GHAZIABAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

BUILDING BYELAWS FOR GROUP HOUSING

• ROADS (IN INTERNAL LAYOUT) -MINIMUM WITHIN 200 M LONG- 7.5M WIDE
,201M-400M LONG – 9 M WIDE,401-600M LONG -12 M WIDE,601-1000M LONG
-18 M WIDE,ABOVE 18 M -24 M WIDE
• TELECOM WIRING SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AS PER TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
RULES
• PROVIDED ROOF –TOP RAIN WATER HARVESTING
• PROVIDED SOLAR WATER HEATING PLANT
• AREA OF GROUP HOUSINGN SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 2000 Sqm.
• THE LAND OF GROUP HOUSING SITUATED ON 12 M WIDE ROAD.
• STILT FLOOR-
 IF USE FOR PARKING THE MAX HEIGHT 2.1M AT THE BEAM OR
SERVICES LINE
 IF THE USE FOR OTHER PURPOSE THAN THE FLOOR SHOULD BE
COUNT IN F.A.R.
• PARK,OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING-
– 50 TREES PLANTED IN PER HECTARE.
• SET BACK PROVIDED IN THE FRONT 16 M AND EITHER THREE SIDE 12M IF
THE BUILDING HEIGHT ABOVE 12.5 M AND AREA UPTO 4000 SQM
• MAXIMUM GROUND COVERAGE WILL 40%
• PROVIDED 1% MAXIMUM F.A.R. FOR CONVINIENT SHOPS OF THE TOTAL
F.A.R
• THE F.A.R FOLLOWS MAXIMUM 2.5 IN NEW BUILT OR UNDEVELOPED
AREAS
• MAXIMUM 5% AREA OF TOTAL F.A.R WILL BE USED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES
OF SERVICES SUCH AS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM,10Sqm LOBBY IN THE
FRONT OF LIFT(WITHOUT INCLUDED CORRIDORS) AND MACHIENE ROOM
FOR LIFT.
 •IF THE BUILDING RATING (3 STAR) ACCORDING TO GRIHA AND GREEN BUILDING USED,
5% MORE AREA OF THE TOTAL F.A.R
•THE CONSTRUCTION NOT VALID IF THE LAYOUT PLANS NOT SUBMITTTED IN THE LOCAL
AUTHORITY OR DISTRICT AUTHORITY
•THE DENSITY IN PER HECTARE AREAS 330 UNITS/1650 PEOPLE IN NEW OR UNDEVELOPED
HOUSING
•THE GUARD ROOM SHOULD BE 1.6 SQM ON THE ENTERANCE GATE
(THE MINIMUM WIDTH /DIAMETER IS 1.2M) BUT NO CONSTRUCTED IN SET BACK AREAS
• BALCONY AND CUPBOARD PROJECTION WILL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED
BELOW THE 6.0 M HEIGHT(FOR FIRE TENDER VEHICLE)
• THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO TOWERS VARY
FROM 6M-16M IT DEPENDS ON BUILDING HEIGHT, UPTO 18M HEIGHT THE
DISTANCE WILL BE 6M BETWEEN TWO TOWER
• AFTER THE INCRIMENT OF ONE STOREY THEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
TWO TOWER 1 M WE NEED TO ADD 1 M ADDITIONAL
 •IN THE LIMITATION OF BUILDING ENVELOP THE HEIGHT OF BASEMENT SHOULD BE LEVELED
AT GROUND LEVEL SO THAT ROAD NETWORK AND LANSCAPE SHOULD BE DONE.
•TO ACCESS BASEMENT RAMP SHOULD BE PROVIDED

PARKING

THE ECS WITH CIRCULATION SPACE SHOULD BE AS FOLLOW

•IN OPEN SPACE 23 SQ.METER
•COVERED PARKING 28 SQ.METER
•BASEMENT PARKING 32 SQ. METER
•MECHANISED PARKING 16 SQ. METER
THE ECS SHOULD BE 1.25 ON EACH 100 SQ. METER AREA
10% PARKING SOULD BE RESERVED FOR VISTOR’S PARKING FROM TOTAL PARKING
•IF THE SITE AREA 1 ACRE OR MORE THEN ADDITIONAL 5% GROUND COVERAGE FOR
MULTILEVEL PARKING WHICH SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED IN FAR.
 OTHER NECESSITY & EXPECTATIONS
FIRE ESCAPE & OUTER STAIRCASE
1. FIRE ESCAPE WOULD NOT BE COUNTED IN GROUND COVERAGE AND F.A.R
2. FIRE ESCAPE WOULD BE FAR FROM THE INTERNAL STAIRCASE
3. ALL FIRE ESCAPE SHOULD BE DIRECETLY CONNECTED TO THE GROUND LEVEL.
4. THE DOOR WOULD BE FIRE RESISTANCE TOWARDS THE WAY OF FIRE ESCAPE AND WOULD BE
FREE FROM ANY BARRIER
5. FIRE ESCAPE SHOULD NOT BE BULIT WITH COMBUSTILE MATERIAL
6. THE WIDTH OF STAIR CASE SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 1.2 METER AND THE TREAD SHOULD
NOT BE LESS THEN 28CM AND RISER SHOULD NOT BE MORE THEN 19CM
STAIR CASES
1. SPIRAL STAIR SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF THE BUILIDNG HEIGHT EXCEEDS 10 METERS
2. IF GROUND COVERAGE IS MORE THEN 500 SQ. METER THEN AT LEAST 2 STAIR CASE ARE TO
BE PROVIDED.
RAMP
1. GENERALLY SLOP SHOULD BE 1:10 BUT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THEN 1:8
2. IF THE RAMP IS MORE THEN 1:10 THEN PROVIDE POROUS TILES.
 INTERNAL PROVISIONS FOR BUILDING

LIVING ROOM
•THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA SHOULD BE 9.5 SQ. METER AND WITH MIMNIMUM WIDTH OF
2.4 METER
•THE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF CEILING FROM FLOOR SHOULD BE MINIMUM 2.75 METER
• THE MINIMUM HEIGHT FROM BASE SURFACE OF DUCT TO FLOOR SHOULD BE 2.4 METER
•THE MINIMUM HEIGHT FROM FLOOR TO BEAM’S BASE SURFACE SHOULD BE 2.45 METER

KITCHEN

.THE MINIMUM AREA OF KITCHEN WOULD BE 5 SQ. METER WITH THE MIN. WIDTH OF 1.8 M
•IF OUR BUILDING COVER 60 SQ. METER OR LESS THEN KITCHEN SHOULD BE 3.5 SQ. METER
WITH MINIMUM WIDTH OF 1.5M
•FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHT WOULD BE 2.57 METER
•IF KITCHEN AND STORE ARE SEPRATED THEN AREA OF KITCHEN WOULD BE 4.5 SQ. METER
•IF KITCHEN IS ALSO USED FOR DINNING THEN THE MIN. AREAD OF KITCHEN WOULD BE 9.5 SQ.
METER WITH MIN. WIDTH OF 2.4 METER.
BATHROOMS & W.C
•THE MIN. AREA OF BATHROOM WOULD BE 1.5 SQ. METER, WITH MIN. WIDTH OF 1 METER
•IF BATHING AREA AND W.C AREA IS COMBINED THEN MIN. AREA WOULD BE 2.8 SQ. METER
WITH MIN. WIDTH OF 1.2 METER
•THE MIN AREA OF W.C SHOULD BE 1.1 SQ. METER WITH THE WIDTH OF 0.9 METER WITH
HEIGHT OF 2.2 METER.
•THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE WALL ON OPEN SIDE OF BUILDING