Building Plan Rules

(1)a.) The maximum permissible ground coverage for building, when a plot contains a single building, shall depend on the plot size and the use of the building as given in the table bellow:

Table:

Maximum Permissible Ground Coverage

(Plot containing a single building)

b) For any other size of the plot in between the plot size of 200 to 500 sq.mtrs, the percentage of coverage shall be calculated by directed interpolation.

(2) When a plot contains more than one building the maximum permissible ground coverage for the building shall be as stipulated in rule 52.

Permissible height of buildings:

 (1) Height of building shall be the vertical distance measured from the average level of the centering of the adjoining street or passage on which the plot abuts, to the highest point of the building, whether with flat roof or sloped roof.

(2)a)Thefollowing appurtenant structures shall not be included in the height of the building:

            (i) Stair covers not exceeding 2.40 metres in height.

            (ii) Lift machine room as per the latest edition of the National Building Code;

            (iii) Roof tanks with their supports, the height shall not exceeding 1.80 metres;

            (iv) Chimneys;