REQUIREMENTS OF SITES

No piece of land shall be used as a site for the construction of building;

1. If the Authority considers that the site is in sanitary or that it is dangerous to construct a building on it;
2. If the site is within a distance or 9m from the edge of water mark of a minor water course and 15m. from the edge of water mark of a major water course, provided that where a water course passes through a low lying land without any well defined banks, the owner of the property may be permitted by the Authority to restrict or divert the water course to an alignment and cross section as determined by the Authority.
3. If the site is not drained properly or is incapable of being well drained;
4. If the owner of the building has not shown to the satisfaction of the authority all the measures required to safeguard the construction from constantly getting damp;
5. If the building is for assembly uses, for cinemas and theatres as well as for public worship which has not been previously approved by the Authority;
6. If the building is proposed on any area filled up with carcasses, excreta, filthily and offensive matter till the production of certificate from the Authority to the effect that it is safe from the health and sanitary point of view, to be built upon;
7. If the use of the said site is for the  purpose, which in the opinion of the Authority will be a source of annoyance to the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood;
8. If the plot has not been approved as a building site by the Authority;
9. If the proposed occupancy of the building on the site does not conform to the land use proposals in the development plans or Zoning Regulations; and
10. If the level of the site is less than prescribed datum level depending on topography and drainage aspects.

Distance of Site from Electric Lines - No Verandah, balcony or the like shall be allowed to be erected or re-erected or any additions or alternations made to a building on a site within the distance quoted in Table No.3 below in accordance with the prevailing Indian Electricity Rules and its amendments from time to time between the building and any overhead electric supply line;

TABLE NO.3