exceeding two storeys above ground level Note:—
Fire escape staircase is one which is connected to public areas and/or common areas on all
floors and leads directly to exterior open space at ground, has at least one side abutting
external wall, this side being provided with openable glass or break open glass or fully open
and has landing areas accessible from the external side to facilitate rescue operations during
an emergency.
(2) Width of fire escape staircase shall not be less than one metre
(3) Tread shall not be less than 25 centimetres
(4) Riser shall not exceed 19 centimetres and the number of risers shall not exceed 16 per
flight of stairs
(5) Height of handrail of a fire escape staircase shall not be less than 100 centimetres and
not more than 120 centimetres.
(6) The spacing between the balustrades should be less than 15 centimetres.
(7) The use of spiral staircase shall be limited to buildings up to 10 metres in height. Spiral
staircase shall not be less than 150 centimetres in diameter and shall be designed to give
adequate head room.
(8) Fire escape stairs shall have straight flight for building exceeding 10 metres height
(9) Entrance to fire escape stair shall be separated and as far as possible remote from other
staircase(s) if any.
(10) If the staircase provided for the building up to three storeys satisfies the provisions of
fire escape stair also, no separate fire escape stair is needed.
Ramps.—
Ramps, if provided as a substitute for stairways, shall be laid with a slope not exceeding 1 in 10 and
such ramp shall comply with all requirements of a stairway and shall be surfaced with approved non-
slippery materials.
FACILTIES FOR DISABLED
Min of 1 WC and 1WB should be provided.
Ramp should be provided.(1:12 slope and min width of 1.5m)
The min width for corridor should be 1.5 m,with guiding floor material.
Handrails should be provided.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
Building Height Based on Road Width:
Road width 12-18 meters: Maximum building height of 15 meters (for
certain areas) to 24 meters.
Road width above 18 meters: Maximum building height can go up to
45 meters.