FAR stands for floor area ratio.

FAR= Total covered area of all floors

Total plot area

SET BACKS ON SIDE AND REAR SIDES

This law regulates

the offsets around
the building with
respect to the
height of the
building for better
ventilation.

HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING (IN M)

The open space will be in accordance to the building 2.

THIS LAW REGULATES THE FLOOR

AREA COVERED ON THE GROUND
FLOOR.

Built area
Built area

Max height

SECTION

PLAN
THE HEIGHT OF
THE BUILDING WILL
BE REGULATED BY
X

AS THE SITE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT ,

THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THE OVERALL HEIGHT.
PERMISSION IS TO BE TAKEN FROM THE AIRPORT
AUTHORITY FOR BUILDING BEYOND 30m.

MINIMUM HEIGHT OF EACH FLOOR

FOR THE MEZZANINE ,

THE MINIMUM FLOOR
HEIGHT SHOULD BE
5.2 m

MINIMUM HEIGHT OF MEZZANINE

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It is assumed that two

third of the number
are males and one
third are females

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WALKWAY

Cobblestone
pathways hinder
the movement of
wheelchairs.

Avoid manholes in
walks

Non-slippery floor
finish to be used

>900

CORRIDOR
650

Minimum space required

for hindrance free turning
of the wheelchair.

>1400

>1700

RAMPS

WASHROOM
>1500

>1700

>900

500

Non-slippery
floor finish to be
used.

EXITS

EXIT

The exit routes should

not pass through
another occupied unit.

OCCUPANTS PER UNIT

EXIT WIDTH
MERCANTILE
BUILDINGS

75
60
50

OCCUPANCY LOAD OF A FLOOR WITH

MEZZANINE

The main
staircase as well
as the external
staircase should
run continuous
between the top
floor of the
building and the
ground floor open
space

The travel distance to an exit

from the dead end of a corridor
shall not exceed 6m

WIDTH OF AN EXIT
DOOR

Exit door shall not

open immediately
upon a flight of
stairs, a landing
equal to at least
the width of
staircase must be
provided.

FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMNTS

 The covered parking in the basement or in the form of multi level parking abo
ground level shall not be counted towards FAR.

Calculating no. of parking slots to be made in a

plot with FAR=1

1 PCU (Per Car Unit) = 50 sq m. of FAR

OR
1 ECS ( Equivalent Car Space)

If xy is the area of the plot, and

each red square represents 50 square
metres, then
Number of parking slots to be made =

xy

(in sq. m)

50 sq. m

PER CAR area for parking

This area includes the area req. to park the car + area for driveways.

35 sq. metres
For BASEMENT

30 sq. metres
STILT level

25 sq. metres
OPEN area

Parking for the handicapped

Atleast area of two car parking spaces to be provided for each handicappe
car parking area
For every 25 car parking slots made, there should be 1 handicapped parkin
space. Hence, for 100 parking spaces, there should be 4 for the handicap