MEANS OF ACCESS

Every building, existing or proposed, shall have means of access as required in these regulations.

Every person who erects a building shall not at any time erect or cause or permit to erect or re-erect any building which in anyway encroaches upon or diminishes the area set apart as means of access.

Width of Means of Access - the plots shall about on a public means of access like street/road. Plots which do not abut on a street shall abut / front on a means of access, the width and other requirement of which shall be as given in table 4.

TABLE 4
MEANS OF ACCESS

NOTE - 1 The means of access shall be clear of marginal open space of at least 3m, from the existing building line.

In no case, development on plots shall be permitted unless it is accessible by the public street of width not less than 6 m. provided further that for all industrial buildings, theaters, cinema houses, assembly halls, stadium, educational building, markets, other buildings which attract large crowd, the means of access shall not be less than 12 m. Further in no case shall the means of access be lesser in width than the internal access ways in layouts and subdivision.

Pathways - The approach to the buildings from road / street / internal means of access shall be through paved pathway of width not less than 1.5 m. provided its length is not more than 20 m. from the main / internal means of access.

The length of means of access shall be determined by the distance from the farthest plot (building) to the public street. The length of the subsidiary access way shall be measured from the point of its origin to the next wider road on which it meets.

In the interest of general development of an area, the Authority may require the means of access to be of larger width than that required under regulation No.12.3.

In case where a private passage is unrestrictedly used by public for more than 10 years as a means of access of width not less than 9 m. to a numbers of plots, the Authority may take steps including improvement under the provision of relevant act to declare it as a public street.

Not withstanding the above, in partially built up plots, if the area still to be built upon does not exceed 5000 sq. m. provided such area is used for low Income Group Housing and the built-up/F.S.I. permissible would be 75 percent of the built- up Area / F.S.I. permissible in that zone.

In congested areas in the case of plots facing street / means of access less than 4.5 m. in width the plot boundary shall be shifted to be away by 2.25 m. from the central line of the street / means of access way width of 4.5 m.

Means of access shall be leveled metal led, flagged, paved, severed, drained, channeled, lighted, laid with water supply line and provided with trees for shade to the satisfaction of the Authority, free of encroachment by any structure or fixture so as not to reduce its width below the minimum required under regulation No.12.3 and shall be maintained in a condition to the satisfaction of the Authority.

If any private street or any other means of access to a building be not leveled, metal led, flagged or paved sewered, drained, channeled, lighted or laid with water supply line or provided with trees for shade to the satisfaction of the Authority, he may, with the sanction of the NMC / NIT by written notice require the owner or owners of the several premises fronting or adjoining the said street or other means of access or abutting thereon or to which access is obtained through such street or other means of access or which shall benefit by works executed to carry out any or more of the aforesaid requirements in such manner as directed.

If any structure of fixture is set upon a means of access so as to reduce its width below the minimum required, the Authority may remove the same further and recover the expenses so incurred from the owner.

Access from the Highways / Important Roads  -  No premises other than highway amenities like petrol  pump, hotel etc. shall have direct access from highways and shall be subject to National Highway  Act, 1956 to the relevant provisions of State Highway Act, 1955  and Ribbon Development Rules in force as amended from time to time.

For building identified in regulation No.6.2.6., the following additional provisions of means of access shall be ensured:

1. The width of the main street on which the building abuts shall not be less than 12  m. and one and of this street shall join another street of width not less than 12 m. in width.
2. The approach to the building and open spaces on its all sides (see regulation No. 15.1) up to 6 m. width and the layout for the same shall be done in consultation with Chief Fire Officer, Nagpur Fire Brigade and the same shall be of hard surface capable of taking the weight of fire engine, weight up to 18 tones. The said open space shall be kept free of obstructions and shall motor able
3. Main entrances to the plot shall be of adequate width to allow easy access to the fire engine and in no case it shall measure less than 4.5 m. The entrance gate shall fold back against the compound wall of the premises, thus leaving the exterior access way within the plot free for movement of fire service vehicles. If main entrance at boundary wall is build over, the minimum clearance shall be 4.5 m.