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THE HARYANA BUILDING CODE, 2017 Alongwith amendments upto 04.12.2023 Haryana Government  Preface Whereas the Government of Haryana observed that the different Development Agencies, Authorities/Departments were implementing Building Rules as per the...

THE HARYANA BUILDING CODE, 2017 Alongwith amendments upto 04.12.2023 Haryana Government  Preface Whereas the Government of Haryana observed that the different Development Agencies, Authorities/Departments were implementing Building Rules as per their present Statute/Rules and it is also observed that the different provisions in Building Rules makes difficult for common man/Entrepreneur/Industrialist to carry out building work throughout State of Haryana uniformly. In order to streamline the provisions of Building Rules and to facilitate citizens, the Building Rules being followed by the different Agencies/ Departments/Authorities werethen repealed by the Government and the Haryana Building Code, 2016 was made applicable to entire State of Haryana from 30.06.2016. Thereafter, considering and examining several representations/ suggestions received on the Code the Code has been revised as the Haryana Building Code, 2017. Original published on 30.06.2016 1st Revision: 06.01.2017  CONTENTS CHAPTER-1: TITLE AND DEFINITIONS................................................................................. 7 1.1. SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT................................................................................................ 7 1.2. DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER-2: BUILDING PLAN APPLICATION PROCEDURE.......................................... 21 2.1. APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OR RE-ERECTION OF BUILDING............................. 21 2.2. PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION THROUGH SELF- CERTIFICATION....................................................................................................................................... 22 2.3. ONLINE RECEIPT AND APPROVAL......................................................................................... 24 2.4. PREPARATION OF BUILDING PLANS BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS..........25 2.5. CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES......................................................................................... 25 2.6. SINGLE JOINT INSPECTION....................................................................................................... 25 2.7. SUBMISSION OF AFFIDAVIT..................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER-3: BUILDING DRAWING NORMS....................................................................... 27 3.1 SIZE OF DRAWING SHEETS AND COLOURING OF PLANS................................... 27 3.2 SITE PLAN................................................................................................................................. 27 3.3 CLEARANCE ZONE FOR BUILDINGS NEAR HIGH TENSION ELECTRICAL LINE 28 3.4 BUILDING PLAN..................................................................................................................... 28 3.5 CONSTRUCTING BUILDING AS PER ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL SHEET...29 CHAPTER-4: BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL PROCEDURE............................................... 30 4.1 VALIDITY OF BUILDING PLAN APPLICATION.......................................................... 30 4.2 SCRUTINIZE AND SANCTION OF BUILDING PLAN................................................. 30 4.3 VALIDITY OF SANCTIONED PLANS............................................................................... 30 4.4 RE-VALIDATION OF BUILDING PLANS........................................................................ 31 4.5 DEEMED SANCTION............................................................................................................. 31 4.6 SUBMISSION OF REVISED BUILDING PLANS DURING THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF SANCTION.......................................................................................................................... 31 4.7 REVOCATION OF SANCTION............................................................................................ 32 4.8 MAINTENANCE OF E-REGISTER FOR SANCTION/REGISTRATION OF BUILDING PLANS.................................................................................................................................... 32 4.9 DAMP PROOF COURSE CERTIFICATE.......................................................................... 32 4.10 OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE............................................................................................. 32 4.11 OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE THROUGH SELF CERTIFICATION.......................35 4.11A OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE THROUGH 3RD PARTY CERTIFICATION...37 4.12 REVOCATION OF OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE........................................................ 39 CHAPTER-5: RISK BASED CLASSIFICATION...................................................................... 40 5.1 RISK BASED CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING APPLICATIONS.......................... 40 CHAPTER-6: SITING, PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL......................... 41 6.1 USE OF SITE, TYPE AND CHARACTER OF BUILDING............................................. 41 6.2 SUB-DIVISION AND AMALGAMATION OF PLOTS................................................... 41 6.3 PROPORTION OF THE SITE WHICH MAY BE COVERED WITH BUILDINGS.42 6.4 ARCHITECTURAL/ FRAME CONTROL AND SITING OF BUILDING.................53 6.5 GREEN BUILDING MEASURES AND INCENTIVES................................................... 54 CHAPTER-7: BUILDING DESIGN NORMS............................................................................. 57 7.1 PARKING.................................................................................................................................... 57 7.1A PARTY WALL........................................................................................................................... 59 7.2 COURTYARD............................................................................................................................ 59 7.3 PLINTH....................................................................................................................................... 59 7.4 MINIMUM AREA, SIZE, HEIGHT AND LIGHT AND VENTILATION OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES.................................................... 60 7.5 BOUNDARY WALL, FENCE, GATE AND PORCH........................................................ 63 7.6 STAIRCASE............................................................................................................................... 63 7.7 RAMPS AND LIFTS................................................................................................................. 65 7.8 PASSAGES AND CORRIDORS............................................................................................ 66 7.9 EXIT.............................................................................................................................................. 67 7.10 MEANS OF ACCESS................................................................................................................ 68 7.11 LIGHT AND VENTILATION OF BUILDING................................................................... 69 7.12 CANTILEVERED ROOF AND CHAJJA PROJECTIONS............................................... 71 7.13 MEZZANINE FLOOR.............................................................................................................. 71 7.14 MOTOR GARAGE.................................................................................................................... 72 7.15 MINIMUM PROVISIONS WITH REGARD TO DWELLING UNIT.......................... 72 7.16 BASEMENT............................................................................................................................... 72 7.17 FIRE.............................................................................................................................................. 75 CHAPTER-7A: TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE.................................................................... 76 7A.1 DEFINITIONS........................................................................................................................... 76 7A.2. APPLICABILITY................................................................................................................. 76 7A.3. PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL OF BUILDING PLANS.................................................................................................................................... 77 7A.4. PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED AT THE TIME OF GRANT OF OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE.............................................................................................................. 78 CHAPTER-8: SUSTAINABLE MEASURES.............................................................................. 79  8.1 RAIN WATER HARVESTING.............................................................................................. 79 8.2 PROVISION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC POWER PLANT..............80 8.3 PROVISION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION BUILDING CODE.............................. 81 8.4 WATER RE-USE AND RECYCLING.................................................................................. 81 8.5 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS........................................................................ 81 CHAPTER-9: NORMS FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONS........................................ 83 9.1 PROVISION/ FACILITIES FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONS.....................83 CHAPTER-10: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SAFETY........................................... 86 10.1 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND STRUCTURAL DESIGNS.............................. 86 10.1.1 FOUNDATIONS............................................................................................................ 86 10.1.2 BUILDING SERVICES................................................................................................. 86 10.1.3 PLUMBING SERVICES............................................................................................... 87 10.1.4 CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES................................................................................ 87 10.1.5 DAMP PROOF COURSE............................................................................................ 87 10.2 STRUCTURAL SAFETY MEASURES FOR HIGH RISK BUILDINGS......................88 10.2.1 EMPANELMENT OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, PROOF CONSULTANT, SUPERVISING ENGINEER AND GEO TECHNICAL ENGINEER:..................................... 88 10.2.2 THIRD PARTY INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION:.......................... 89 10.2.3 ACTION AGAINST COMPLAINTS ON QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION:.........91 10.2.4 POST CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURAL AUDIT:....................................................... 92 10.2.5 ALTERATION IN BUILDING BY ALLOTTEES/RWA.................................... 94 CHAPTER-11: PUBLIC HEALTH INSTALLATIONS............................................................ 95 11.1 TWO PIPE SYSTEM IN DRAINAGE.................................................................................. 95 11.2 MINIMUM SANITARY FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS TYPE OF BUILDINGS................................................................................................................................................. 95 11.3 METHOD OF DISPOSAL....................................................................................................... 96 11.4 SEPTIC TANK........................................................................................................................... 96 11.5 ABSORPTION PIT................................................................................................................... 97 11.6 SUB-SOIL IRRIGATION FOR DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT......................................... 97 11.7 ZERO WASTE WATER DISCHARGE................................................................................ 98 11.8 NOTICE AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF WORK.................................... 98 11.9 APPLICATION FOR CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC SEWER................................... 98 11.10 SEWER CONNECTION.................................................................................................... 99 11.11 DRAINAGE OF ROOF....................................................................................................... 99 11.12 INSPECTION OF WORK.................................................................................................. 99 11.13 EFFECT ON THE TRANSFERRED AREAS............................................................... 99 CHAPTER 12 – ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE............................................................. 100  12.1 ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION. 100 CHAPTER 13 – CODE APPLICABILITY.............................................................................. 107 13.1 APPLICABILITY OF THIS CODE.................................................................................... 107 13.2 POWER OF RELAXATION................................................................................................ 107 APPENDIX A............................................................................................................................... 108 SPECIMEN................................................................................................................................... 149 1. MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING..................................... 149 2. MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FORCOMMERCIAL BUILDING...................................... 152 3. MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING................................................................................................................................................ 156 4.MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FOR STORAGE/ GODOWN BUILDING.............................. 159 5. MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FOR GROUP HOUSING........................................................... 162 6. MODEL ZONING CLAUSES FOR DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES................................. 166  Chapter-1: Title and Definitions 1.1. Short title and extent (1) This Code shall be called the Haryana Building Code, 2017. (2) This shall be applicable to entire State of Haryana with effect from 06 January 2017. 1.2. Definitions (1) In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,- (i) “abut” in relation to a building means when it is on a street and the outer face of any of its external walls is on the street boundary; (ii) “Act” means the respective Act of Competent Authority; (ii-a) 1[“Affordable Group Housing” means apartments of ‘pre- defined size’ made available at ‘pre-defined rates’ as prescribed under the policy notified on 19.08.2013, as amended from time to time”.] (iii) “ancillary zone” in the industrial/ commercial/ institutional plot means the building ancillary to and serving the main industrial building and includes meter-room, security room, Sewerage Treatment Plant, godown, guard room, cycle-shed, dispensary, canteen, electric substation and labour quarters for watch and ward staff but shall not include residential accommodation for supervisory staff; (iv) “apartment” means a part of a property, intended for any type of independent use, including building having one or more rooms with enclosed spaces located on one or more floors or any part or parts thereof, to be used for residence, office or for practicing any profession or for carrying on any occupation, trade, business or manufacturing or other uses relating to Information Technology or for such other type of independent use, as may be prescribed, with a direct exit to a public street, road or highway or to a common area leading to such street, road or highway and includes any garage or room (whether or not adjacent to the building in which such apartment is located) provided by the colonizer/owner of such property for use by the owner of such apartment for parking any vehicle or for the residence of any person employed in such apartment, as the case may be. 1 Inserted vide memo no. Misc-2339-ULB-C/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 18.10.2022  (v) “applicant” means a person(s) including legal heirs who is owner(s) of the site and who applies to the Competent Authority, of his/ her intention to erect or re-erect a building under this Code and includes his/ her legal heirs; (vi) "apparel industry" means the industrial unit primarily engaged in the design, cutting and sewing of garments from fabrics, processed leather and its variant; (vii) “approved” means approved by the Competent Authority; (viii) “Architect” shall mean a person registered with valid membership of the Council of Architecture, India as prescribed under the Architect Act 1972 (Please see Appendix “A”); (ix) “Architectural Control Sheet” shall mean sheet of drawing with directions signed by the Competent Authority and kept in his office showing the measures of architectural control; (x) “area” means area under the jurisdiction of Competent Authority; (xi) “atrium” means a high open area or central court within multi-storeyed building, covered with transparent material at the terrace; (xii) “authorized officer” or “officer authorized” means an officer authorized by the Competent Authority; (xiii) “balcony” means a horizontal projection, cantilevered or otherwise, not more than 1.8 metres, including a parapet or railing to serve as a passage or sit out place, open to air at least on one side. (xiv) “basement or cellar” means the storey of a building, which is next below the ground storey of such building or which is in any part more than half of its height below the mean level of the street or ground adjoining the building, with one or more than one levels; (xv) 2[“big-box retail store” means a large retail establishment, generally two or more floors structure and sell general goods as departmental store, or may be limited to a particular speciality or sell groceries; (xvi) "bio-technology industry" means the industrial unit primarily engaged in research in micro-organisms and its 2 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  software developments. No hardware manufacturing unit of pharmaceutical industry will be included; (xvii) “building” means any shop, house, hut , outhouse, shed or stable whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise and whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material whatever and includes “wall” and “a well”; (xviii) “building line” shall mean a fixed line, if any specified for a site beyond which no building shall project within that site other than balcony, canopy and compound wall; (xix) "carpet area" shall mean the net usable area of an apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under service shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment; Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-Code, the expression “exclusive balcony or verandah area” means the area of the balcony or verandah, as the case may be, which is appurtenant to the net usable floor area of an apartment, meant for the exclusive use of the allottee; and “exclusive open terrace area” means the area of open terrace which is appurtenant to the net usable floor area of an apartment, meant for the exclusive use of the allottee. (xx) “canopy”- shall mean a cantilevered projection from the face of the wall over an entrance to the building at the lintel or slab level provided that: (a) It shall not project beyond the plot line. (b) It shall not be lower than 2.3 metres (clear height)when measured from the ground. (c) There shall be no structure on it and the top shall remain open to sky. (xxi) “chimney” means the ventilating shaft/ absorber provided in the building for intake and disposal of smoke; (xxii) “class of building” shall mean a building in one of the following categories:- (a) Assembly building; (b) Commercial and mercantile building; (c) Educational building; (d) Industrial building; (e) Information Technology building; (f) Inland Container Depot/ Custom bounded area; (g) Institutional building; (h) Mixed land-use building; (i) Residential building; (j) Storage building; (a) “Assembly Building”- A building or part thereof, where groups of people (not less than 50) congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes; (b) “Commercial and Mercantile Building”- includes a building or complex or part thereof used as shops, stores or market for display and sale of wholesale and/ or retail goods or merchandise, including office, Restaurant, Banquet Hall, Hotel, Motel, Resort, Dhaba, Boarding house, Guest house, Amusement Park, office establishments and service facilities incidental thereto and located in the same building; (c) “Educational Building”- includes a building exclusively used for a school, college, training/ research institute, vocational institute & University including quarters for essential staff required to reside in the premises, and building used as a hostel captive to such educational institution in its campus; (d) “Industrial Building”- includes a building or part thereof wherein products or material are fabricated, assembled or processed, such as assembly plant, cold storage, laboratory, power plant, refinery, gas plant, mill, dairy and factory etc.; (e) “Information Technology building”- includes building for software development activities, and IT enabled services and/ or IT related manufacturing; (f) “Inland/ Freight Container Depot/ Custom bounded area”- includes a building being used as an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport/ airport and involved as operating centre for the transhipment of a sea/ air cargo to inland destination, which may include temporary storage; (g) “Institutional Building”- includes a building constructed by Government, Semi- Government Organization or Registered Trust/ Society and used for medical or other treatment and care for persons suffering from physical or mental illness, disease or infirmity, care of orphans, differently-abled persons, abandoned women, children and infants, convalescents, destitute or  aged persons and for penal or correctional detention with restricted liberty of the inmates ordinarily providing sleeping accommodation. It shall also includes an auditorium or complex for cultural, social, religious, patriotic and allied activities or for an hospice, assembly halls, city halls, town halls, exhibition halls, museums, places of worship, dharamshala, hospital, sanatoria, custodial and penal institutions such as jail, prison, Government office, Secretariat, road or railway or air or sea or other public transportation station, etc.; (h) “Mixed land-use building”- includes a building consisting of one or more conforming uses/ activities duly allowed by competent authority; (i) “Residential Building”- includes a building in which sleeping and living accommodation is provided for residential purposes, with cooking facilities and includes one or more family dwellings, residential apartments, flats and garages used by occupants of such building; (j) “Storage Building”- includes a building or part thereof used primarily for storage or shelter of goods, wares, merchandise, freight depot includes a building used as a warehouse, godown, freight depot, transit shed, store house, public garage, hanger, truck terminal, grain elevator/ silos, barn and stables. (xxiii) “clear height” means height from the top surface of ground or any floor to the soffit of beam or ceiling, as the case may be; (xxiv) “colony” means colony as defined in the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975; (xxv) “Competent Authority” shall mean an officer/ agency duly authorized; (xxv-a) 3 [“Complex process flows building” means industrial building with undivided floor space as certified by GMDIC of the District concerned or any other officer authorized by Director, Industries in this regard.] (xxvi) “core area” means thickly built up area of the old town, laldora/ phirni of villages included in the municipalities or area shown as existing land-use in the Development Plan of the town; 3 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-2339-ULB-Vol-II-A/07/05/2006-2TCP dated 08.09.2022. This amendment comes into force from 08.09.2022.  (xxvii) “courtyard” means a space permanently open to sky, enclosed fully or partially by buildings and may be at ground level or any other level within or adjacent to a building. (xxviii) “covered area” means the area covered immediately above the plinth level by the building but does not include the space covered by – (a) Soak pit, rain water harvesting tank, sewage treatment plant, swimming pool (uncovered); (b) cantilevered porch (without any storey above) and areas covered by canopy and portico, open staircases for fire escape; (c) area under solar panel, service floor and service shaft, atrium; (xxix) “damp proof course (DPC)” means a course consisting of some appropriate water proofing material provided to prevent seepage/ penetration of dampness or moisture from any part of the structure to any other part; (xxx) “drain” means a conduit or channel for the carriage of storm water, sewage, waste water or other waterborne wastes in a building drainage system. (xxxi) “drainage system” means a system or a line of pipes, with their fittings and accessories, such as manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies, floor traps used for drainage of building or yards appurtenant to the buildings within the same cartilage; and includes an open channel for conveying surface water or a system for the removal of any waste water. (xxxii) “dwelling unit” means a building or a part thereof which is used or is intended to be used by a person or family for habitation comprising of Kitchen, toilet and room; Note: Size (Number of occupants) of a dwelling unit shall be declared by the competent authority from time to time. (xxxiii) “electronic signature” or “e-signature” means “digital signature” defined in the Information Technology Act, 2008. (xxxiv) “Engineer” means a person graduate in civil engineering from recognised Indian or Foreign University or Associate Membership of the Institute of Engineers (India)with a minimum 3 years experience in Civil Engineering practice in designing structures and field work and/ or registered as such with the Competent Authority, engaged for the supervision, construction or for the preparation of structural design/  drawing or bothfor residential and commercial building upto plot area 1000 square metres and 15 metres height (including stilt), as per the requirements of the relevant Form BR- V(A1) (Please see Appendix “A”); (xxxv) “erection or re-erection of building” means and includes any material addition, alteration or enlargement of any building including sub-division of the existing covered area; (xxxvi) “exit” means a passage channel or means of egress from the building, its storey or floor to a street or, other open spaces; (xxxvii) “external wall” means an outer wall or vertical enclosure of any building not being a party wall, even though adjoining to a wall of another building and also includes a wall abutting on an interior open space of any building but shall not include an outer verandah wall; (xxxviii) “factory” shall have the same meaning as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (Act LXIII of 1948); (xxxix) “flat’’ means a part of any property, intended to be used for residential purposes, including one or more rooms with enclosed spaces located on one or more floors, with direct exit to a common area leading to such streets or roads; (xl) “floor” means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building, and does not include a mezzanine floor. The floor at ground level with direct access to a street or open space shall be called the ground floor; the floor above it shall be termed as floor-1, with the next higher floor being termed as floor-2, and so on upwards. (xli) “floor area ratio (FAR)” mean a quotient obtained by dividing the multiple of the total covered area of all floors and hundred, by the area of plot i.e. total covered area X 100 FAR = ———————————; plot area For the purpose of calculating FAR, cantilevered, permitted roof projections, lift room, mumty, balcony, basement or any floor if used for parking, services and storage, stilt area (unenclosed) proposed to be used for parking/ pedestrian plaza only, open staircase (without mumty),terrace with or without access, fire staircase, atrium, water tank, open courtyard of permitted size shall not be counted towards FAR: Provided, area under shaft, chutes, lift well and staircase from stilt to next floor shall be counted towards FAR only at once on ground floor:  Provided in case the ventilation shaft area is more than 3 square metres, it shall not be counted in FAR; (xlii) “form” means a form appended to this Code; (xliii) “footwear manufacturing industry” means the industrial units primarily engaged in the design, cutting, assembly and manufacturing of footwear from finished leather, fabric, rubber and their variants and shall include other similar products such as belts, purses, bags, suit-cases, brief cases etc. but shall not include the processing and tanning of leather and its variants; (xliv) “foundation” means a part of a structure which is below the lower most floor and which provides support for superstructure and which transmit load of the superstructure to the bearing surface; (xlv) “framed building” shall mean a building, the external walls of which are constructed of a frame of timber, iron, reinforced cement concrete or steel and such framing consisting of posts or columns and beams, filled in, wholly or partially covered with bricks, stones, iron plates or other materials and the stability of which depends upon such framing; (xlvi) “front” as applied to a building shall mean generally the portion facing the street from which it has access and in case of doubt as determined by the Competent Authority; (xlvii) “garage” shall mean a building or portion thereof used or intended to be used for shelter, storage or parking of a wheeled vehicle; (xlvii-a) 4 [“Geotechnical Engineer” means a person having post- graduation in geotechnical engineering with minimum 10 year experience in Geotechnical engineering practice in designing and field work, or, Doctorate in Civil engineering or Geotechnical engineering with minimum 5 year experience in Geotechnical engineering practice in designing and field work. (Please see Appendix-A)”] (xlviii) “ground coverage” means built up area covered at ground level: For the purpose of calculating ground coverage area under shaft, chute, lift well and staircase shall be counted towards ground coverage: 4 Inserted/amended by Misc-2339-(HBC)-Loose-II/7/9/2022-2TCP dated 27.06.2022.  Provided ventilation shaft area more than 3 square metres, fire staircase, atrium and open courtyard of permitted size, shall not be counted in ground coverage; (xlix) “group housing” means a building designed and developed in the form of flats for residential purpose or any building ancillary to group housing; (l) “habitable room” means a room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living, sleeping, eating, but not including bathrooms, water-closet compartments, laundries, serving and store pantries, corridors, cellars, attics, and spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods. (li) “height” as applied to a building means vertical measurement of the building measured from the finished mean level of the street where such street exists or from the mean level of the ground adjoining the outside of the external walls to half the height of the roof in the case of sloping roofs and to the highest level of the building in case of building with flat roof, excluding the projected portions of mumties, flues, ducts, building maintenance unit, machine room, minarets, water tank and parapets not exceeding 1.2 metre in height. Architectural features serving no other functions except that of the decoration shall be excluded for the purpose of taking heights. Height as applied to a room shall mean the vertical measurement from the top surface of the floor to the lowest surface of the ceiling of the same room, joist and beams being allowed to project beneath the ceiling, and in the case of a sloping ceiling, the height shall be the mean height of any such room; (lii) “integrated commercial complex” means building containing apartments sharing common services and facilities and having their undivided share in the land and meant to be used for office or for practicing of any profession or for carrying on any occupation, trade, business or such other type of independent use as may be prescribed; (liii) “layout plan” means a plan of the entire site showing location of plots/ building blocks, roads, open spaces, entry/ exit, parking, landscaping etc. indicating activity of all land or partial; (liv) “load” includes,-  (a) ‘dead load’ i.e. weight of all permanent stationary construction becoming a part of the structure; and (b) ‘live load’ i.e. all load except dead load that may be imposed on a structure including wind loads shall be considered as live upon it; (lv) “loft” shall mean an intermediate space between two floors on a residual space with maximum height of 1.5 metres and which is constructed or adopted for storage purposes only; (lvi) “material change of use” shall mean a change from one class building to another; (lvii) “mean level of street” means the average level of all points on the surface of the street from which the site derives its access measured at the centre line of street; (lviii) “mezzanine floor” means an intermediate floor, between two floors, with area restricted to 1/2(half) of the area of the lower floor and with a minimum clear height of 2.3 metres and shall not be lower than 2.3 metres (clear height) above floor level; (lix) “mumti” means a small structure erected on the roof of a building to protect such staircase from weather; (lx) "non-nuisance professional consultancy services" shall include Doctors (without nursing home), Lawyers, Tax Consultants, Architects & Town Planners (without studio), Contractor Consultants, Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Property Consultants, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Practitioner, Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologist and Tourist Guides; (lxi) “occupancy” means the main purpose for which a building or a part of building is used or intended to be used; (lxii) “open space” means a space forming an integral part of the plot left open to sky; (lxiii) “parapet” means a low wall built along the edge of a roof or a floor not more than 1.2 metre in height for buildings upto 15 metres and 1.5 metres for buildings above 15 metres; (lxiv) “parking” means a space enclosed or unenclosed, to park vehicles together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a street permitting ingress and egress of the vehicles; (lxv) “partition” means a wall which bears no load other than its own weight;  (lxvi) “party wall” means a common wall partly constructed on the plot of land, and partly on the adjoining plot and serving both structurally or otherwise; (lxvii) “plinth” means the portion or structure between the surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor immediately above the ground; (lxviii) “plinth area” means the built up covered area measured at floor level on the basement or of any storey; (lxix) “plinth height” means the level of ground floor above the street level surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor immediately above the ground; (lxx) “plinth level” means the level of the ground floor of building; (lxx-a) “plinth ramp” means a ramp to plinth of building from the access road/ surrounding ; (lxxi) “plot” means piece of land or site enclosed by definite boundaries; (lxxii) “porch” means a covered surface supported on pillars or otherwise for the purpose of pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building. (lxxiii) “premises” means messuages, buildings, land easements and hereditaments of any tenure; (lxxiv) “proof consultant” shall be a person who is a Structural Engineer or a Group/ Firm of Structural Engineers having post-graduate qualification in structural engineering with ten years experience in structural design and evaluation thereof, for multi-storeyed and specialized structure, and/ or an institute of the following type, employed for evaluation/ checking of the structural design of the buildings referred to in the relevant Form BR-V(A2) for all buildingsabove15 metres height (including stilt) (Please see Appendix “A”):- (a) Institute of Structural Engineers (India). (b) Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee. (c) Various engineering institutes, like I. Indian Institute of Technology; II. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh; III. National Institute of Technology; IV. Any other institute of repute; (lxxv) “public sewer” means a sewer line owned and maintained by competent authority for carrying out the sewage;  (lxxvi) “public street” means any street heretofore levelled, paved, metalled, channelled, sewered or repaired out of municipal or other public funds, unless before such work was carried out, there was an agreement with the proprietor that the street shall not thereby become a public street, or unless such work was done without the implied or express consent of the proprietor. (lxxvii) “rain water pipe” means a pipe or drain used or constructed to be used solely for carrying off rain water directly from roof surfaces; (lxxviii) “rear” as applied to a building means that portion which is on the opposite side of the ‘front’; (lxxix) “self-certification” means seeking approval of building plans duly prepared and certified by Architect as per relevant building Code, zoning plan and as per parameters/ policies issued by the Competent Authority from time to time; (lxxx) “service floor” means the floor of a building with maximum height of 2.4 metres, where service equipment, utility lines and various machinery are located; (lxxxi) “setback” means a line usually parallel to the plot boundary as laid down in each case by the Competent Authority beyond which nothing can be constructed towards the plot boundary unless specifically allowed by Competent Authority; (lxxxii) “site” same as “plot” defined at Code 1.2(1)(lxxi); (lxxxiii) “site plan” means a detailed plan showing the proposed placement of structures, parking areas, open space, landscaping, and other development features, on a parcel of land, as required by specific sections of the building Code; (lxxxiii-a) 5 “Solid Waste Management Plant”Includes collection of primary segregated solid waste from door to door. This has to be secondary segregated on daily basis & segregated solid waste shall be processed in the organic waste convertor (OWC) Machines/Biodegradable Waste Convertor. (lxxxiv) “storage tank” means a tank or a cistern for storage of water which is connected to water main by means of a supply pipe; (lxxxv) “storey” mean the portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above 5 Inserted/amendedvide Misc-2339 (ULB)-Vol-III/SD(BS)/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 08.05.2018  it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it; (lxxxvi) “stilt” means poles, posts or pillars or columns used to allow a structure or building to stand at a distance above the ground; (lxxxvii) “street line” means the line defining the side limits of a street; (lxxxviii) "Structural Engineer" means a person who is a post graduate in structural engineering from a recognized Indian or Foreign University or Corporate Member of Civil Engineering Division of the Institute of Engineers of India or equivalent Institute with a minimum of three years experience in structural engineering practice in designing structures and field work and/ or registered as such with the Competent Authority, employed for preparation of structural design of buildings upto 15 metres height. However, only the Structural Engineer Possessing post graduate qualification in structural engineering along with a minimum of 3 years experience in the design of multi storey and specialized structure and/ or registered with Competent Authority shall be employed to undertake and submit the structural design of buildings other than residential and commercial buildings upto 15 metres height (including stilt), as per the requirements of the relevant Form BR-V(A2) (Please see Appendix “A”). (lxxxix) “structural wall” means a load bearing wall or wall that carries load in addition to its own load; (xc) “sub-soil drain” mean a drain used or constructed to be used solely for conveying to any sewer (either directly or through another drain) any water that may percolate, through the subsoil; (xci) “sun-shade” means a slope or horizontal or vertical structure over hanging, usually provided over openings on external wall to provide protection from sun and rain and shall not be used for human habitation; (xci-a) “supervisor” means a professional whose qualification and competency has been stated at Appendix-A;. (xcii) “temporary building” mean a building built of unburnt bricks, burnt bricks without mortar, corrugated iron, bamboo, thatch, wood, board or plywood but shall not include a building built of burnt bricks, cement blocks or  stones laid in mortar and such structures can be dismantled or re-located; (xciii) “Town Planner” means a person holding valid Associate Membership of the Institute of Town Planners or Graduate or Post-Graduate Degree in Town and Country Planning from a recognized Indian or Foreign Institute/ University at Appendix-A; (xciii-a) 6 [“Transferable Development Rights Certificate (TDR Certificate)” means the certificate of development rights given to an owner who surrenders such land to vest with the Government without claiming any compensation and such certificate may be sold within urbanisable limit of a development plan by the owner, as defined in Act no. 8 of 1975, amended from time to time and governed by policy notified on 16.11.2021, as amended from time to time; (xciii-b) “Transit Oriented Development” means any development, macro or micro that is focused around/along a transit node/ corridor and facilitates complete ease of access to the transit facility, thereby inducing people to prefer to walk and use public transportation over personal modes of transport, as defined in the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Area Rules, 1976, amended from time to time and governed by policy notified on 09.02.2016, as amended from time to time;”] (xciv) “verandah” means a covered area with at least one side open to the outside with the exception of 1.2 metre high parapet on the upper floors to be provided on the open side; (xcv) “water closet” means a privy with arrangement for flushing the pan with water. It does not include a bathroom; (xcvi) “zoning plan” mean the detailed layout plan of the sector or municipal area or a part thereof or of individual sites to whom permission for CLU has been granted, maintained in the office of the Competent Authority showing the sub division of plots, open spaces, streets and other features and in respect of each plot, permitted land use, building lines and restrictions with regard to use and development of each plot in addition to those laid down in the building Code, further same can also be prepared/ maintained for industrial plots, if need arises. 6 Inserted/amendedvide Misc-2339-ULB-C/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 18.10.2022  Chapter-2: Building Plan Application Procedure 2.1. Application for erection or re-erection of building (1) Any person who intends to erect, re-erect or make alternation in any place in a building or demolish any building shall give notice in writing to the Competent Authority of his/ her intention in the Form BR-I, accompanied by the following documents:- (i) Ownership documents-lease deed/ sale deed or possession letter in the name of owner issued by the allotment authority or permission to use the land issued by Competent Authority; (ii) a site plan as required by Code 3.2; (iii) a building plan or plans along with an un-editable Compact Disc/ DVD or any other electronic medium permissible by the Competent Authority from time to time containing the drawings in “.DWG” format as required by Code 3.4; (iv) details of specifications of the work to be executed in Form BR-II; (v) Structural drawings (for record) as per Form BR-V(A1) or BR-V(A2); (vi) fire safety design as required under National Building Code or under Haryana Fire Services Act, 2009, if applicable; (vii) Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning (H.V.A.C.) service plan wherever required; (viii) Certificate of conformity to regulation and structural safety for the relevant buildings (depending upon type and height) in the relevant Form BR-V(A1)or BR-V(A2); (ix) Public health services plan in un-editable compact Disc/ DVD or any other electronic medium, containing drawings in “.DWG” Format; (x) scrutiny fees (non–refundable) at the rate of ten rupees per square metre of the covered area achieved, shall be deposited in favour of Competent Authority through any prescribed payment mode. Note: The applicant shall submit all kind of plans in electronic format on the online portal of Competent Authority. The Competent Authority shall convey  objections/ observations or sanction/ refusal through online portal or prescribed mode. (2) Every person applying under Code 2.1(1) shall appoint an Architect/ Engineer for drawing up of building plans/ structural drawings and for the supervision of erection or re-erection of the building. The supervision of erection or re-erection of residential or commercial building upto 15 metres height (G+3 floors) (including stilt)may be undertaken by the Architect or the Engineer. However, in case of buildings more than 15 metres height (including stilt), the supervision shall be undertaken by both the Architect and the Engineer. During construction if appointed Architect/ Engineer notices that violation (except compoundable) are going on he shall intimate the owner and advise him to stop further construction and remove the violation, will also intimate to the concerned authority. (3) The applicant, the Architect and Engineer shall digitally sign the application, plans, structural drawings, specifications and the certificates as required in the relevant forms and documents, before making submission to Competent Authority. (4) In case the building application is returned, it may be re- submitted within 60 days from the date of such return without fresh scrutiny fees. Such re-submission, however may not be allowed more than two times in 60 days from the date of first return. 2.2. Procedure for submitting application through self-certification (1) 7[Any person intending to erect or re-erect building shall apply on Form BRSI along with documents stated in Code 2.1 to the Competent Authority for approval of building plans of buildings falling in low and moderate risk categories defined in Code 5.2(i) and 5.2(ii), under self-certification to the Competent Authority for intimation. The applicant may initiate construction immediately after submission of the application and documents. (2) Certificate of conformity to regulation and structural safety for the relevant buildings (depending upon type and height) in the relevant Form BRS-II. (3) Competent Authority or any other person authorized by him reserves the right to check the building plans and construction at 7 Inserted/amended by Misc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  any stage and violations (except compoundable ones), if found shall have to be rectified by the owner/ applicant. In case the owner/ applicant fail to rectify violations, the Competent Authority may take necessary steps to remove the violations. Action shall also be taken against the defaulting Architect by referring his case to the Council of Architecture of misconduct and debarring/ blacklisting the Architect from doing practice in State Government Departments/ Authorities. All rectifications shall be at the risk and cost of the owner and no plea of the owner shall be entertained for any default committed by the Architect engaged by him. In all such cases the procedure of self-certification shall stand aborted. (4) If a building is erected or re-erected or construction work is commenced in contravention to any of the building regulations, the Competent Authority or any other person authorized by him shall be competent to require the building to be altered or demolished, by a written notice delivered to the owner. Such notice shall also specify the period during which such alteration or demolition has to be completed and if the notice is not complied with, the Competent Authority or any other person authorized by him may demolish the said building at the expense of the owner. Note: - (i) The decision of Competent Authority, in case of any dispute shall be final and binding on all concerned. (ii) At any stage during construction, if an Architect notices that violations (except sanctionable ones) are taking place, he shall intimate to the concerned authority of such violations and stop further supervision. He/ She shall also intimate the allottee about the violations and advise him to stop further construction. Complete details along with photographs shall be submitted to the concerned authority. The Competent Authority shall immediately issue a notice to the owner on the basis of the Architect’s certificate to suspend further work and rectify violations. In such cases the owner shall be held responsible for further additions in violations. Such a situation shall automatically annul the process of self certification and the owner may, after removal of violations, engage an Architect for preparing the revised drawings. In such cases completion shall be  given only after scrutiny of revised drawings and inspection of site. (iii) Sanctionable changes shall be allowed to be done, provided that at the completion stage all changes are incorporated by the Architect in the completion drawings to be submitted by the owner to the Competent Authority. While seeking occupation certificate, the Architect shall give a certificate that all changes done are as per Codeand policies of the Government from time to time. (iv) After submitting of application or during the construction of building if the Owner/ Architect/ Structural Engineer are changed, he shall intimate the Competent Authority by email or online building plan approval system that he is no longer responsible for the project from the date of actual dispatch of the letter. The information must be sent within seven days of occurrence of the change to the Competent Authority by the respective owner/ Architect/ Engineer. The construction work shall have to be suspended until the new owner/ Architect/ Structural Engineer, as case may be, undertakes the full responsibility of the project vide forms and documents submitted at the time of applying for erection/ re-erection of the building within seven days of his taking over. Owner’s intimation regarding change of name of professionals shall be considered to be final by the Competent Authority or any other person authorized by him. 2.3. Online receipt and approval (1) All functions performed under this building Code be performed through electronic form. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of Code 2.3(1) above, the functions shall include all or any of the followings:- (i) receipt or acknowledgement of applications and payments; (ii) issue of approvals, orders or directions; (iii) scrutiny, enquiry or correspondence for approval of building plans or grant of occupation certificates, etc.; (iv) filing of documents; (v) issue of notices for recoveries; (vi) maintenance of registers and records; (vii) any other function that the Competent Authority may deem fit in public interest. 2.4. Preparation of building plans by Government Departments The Government Departments shall prepare the building plans of all Government buildings conforming to this building code and shall issue a certificate specifying that the provisions of this building Code have been followed in all respects. Such plans shall be sent to the Competent Authority, for information and record before commencement of erection or re-erection of the building. 2.5. Constitution of committees The Competent Authority shall constitute committees for- (i) Preparation of zoning plans. (ii) Approval of building plans; (iii) Composition of violation of building plans; (iv) Grant of Occupation Certificate; and (v) Any other Committee with such powers and functions, as may deem proper. 2.6. 8[Single Joint Inspection (1) The Competent Authority shall conduct single joint inspection by constituting a team of officials/ officers including officers/ officials of other Government Departments (for their respective services) of the site/ buildings, wherever required, in following stages: (i) Pre-Construction. (ii) During Construction. (iii) Post Construction. (2) The Competent Authority shall ensure that the same inspector shall not inspect the same site/ building in consecutive stages. (3) The inspection team shall conduct inspection of site/ building on a day specified by the Competent Authority in the order issued as per Code 2.6(1) and submit/ upload (online) single inspection report within 48 hours to Competent Authority. (4) The competent authority may refer standard report format for single Joint Inspection at Annexure-“C” or else may draft its own format. 2.7. 9[Submission of affidavit 8 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017 9 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017 The competent authority at any stage i.e. approval of building plan, DPC level and grant of occupation certificate, if requires, case to case basis, may ask for an affidavit from the applicant, as per standard format given at Annexure-B.  Chapter-3: Building Drawing Norms 3.1 Size of drawing sheets and colouring of plans (1) The size of drawing sheets shall be any of those specified as below: Sr. no. Sheet name Sheet size (in mm) 1 A0 841 x 1189 2 A1 594 x 841 3 A2 420 x 594 4 A3 297 x 420 5 A4 210 x 297 6 A5 148 x 210 (2) All dimensions in plan shall be indicated in metric units. (3) Various elements of plans (site and building), elevation, section and details shall be shown in different colors and thickness/ type of line, etc., and shall be preferably prepared in layers and as per BIS Code. (4) The prints of drawings shall be on one side of paper only. 3.2 Site Plan The site plan to be submitted along with the application for seeking permission shall be drawn to a scale of 1: 100 for plots upto 500 square metres in size and on a scale of 1:500 for plots upto 1acre in size. For plots above one acre in size the site plan may be submitted at any readable scale. The plan shall show as below: (i) the boundaries of the site and any contiguous features. (ii) the position of the site in relation to neighbouring street/ revenue rasta. (iii) the names and width of the streets on which the building is proposed to be situated, if any. (iv) all existing buildings standing on, over or under the site. (v) the position of the building and of all other buildings, if any, which the applicant intends to erect upon his contiguous land referred to in (i). (vi) the means of access from the street to the building, and to all other buildings, if any which the applicant intends to erect upon his contiguous land, referred to in (i) (vii) the width of the street, in front, if any at the sides or rear of building. (viii) the direction of north point relative to the plan of the buildings.  (ix) any existing physical features such as well, drains, trees, overhead/ underground electric supply lines including its capacity, etc. (x) the site area of the property and the covered area on each floor along with its percentage covered to the total area of the site. (xi) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the Competent Authority; and (xii) plot number or revenue particulars of the property on which the building is intended to be erected. 3.3 Clearance zone for buildings near High Tension electrical line Building shall not be constructed within the clearance zone. The clearance zone shall be provided as per table below: Type of supply line Horizontal clearance (in metres) (including both sides and from the center line of the tower) a. High voltage lines upto and including 11 11.50 KV. b. High voltage lines above 11 KV and upto 15.00 and including 33KV. c. High voltage lines above 33 KV and upto 18.00 and including 66KV. d. High voltage lines above 66 KV and upto 27.00 and including 132KV. e. High voltage lines above 132 KV and 35.00 upto and including 220KV. f. High voltage lines above 220 KV and 52.00 upto and including 440KV. 3.4 Building Plan (1) The plans, elevations and sections of the building accompanying the notice with dimensions shall be drawn to a scale of: - (i) 1:50 for plots measuring upto 500 square metres; (ii) 1:100 for plots measuring from 500 square metres to 1000 square metres; (iii) 1:200 for plots measuring more than 1000 square metres. (2) These shall show:  (i) the plans of all the floors including basements and all external elevations and cross sections illustrating distinctly all the different levels and minimum one section through stair case, water closet, bath, kitchen and garage; (ii) the plinth level of the building with reference to the level of the mean level of street from where approach to the site is taken; (iii) the schedule indicating the size of the doors, windows, openings and other methods of ventilation of each room/ area; (iv) the means of access to the buildings and to its various floors as well as the means of escape in case of fire, if required under the specific law/ Code; along with ramps and steps with respect to the building; (v) in case of proposed additions and alterations in the existing building, all new works shall be shown on the drawings in distinctive colours along with index; (vi) the method of disposal of waste water, sewage, storm water and water supply in detail; (vii) provision of rain water harvesting system as per Code 8.1; (viii) provision for photo voltaic solar power plant as per Code 8.2; (ix) provision for differently-abled person as per Chapter 9; 3.5 Constructing building as per Architectural Control Sheet (1) The applicant shall obtain Architectural Control Sheet approved by an authorized officer of the Competent Authority, by applying on plain paper and as per rate fixed by Competent Authority. The applicant is not required to get the building plan sanctioned from the Competent Authority in the Architectural Control Sheet is adopted for execution in total. Provided the applicant constructs the building strictly in accordance with the standard design. (2) The applicant shall, however, have to obtain formal permission from the Competent Authority for starting construction of the building and shall also intimate date of commencement of construction of building to the Competent Authority.  Chapter-4: Building Plan Approval Procedure 4.1 Validity of building plan application All building plan application submitted under Code 2.1 shall not be considered valid, unless made on the prescribed form and is accompanied with the requisite number of plans and documents, along with scrutiny fee and other charges (as prescribed by the Competent Authority). In case of non- compliance, the application together with plans and documents shall be returned to the applicant for resubmission in accordance with this Code. 4.2 Scrutinize and sanction of building plan (1) The Competent Authority shall constitute such Committees for the purpose specified in Code 2.5, for scrutiny of applications received as specified under Code 2.1 and for submission of recommendations for sanction/ refusal of such applications. (2) The Committee shall consist of officer/ official as decided by the Competent Authority and shall meet every week or as may be decided by the Competent Authority; (3) The recommendations of the members of the committee shall be forwarded to the Competent Authority for consideration and approval, with or without change. (4) The committee or any officer authorized shall pass on order and convey the decision of sanction or rejection in Form BR-III. 4.3 Validity of sanctioned plans (1) Every sanction for the erection or re-erection of any building shall remain valid for two years in case of building height is less than 15 metres and for multi-storeyed buildings (fifteen metres or above in height) the sanction shall remain valid for five years from the date of sanction. (2) If a building is not completed within two years (or five years, as the case may be) of the date of permission, the sanction will be deemed to have lapsed with respect to that portion of the building which has not been completed. In regard to the incomplete portion of a building, a fresh application shall be submitted in accordance with Code 2.1 and prescribed scrutiny fee. (3) The temporary buildings, permitted by Competent Authority, shall not be allowed to stand three months beyond the validity of the sanctioned plans. 4.4 Re-validation of building plans After sanction of building plan, in case the construction could not be started within two years (or five years, as the case may be) or has been started but could not be completed within the stipulated period, the owner/ applicant may apply for the revalidation of building plans before the sanction has lapsed simply by submitting re-validation fee @ Rs 10/- (rupees ten only) per square metre for the proposed covered area requested for re-validation. This revalidation of building plans be automatically considered from the date of submission of revalidation fee. 4.5 Deemed sanction 10 [The Competent Authority shall pass an order within a period of twenty days of submission of building plans, accompanied by all necessary documents as mentioned in Code 2.1, either sanctioning or rejecting it. The building plan shall be deemed to be sanctioned, if it is in conformity with building Code and in accordance with the permitted land use of the area and all leviable fee/ charges have been deposited by the applicant but no orders have been passed by the Competent Authority within the specified time. 4.6 Submission of revised building plans during the validity period of sanction (1) If during the construction of a building, any deviation from the sanctioned plan is intended to be made, approval of the Competent Authority for the same may be obtained before the change is made. The revised plan showing the deviations shall be submitted and the procedure laid down for the sanction of building plan as stated in Code No. 2.1and2.2, shall be followed for all revised plans, along with the depositing balance scrutiny fee, if any. (2) Any notice and building approval is not necessary for compoundable alterations/ violations, which do not otherwise violate any provisions regarding general building requirements, structural stability and fire safety requirements of this building Code. 10 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017 4.7 Revocation of sanction The sanction granted under Code 4.2 can be revoked by the Competent Authority, if it is found that such sanction has been obtained by the owner by misrepresentation of material facts or fraudulent document submitted along with the building plan application or otherwise or the construction is not being done in accordance with the sanction granted. 4.8 Maintenance of E-Register for sanction/Registration of Building Plans An online E-register shall be maintained for all building applications received, permissions given or deemed to have been given or refused or returned under this Code. The said register shall be available online to public for inspection on Departmental website. 4.9 Damp Proof Course certificate 11 [The owner (or the Architect, in case of self certification) shall submit a certification from an Architect (or by himself, in case of self certification) that the construction of building upto DPC level is as per sanctioned plan. The Competent Authority shall verify the certification and shall issue consent/ comments within seven days of receiving the certification. The DPC certificate shall deemed to be accepted, if it is in conformity with Code, but no consent/ comments have been passed by Competent Authority within specified time. 4.10 Occupation Certificate (1) Every person who intends to occupy such a building or part thereof shall apply for the occupation certificate in Form BR- IV(A) or BR-IV(B), which shall be accompanied by certificates in relevant Form BR-V(1) or BR-V(2) duly signed by the Architect and/ or the Engineer and along with following documents: (i) Detail of sanctionable violations from the approved building plans, if any in the building, jointly signed by the owner, Architect and Engineer. (ii) Complete Completion drawings or as-built drawings along with completion certificate from Architect as per Form BR-VI. 11 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  (iii) Photographs of front, side, rear setbacks, front and rear elevation of the building shall be submitted along with photographs of essential areas like cut outs and shafts from the roof top. An un-editable compact disc/ DVD/ any other electronic media containing all photographs shall also be submitted. (iv) Completion certificate from Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)Certified Energy Auditor for installation of Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Power Plant in accordance to orders/ policies issued by the Renewable Energy Department from time to time. (v) Completion Certificate from HAREDA or Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Certified Energy Auditor for constructing building in accordance to the provision of ECBC, wherever applicable. (vi) No Objection Certificate (NOC) of fire safety of building from concerned Chief Fire Officer or an officer authorized for the purpose. (2) No owner/ applicant shall occupy or allow any other person to occupy new building or part of a new building or any portion whatsoever, until such building or part thereof has been certified by the Competent Authority or by any officer authorized by him in this behalf as having been completed in accordance with the permission granted and an ‘Occupation Certificate’ has been issued in Form BR-VII. However, Competent Authority may also seek composition charges of compoundable violations which are compoundable before issuance of Form BR-VII. Further, the water, sewer and electricity connection be released only after issuance of said occupation certificate by the Competent Authority. (3) The ‘Occupation Certificate’ shall be issued on the basis of parameters mentioned below:- 12 (i)(a) For residential plots, minimum 25% of the total permissible ground coverage, shall be essential to be constructed to obtain occupation certificate, wherein one habitable room, a kitchen and a toilet forming part of submitted building plan is completed. 12 SubstitutedvideMisc-2339(ULB)-Vol-III/SD(DK)/2019/7/19/2019-2TCP dated 04.06.2019  (b)For Inland Container Depot (ICD) minimum area for considering approval of grant of occupation certificate shall be 2.5% of the permissible ground coverage. (c)For other buildings, the minimum area norm for grant of occupation certificate shall be as under:- Sr. Area of site Minimum area required for No. approval of building plan and grant of occupation certificate. 1 Upto 1 acre 25% of permitted coverage on all floors i.e. total permissible FAR. 2 Above 1 acre and 20% of permitted coverage on all upto 5 acres floors i.e. total permissible FAR. 3 Above 5 acres and 15% of permitted coverage on all upto 10 acres floors i.e. total permissible FAR. 4 Above 10 acres 10% of permitted coverage on all floors i.e. total permissible FAR. Note: -The area to be constructed in all types of cases under category (i) (a), (b) and (c) above can be achieved either at ground floor or at subsequent floors.” (ii) The debris and rubbish consequent upon the construction has been cleared from the site and its surroundings. (4) 13 [After receipt of application, the Competent Authority shall communicate in writing within eighteen days, his decision for grant/ refusal of such permission for occupation of the building in Form BR-VII. The E-register shall be maintained as specified in Code-4.8 for maintaining record in respect of Occupation Certificate. (5) If no communication is received from the Competent Authority within 60 days of submitting the application for “Occupation Certificate”, the owner is permitted to occupy building, considering deemed issuance of “Occupation certificate” and the application Form BR-IV (A) or BR-IV(B) shall act as “Occupation Certificate”. However, the competent authority may check the violations made by the owner and take suitable action. (6) If the owner or Architect or Engineer or Consultant as mentioned in Code 4.10(1)(i), (iv) and (v) as the case may be, 13 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  submits a wrong report while making application under this Code or if any additional construction or violation is reported to exist at site or has concealed any fact or mis-represented regarding completion of construction of building along with its eligibility for seeking occupation certificate or before the completion of such report, he shall be jointly and severally held responsible for such omission and complaint against the Architect for suspension of his registration and the owner shall be liable to pay for the penalty as may be decided by the competent authority after giving an opportunity of hearing. Further, if it is emerged that the information is concealed by Engineer/ Consultant/ Owner, necessary penal proceedings will be initiated along with debarring Engineer/ Consultant/ Architect from practicing in the State of Haryana. (7) 14 The cases where building plans have been approved under Punjab Scheduled Roads & Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Rules, 1965 i.e. prior to implementation of Building Code, and their applications for Occupation Certificates are being considered now as per Building Code, 2017, in such cases building plans should be considered as deemed approved as per the provisions of Haryana Building Code, 2017, subject to payment of composition charges 15 4.11 [Occupation Certificate through Self Certification (1) The owner who had applied under Code 2.2 and having building under Low Risk Category defined in Code 5.2(i), shall submit anapplication to Competent Authority for grant of occupation certificate on Form BRS-III and along with completion drawings, Completion Certificate on Form BRS-IV and along with the following documents: - (i) Detail of compoundable violations from the approved building plans, if any in the building, jointly signed by the owner, Architect and Structural Engineer, along with demand draft of the due payment for composition charges of such violations at the rates determined by the Competent Authority shall be submitted along with Form BRS-III. 14 InsertedvideMisc-2339(ULB)-Vol-III/SD(DK)/2019/7/19/2019-2TCP dated 04.06.2019 15 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  (ii) Both the Owner and Architect shall give a self- certification as Form BRS-IV that no provision of the Haryana Building Code, 2017 has been violated excluding compoundable violations. (iii) Photographs of front, side, rear setbacks, front and rear elevation of the building shall be submitted along with photographs of essential areas like cut outs and shafts from the roof top. An uneditable compact disc/ DVD containing all photographs shall also be submitted. (2) The competent authority shall issue an occupation certificate in Form BRS-V within eight working days of receipt of the Form BRS-III duly complete in all respect and accompanied with the required completion drawings forms and affidavits. The occupation certificate shall be issued provided that the documents submitted along with Form BRS-IV are in order: Provided, if any violation found within time prescribed above during inspection, which is not listed in compoundable violations stated at Code4.11(1)(i), then the violation be compounded (or demolished if it is non-compoundable), as per composition charges prescribed by the Competent Authority. (3) If no communication is received from the Competent Authority within eight working days of submitting the application for “Occupation Certificate”, the owner is permitted to occupy building, considering deemed issuance of “Occupation certificate” and the application Form BRS-III shall act as “Occupation Certificate”: Provided violations, if found at any subsequent stage, shall result in cancellation of the occupation certificate issued and the same shall be restored only after removal of violations. Further, action against the Architect shall also be taken for furnishing a wrong certificate/ affidavit. (4) No person shall occupy or allow any other person to occupy any other person to occupy any new building or a part thereof for any purpose whatsoever until such building or a part thereof has been certified by the Competent Authority as having been completed and an occupation certificate has been issued in his favour in  Form BRS-V within the above mentioned period. However, minimum percentage of permissible covered area (for industrial plotted colony only) as mentioned below shall have to be constructed to obtain occupation certificate or as decided by the competent authority, by recording reasons in writing: Sr. Area of site Percentage of permissible no. covered area 1 Upto 2 acre 25% 2 Above 2-acre upto 5 20% acres 3 Above 5 acres 15% &upto 10 acres 4 Above 10 acres 10% (5) No occupation certificate shall be issued unless debris and rubbish consequent upon the construction has been cleared from the site and its surroundings. 16 4.11a [Occupation Certificate through 3rd Party Certification (1) The owner who had applied under Code 2.2 and having building under Moderate Risk Category defined in Code 5.2(ii), shall submit an application to Competent Authority for grant of occupation certificate on Form BRS-III and along with completion drawings, Completion Certificate on Form BRS-IVA and along with the following documents: - (i) Detail of compoundable violations from the approved building plans, if any in the building, jointly signed by the owner, Architect and Structural Engineer, along with demand draft of the due payment for composition charges of such violations at the rates determined by the Competent Authority shall be submitted along with Form BRS-III. (ii) A certification from third party (i.e. an Architect or an Engineer other than the Architect/ Engineer involved in designing, construction and supervision of the building) in Form BRS-IVA that the building has been inspected in all respect and no provision of the Haryana Building Code, 16 Inserted/amendedvideMisc-138A-Loose/7/5/2006-2TCP dated 22.12.2017  2017 has been violated excluding compoundable violations. (iii) Photographs of front, side, rear setbacks, front and rear elevation of the building shall be submitted along with photographs of essential areas like cut outs and shafts from the roof top. An uneditable compact disc/ DVD containing all photographs shall also be submitted. (2) The competent authority shall issue an occupation certificate in Form BRS-V within eight working days of receipt of the Form BRS-III duly complete in all respect and accompanied with the required completion drawings forms and affidavits. The occupation certificate shall be issued provided that the documents submitted along with Form BRS-IVA are in order: Provided, if any violation found within time prescribed above during inspection, which is not listed in compoundable violations stated at Code 4.12(1)(i), then the violation be compounded (or demolished if it is non-compoundable), as per composition charges prescribed by the Competent Authority. (3) If no communication is received from the Competent Authority within eight working days of submitting the application for “Occupation Certificate”, the owner is permitted to occupy building, considering deemed issuance of “Occupation certificate” and the application Form BRS-III shall act as “Occupation Certificate”: Provided violations, if found at any subsequent stage, shall result in cancellation of the occupation certificate issued and the same shall be restored only after removal of violations. Further, action against the Architect shall also be taken for furnishing a wrong certificate/ affidavit. (4) No person shall occupy or allow any other person to occupy any other person to occupy any new building or a part thereof for any purpose whatsoever until such building or a part thereof has been certified by the Competent Authority as having been completed and an occupation certificate has been issued in his favour in Form BRS-V within the above-mentioned period.  (5) No occupation certificate shall be issued unless debris and rubbish consequent upon the construction has been cleared from the site and its surroundings. 4.12 Revocation of Occupation certificate In case, after the issuance of occupation certificate, if found at any stage that the building is used for some other purpose against the permission or make any addition/ alteration in the building then, after affording personal hearing to the owner, the Competent Authority may pass orders for revocation of occupation permission and the same shall be restored only after removal of violations.  Chapter-5: Risk Based Classification 17 5.1 [Risk based classification of building applications (1) For fast track building plan approval, the competent authority shall approve building plans considering the risk-based classification of buildings depending upon height. (2) The buildings are categorized in three risk categories: (i) Low Risk: Low Risk category includes plotted residential and commercial sites having maximum permissible height upto 15 metres and area upto 1000 square metres; industrial buildings (all sizes and height). (ii) Moderate Risk: Moderate Risk category includes commercial sites having maximum permissible height upto 15 metres and area from 1001 square metres to 2000 square metres. (iii) High Risk: High Risk category consists of buildings other than building stated above at (i) and (ii). (3) The application of building plan approval for the buildings stated in Code 5.1(2)(i) shall be allowed as per Code 2.2 and its grant of Occupation Certificate shall be allowed as per Code 4.11 (4) The application of building plan approval for the buildings stated in Code 5.1(2)(ii) shall be allowed as per Code 2.2 and its grant of Occupation Certificate shall be allowed as per Code 4.11a. (5) The building under