54. Chimney stacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... ; . . . . . . 55. Pipes for &e.

5i.~&dinsatsrainyk .......:... - . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . 4 m 53. Wood work in chimneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -460

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& himpa wwL and eglbtian for pennissim.

57. Work to be executed under the supemmn of plumber. Basis Requirementsfor Water-bohe Sanitary Installations ---

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58. Adaquny of watar-supply fw installation of water.ha sanitary imtallstians. . . . . . . . .461 59. San~tary fttingandexecutionof works to conform to P.W.D. specficatmns. . . . . . . . . . 461 .Sanilory Fiflrng

80. k i m m tfflitacy facilities requid for residential buildings.

61. Specifiulinrs for water-sup(1Iyand sanitary nstaNations.
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63. Registrationof Engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462 64, Registratianofplumbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; .462

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 65-1 66. Penalty. . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 . . 67. Repeal.dndsavin(is.........; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462

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The I* March 1982 NaG.!+.R.39IKAZ4/73/Sa m , 2 b ~ md214n12. - In exacise dthe pwers confer& by sccmms 201,202 and 214 oftheHaryanaMmcmpalAct, 1973, and anthreference to Haryaoa Government, Local Government Department, not~fication No. G.S RSOIH A 2M3ISs. 201, 202 and 214177, dated the 1st Apnl, 1977, the GovmorofHqana hereby makes the followm n g bye-laws, namely 1 . Titk, extent and commencement ( I ) M e bye-laws may be called the Haryana Municipal BuiIdmg Bye-laws, 1982. (2) They shall apply to all the municipalities.

440 Haryana Municipal Buildng Bye-laws 1982,

2. Definitions. - In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-Act' shall mean the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 ; (ii) 'Abut' A building is said to abut on a skeet when the outer face of any of its external ' walls is on the street boundary ; (iii) 'Applicant' shall mean a penon who gives notice to the municipality of his intention to erect or re-erect a building and shall include his legal representatives : (iv) 'Architect' shall mean a person holding any of the qualifications laid down in Schedule I amended to these bve-laws and dulv reetstered with a committee whether m l o v, e d for of plans o; for supervision of const~ction or for both ; (v) 'Area Plan' shall mean the plan of a space or piece of ground : a portion of surface ; (vi) 'Architectural Control Sheets' shall mean sheets of drawing with directions signed by the Executive Oflicer or the Secretary, as the case may be,] and kept in his office showing the measure of Architecrural Control and prepared under bye-law 15 ; (vii) 'Balconf shall'mean a cantilevered horizontal projection from the wall of a building withwt any vertical support and having balustrade or railing not exceeding one metre in helght to serve as a passage or a sitting out place; (vlii) 'Barsati' shall mean a habitable space on the roof of the building with toilet facilities; (ix) 'Base' applied to a wall or a column. shall mean the underside or that part of the wall or of the column u,hich immedtately rests upon the footing or foundanon or won anv bressummer or other structure by whichsuch wail or column i;carried ; (x) 'Basement' or 'Celler' shall mean the lower storey of a'baildingbelow orpartly below ground level : (xi) 'Bressummer' shall mean a wooden beam or re-mnfoeed concrete or a stone slab or a metallic glrder whlch cornlces a wall ; (xii) 'Building' shall mean any itructure.forwhatsoever purpose and of whatswver materials constructed and everv part thereof whether used as human habitation or not and includes ~foundation. plinth, wall; floors,roofs, chime$, plumbing and building services. fixed platfnrms, verandah. balcony. comlce or pmJectt&, pan of b d d m g or an);thtngaffixed thfrero or any wall cnclostng or mended to enclose anv ktnd ofspace and stem and outdoor dts-~lav s t r u c k , tents andshamianas as tarpaulin shklters shali not be considered as building'; . (x~tt) 'Butldlng ltne' shall mean the ltne q t o whlch the pllnth of a buddtng adjolnlng on a street or an extenston of a street or on a future s m t mv lawfullv extend and includes the l m s prescribed, if any, in any scheme ; (xiv) 'Classification of buildings based on oecupancy'shall mean all buildings, whether ex-. iSting or hereafter erected and shall be classified according to the if% or.tlle character o f occupancy, in one of the following grounds :. ,. . ..~: $t . . :. , : . -GroupA Residential Buildings' . ,. < . ... ;Group 9; 'Public Buildings' ... 'Commercial Buildings' - , : ;-::. ,, GroupC Group D ... 'Warehouses and-Industrial Buildings' (A) .~&idential Building shall mean a building used-orconstructed or adopted to l x used . wholly or principally 'for human habitation and includes all garages. stables or other houses appurtenant thereto (B) 'Public Building' shall include a buildjng used or intended to be used either ordinarily or occnsionally, as a Church Chapel, Temple, Mosque or any other place of public worship, Dharamashalla, College. school, hostel. theatre, cinema hall, public concert
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room, publie hall publicbdth, hospital, Governme~t offices a d those of local bodies, hotel, restaurant, lecture mom, hbrary, orphanage or rescue room or any other place of publ~c assembly ; (C) 'Commercial ~uildi& shall mean a buildimg of which the whole or= substantial part, such part being not less than 213rd of the entire floor area is used or Intended to be used for busmness p&pose ;and

(D) 'Warehouse and Industrial Building' shall mean a building wholly or principally used as a factory, a workshop, motor-garage, wareho~e, laundry, brewery, dlsbllety, iron foundary or for any other s~rn~lar purpose. (XV) 'Canopy' shall mean a cantilevered projection from the face of a wall over an m&ce to the building at the lintel level provided that, (a) 11shall not exceed five square meters m area ; . (b) ~tshall not be lower than 2.3 metres when measured from the ground; (c) ~tshall not be allowed at more than one entry ; (d) it shall not extend 1.8 metm beyond the bullding h e ;and (e) drm shall be no platform underneath 11 ; (xvi) 'Chhaja' or '~uiishadk'shall meana slbping or horizontal structwal overhang usually provided over openlngs on external walls to provlde protection from sun and ram , (xvii) 'Chimney' shall mean an upright shaft containing and encasing one di. more flues ;

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ground-flwr level or any other levelwithin or adjacent to a building ; (xix) 'Covered Area' shall me& b u n d immedtately above the plinth levd coveRd by the building but does not include the spaces covered by :(a) gardm. mckery, well and well snuchurs, plant nurnej, waterpool swhnm~ng pool ( ~ f uncovered), platform round a nee, rank, fountain, bench Chabutra with open top and , ':unenclosed on sides by walls and the like ; . .&+drainage culvert, conduit, catch-pit, gullypit, chamber, gutter and the like ;and -(c) compound wall;@te, u n s t e e d porch and portico, slide. swing. uncovered staircases, areas covered by Chbajja and the like : kb~. -For thepurpaSeofthese bye-laws,covedanaequslbfheplotareaminustheareadueforopm . .
> . .. spncek' . . ~ . (xx) 'Damp proof shaR mean a w u n e c O N i OF some appmpnatc watm prmfolg mafmnl mov~ded to prevent rnnetrationofdampness armarmre fmm any pan of the structure
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of not less than 15cms. above the surface of the adjolnlng ground: to any'othe~ part ai a he~ghi : ' . (xxi) 'Detilcltrd Building' shall mean a buildingwhose wins and'roofs ire indepehdent of any other hullding with open space on all sides ; , . (xxii) 'Drainage' shall mean act, process, method d means . of . drainage, mode of discharge of water ; the system of drains ; . .. (xxiii) 'Engineer' shall mem a dWding anyof the &alifications laid down in Scheduled I1 appended to these bye-laws and duly registered with any Class 'A' or'B' wmmine, whether engaged for the supenisio~construction or for the preparation of s t r u c k 1 drawing or both : . . (xxiv) ' E r e c t are-mctany building'iacl&.:.~ , (a) any material alteration or enlargrmeot o f any building ; (b) the m m i o n by structural altemtfon into a place for human habitation of any building . not originally consnucted for human habitation ; (cJ the eonvmien into mdre than one place 'for h d a n habitation, of a building onginally . constructed as one such place :
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(e) such alterations of a building as affect an alteration of its d r a i i e or sanitary arrangement or materially affect its security ; (f) the additien of any rooms, buildings, out-houses or any other struchlres to any buildings ;and (g) the construction in a wall adjoining any street or land not belonging to theowner of the wall, of a door opening on such stnet or land ; (xxv) 'Exit' shall mean a Dassae, channel or means of egress from any building. stor floor area to a street or other open space otsatety ; (xxvi) 'Extern1 wall' shall mean an ontet wall or vertical enclosure of any building not being a party wall even though adjoining to a wall of another building and shall also include a wall abutting on an interior open space of y y building but shall not include an outer verandah wall. (xxvii) 'Facto$ shall have the same mmning as given to it in the Factories AcL. I948 ( ~ c t 63 of 1948) ; (xxviii) 'Floor Area' shall mean usable covered area of a building at any floor level; ' (xxix) 'Floor Area Raho' or 'F.A.R.' shall mean the quotimt obtained by dividing the w l tiple of the total of the covered area (plinth area) on all floors and 100 by the areas of the plot 1.e. FA R Toraleowsdarenofdj7wrs1100
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to the outer au of aav pr;oductof combustion resnltingfromihe +eration of any heatp&ucing appliance or equip 2 ment employing solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel ; ixxxi) 'Foundation' shall mean that part of a structure. which is below ;he lower most floor and which provides support for the superstructure and which trans& loads of the superstructure to the bearing'rnaterials; (xxxii) 'Framed Building' shall mean a building the external walls of which are consof a frame oft~mber, ~ron.&nforced cement con&te or steel and such framtng comlstmg of m t s or columns and beams. filled m whollv or parhallv w~th bncks, stones, uon-plates or bther material ;and the stability of which d&en& uponbuch framing ; (xxxiii) 'Front' as applied to abuilding shall mean generally the portion facing the stnet fium which it has access and in case of doubt as detqined by the Executive Officer or Sec-retaryas t& case may be ;,, .. , . . . ..
tdildingand the straight l i m downward; and outwards horn the h&f tntmection of the outer surface of anv front wall of the buddine with the roof ~mendtcular to that h e . and at an angle of 63-112degrees to the horizontal: NME he 63-112degrees angle has a tangent of 2:f bthai dthegrdundislevel the a ~plane r reach& the mound at a distance from the extenor wall eouatm half the heieht of the'smnure a h % the lml of thgt g o u n d (xxxv) 'Garage' shall mean a building or portion thereof, used or intended to be used for shelter, storage or parking of a wheeled vehicle ; (xxxvi) 'Ground Floor' shall mean the floor surface immediately above the g m d around the building ; (xxxvii) 'Habitable room' shall mean a room occupied or designed for matpamy by o m or more m n s for shldy, living, sleeping, eating, kitchen if it is used as a living mom. but not bathrooms,~water-closet; cokpamnhs, laundries, sewing and s6rage panfnes, includ~n~ corridors, cellars. amc and spaces that are not used frequently or dunng extended penods : (xxxviii) (a) 'Height' (as applied to a building) shall mean the vertical distance measured, m the case of flat roofs from& averaee level of the centre line of the adioinine street to the hiehest point of the buildings adjacent ib the street wall, and in the case 6f pitcrhed roofs, upto'ih;

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roof and in case of gable facmp.the road, the mid-wim bchveen the eaves lwel and the ridge. archrtecnval fe-s servlng no other h c h o n e'xcepl that of a deconbon shall be excludhd for the oumose of taklng heights. and if the buddma does not abut on a street the hmcht shall be mea&d above the average l m l ofthe groun$around and contiguous to the b;rldmg; (b) 'Height' (as applrcd to a room) shall mean the venrcal distance measured from the finshed floor smface to the finshed ccihng surface Where a finished ceiling is not prov~ded the undenrde of the lornts or beams or tre beams shall derermme the u m x r wmt oimeasurement and in the case'bf sloping ceiling the 'height shafl be the mean k i i h t of any such room, provided that at no pomt shall it be less than 2.3 meters. ,(xxxvr) 'Lay-out plan' shall mean the plaa showing arrangement of Gilding on ground ; (XI)'Lrcensed PlumW shall mean a penon registered by the committa for h e purpose of these bye-laws and poswsslon on the quahficabons as lard down in Scheduled In appended to these bye-laws ; (XI!) 'L~ghtPlane' shallthe plane lymg M w m tbe line of ktmection of the floor of anv roam in a building with the outer surface or an exmior wall ofthe building and the straight lines drawn upwards-hm that line perpendicular thmto and at an angle of 63-113 degre&to the horizontal : Nole. - For tht pnpose of the definition of light plmrhe wter surfaa of any vuandah abutting on . an interior side open space shall be consided to be the exterior wall of the building. (xlii) 'Load Bearing WalF shaU mean a wall design& to carry super imposed road in addition m its own road : (xliii) ' ~ e a d Load'shallthe weight nfall pernrankt statiaaeryeonstru~taa becomiug a part of the struchur, (xliv) 'Live Load slnll mean all load except dead load that may be unpwed on a s t ~ ~ S h n :and wind loads shall be considered as live loads ; an ~ntcrmediary flmr in between two main floors but not more than (xlv) 'M shall 1.S metns m he~ght which may be adopted or cansrmcted for storage purpose ; (dvi) 'Manm' or 'Stair Cover' shall mean astnrchmerected on the roof of a build& at tbe . head of a starcase to p r o m such astaircascfrom w e a k and notusedfor buman hab~tation; (xlvii) ' M a t e d change of we' shall mean a change of whole or any part of building fmm one class of budding to another ; (xlviii) 'Mezzanine floo~'shall mean an invrmediste floor in between two main fIoars, above ground level with area of mrrzanioe maicted to one-third of the area of that floor wd w~th ami~mum height - of 2.3 m h s and shall net be lower than 2.3 mebes above floor level; (xli) ' 0ccupier';hall inchideany person f& the tiw bein&.paying or liabk p'pay rent or . any portion of rent of the building in respect of which the word is used, or compensation or . premium on account of the occupation of such building add also arent-fiee tenant, but does n o t include a lodger, and the words 'occupy' and 'occupation' do not refer to the lodger. An owner living in or otherwise using his own building shall be deemed to be the occupier thereof; of the plot o p e n ..& slry ; : (0 'Open space' shall mean an a m f d g an integral (li) 'Owner' shall wan tbc person who receives the rmt for the use of t k land or building or would be mhtled to do so if they were in. It also includes:(a) anegent or tnnhe who d m such Ecnr mbehalf of the ownu; .. (b)a nceiva, executor or admollstratoror a m a q mappoiahd by any court of competent junsdiciioa to have the charge, of or to a m m e the rights of the owner. (c) an agent ortruste? who receives the m . o f or is entrusted with or IS concerned with any bu~ldmg devoted to rel~g~ous or charitable purposes; and (d) a mortgagee in passession.

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(lii) ' ~ a h p e fshall mean a low wall built along the edge of a roof or a floor not more than 1 metre in height ; (liii) 'Part wall' means :(a) a wall 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 s@aration of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or occupied or constructed or adapted to be occupied by different persons ; or (b) a wall f m n g part of a buildmg and standmg in any part ofthe length of such wall, to a greater extent than the projection of the footmg on one slde on the grounds of d~fferent owners ; (livf 'Partition wall' shall mean an interior non-load bearing wall, one storey or less in height; (Iv) 'Party wall' ;hall mean a common wall partly constructed on the plot of land, and partly on the adjoining plot and serving both structurally ; (Ivi) 'Plinth' shallmean the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground. and surface of the floor, immediately fist abwe the ground : (Ivii) 'Plinth Area' shaU mean the built-up covered area measured at the floor level of the . . basement or of any storey ; (Iviii) 'Plinth level' shall mean the lqvel of the ground-floor of a building.aboVe the surrounding ground ; (lix) 'Plinth height' shall mean the height ofthe ground flkrabove the adjoining street level, measured fromthe level of the centre of the street ; (1x1 'Plot' shallmean a parcel of landoccupied or intended for ocapabcy by one main building. together with its accessory buildings and used customarily and incidental to it. including the open spaces required by these bye-laws and having frontageupon a street orupon a private way that has been approved by the authority having jurisdiction ; (lxi) 'Premises' shall mean passages. buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure ; (Ixii) 'Public sewer' shall mean a sewer constnfcted andmaintained by Gove-t or local authority ; (Lxiii) 'Rain Water P i ' shall mean a pipe or drain situated whoUy above ground and used or constructed to be used solely for carrying off rain waterdimtly from mof surfaces ; (Ixiv) 'Rear air plane' shall mean the plane contained between the ground behind thebuildinp. and the stralaht h e drawn downwards and outwards from the h e of intenectron of the ou?er surface of;ny rear wall of the building with the roof perpendicular to that line, and af . an angle 63-112 degreeto the horizontal ; . , . . .. (Ixv) . ~ o w - H o u s i n&ill ~ ' mean a row of houses iyiih.6nly f&'tear *d:'int&ior o&n .. spaces ;> . ' _, (Ixvi) 'Semi-detached Building' shall mean a b i d i n g detached on th& sides wit% open $aces ; . . (Ixvii) [-]I
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(Ixviii) 'Set Back Line' shan mean a line usually parallel to the plot boundaries and latd a n be constructed towards the down in each case bv the municioalitv bevond which nothlnz c plot boundanes ; (Ixlx) 'Special Areas' shall mean the areas shown as Such on t h e zoningplans in which archltectural control sheet apply;

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(brx) 'Sbear Wall' shall'mean a wall de&gned to cany horizontat forces acting in its p h e with or without imposed loads ;
( h i ) 'Site' shall mean a parcel (picce)of land Mined by detkitc boundaries;
(Ixxii) 'Storage tank' shall mean a tank or a cistern for storage of water which is connected to the water mam by means of a supply prpe ; Ilxxii) ' S W shall meartanv harizdotal division of a buildbe: so constructed as to be capable of h g iwd as ltvlng a&mmt. although such honzonial dwston may not orrmd over the whole depth or wtdth of the butld~ng.but shall not ~nclude menantne flwr , Qxxiv) 'S&. shall mean any highwahslanc,pthway, alley,stairway passageway, carriageway, footway, squm, place or bridge whether a tboroughfare.or not, over which the public have a r i g h ~ of passage or access or have passed and had access uninterruptedly for a specified period, whether existing or proposed in any scheme and includes all bonds, channels, ditches, stormwater drains, culverts, sidewalks, traftic islands, mad side trees and hedges. retaining walls, fences, barriers and railings within the street lines ; (Ixxv) 'Street level' shall mean rhe ofiicta~y establtshed elcvatlonor grade of the mthr h e of the stnet uoon whtch a d o t frontsand if t h e n IS noofictallvestabltshed made. the ewstlne grade of the Btreet at its A d point ;

(lxxvi) 'Stnet line' shall mean the line defining the side limits of a sheet ; (horvii) ' S m Wall' shall mean a load bearing wall. i.e., a wall that carries load in addition to i t s own loud ; (1xxvhi)'Subsoil dmn' shall mega a drainused or consbucted to be used solely for conveying to any sewer (e~ther directly or through another dram) any water that may percolate through the sub-soil , (horix) 'T~apamry Buildings' shall mean a buildimg built of unbumt bncks, burnt bricks without mortar, corrugated Eon bamboo thatch, wood, boarding or plywood but shallnot mclude a burldmg built of burnt bncks, cement blocks or stones lald tn mortar ;

(Ixxx)'Unsafe building'shall mean thov buildinp whichare sbucturally unsafe, insanitary ornotnmvided wth adeauate means ofemess or which constitute a finazard ormotherwix -dangerousfor human lifg or which in &tion to existing use constitute a hazard to safety or health or public welfare, by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation or abandonment;
other openings due m wind outride and convection effeas ansing horn temperam or vapour

(Ixxxi) 'Ventilation' shall mean the supply of outside air into a building through window or

pressu;e diffGrence (or both) between inside and outside of thebuilding ; (Ixxxii) 'Water C t d shall mean a privy with arrangement for fumlshiing the pan with water. It don not include a bath-room ; [(lnaii-a) Wattr scal latrine shall mean a latrine with a minimum water seal of 20 mrn 9 wh~ch excreta IS pused tn or flushed by water and is not requtred!o be removed manually;] (Ixxxia) 'Zonmg Plan' shall mean the detailed layout plan of the municipal area or part thereof ma~ntainedtn the oftice of the rmuuctuahty s h o m g the sub-dlvlsum plots, open spaces, streets. posinon of protected tms and other features ihrespect of each ploi perrntned land use. buildinc lines and resmction with reaard to the use and develovment ofeach plot In additionto those'iaid down in the building bye-laws ;
( I x u i v ) 'Words and expressions' not defmed in rhc bye-laws shall have the same meaning as are assigned to them in the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973.
I. Imuml by Haryalu Nodtication No. GSR 3 6 ~ 24119736.201.202 ~ : find 214M dared 7.4.1995.