Starting the Construction of a building, however big or small, has always been associated with a big set of Questions. Among the many questions that crosses one’s mind the most important question is, how to design and what things one should keep in mind while designing? Different people have different design requirements. The design used by one may effect other people living in the vicinity. If it effects adversely, one of the many conditions that will result from this will be frequent brawls and fights with the neighbors and the locality members. There should be some standards on which building designs can be based. Keeping this need of standardization in mind there was a need to formulate certain rules and regulations that one should follow while constructing a building. Therefore, some rules and regulations were formed by government to regulate the construction of the buildings known as Building by laws or Building Regulation.
Building Bye laws are the rules and regulations set forth by the concerned government authorities and updated time to time. These regulations guides us about what to construct, how and where. All the government and non government authorities work according to the building by laws applicable in there locale. Any building plan submitted to the authorities which does not adhere to the building by laws of the authority concerned is not passed. Compliance to them is mandatory by law whereas non compliance is punishable. As these rules and regulations apply to all,it helps to bring about a more uniform development.The Building by law document may be a very lengthy document to read but it is worth reading to avoid future problems arising out of non compliance.
The Building By laws should be followed strictly by any person or organization who plans to construct a building. Building by laws help in making a planned Development. Apart from individual plot or land owners, buyers of under construction property as well as constructed property should have a thorough knowledge of the building by laws applicable in that region. This will help the buyers question the Construction of structures by the developer. For Residential building or Group housing buildings the rules entail details such as width of a setback, percentage of Greens, Built up percentage, distance between two buildings, height of buildings, mandatory services requirements, distance from high tension electrical lines and many more.As the building is to be sold to the end users eventually therefore the end users should take interest in gaining knowledge about building plans and mandatory construction practices also. This additional knowledge will prevent the Apartment owners from any non compliance action by the government Authorities later on. These building Regulations or building by laws are available at any concerned authority office of that locality and can be downloaded from their respective websites.
Building by laws may contain regulations related to
1.FA.R and Ground Coverage.
2.Density.
3.Setbacks and Projections.
4.Basements and Parking Spaces.
5.Well and well type structures.
6.Area and area usages.
7.Atrium and ornamental structures.
8. Building height and other Service Spaces.
9. Site Design and service design( sewerage ,water and electrical design)
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The government in Bihar has approved the new building bylaws according to which there will be no bar on the height of houses built on 40 ft wide new roads and 30 ft wide old roads. The rules have been formulated for the management of building construction activities in the State. The new bylaws also call for an instant approval of a map to carry out construction on a plot measuring 300 sq m, having a building height of up to 10 m.
Deputy CM, Sushil Kumar Modi, shared that the State cabinet will approve the new bylaws by the end of this month and the blueprints of the buildings will be authorised through an online single-window system. Suggestions and approvals of a few departments and the opinion of builders have been considered before drafting the new building bylaws. These bylaws will benefit the builders and investors alike.
The new laws have increased the parking and open space areas from the existing 25-35 per cent to 50 per cent. Specific provisions have been made to boost construction on government and municipal lands for affordable housing under the public-private partnership method.
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