3 PROPUESTAS Y DESAFÍOS POLÍTICOS 3.1 PRESTACIÓN

(1) Electrical installations

The planning, design and installation of electrical installations, air- conditioning and heating work shall be carried out in accordance with part – VIII Building services, section 2 – Electrical Installations, Section 3 – Air conditioning and Heating, of the National Building Code of India.

(2) Plumbing Services

The planning, design, construction and installation of water supply, drainage, sanitation and gas supply system shall be in accordance with the provisions of water supply and drainage regulations of the Municipal Council/ Gram Panchayat concerned and Part – IX Plumbing Services – Section 1- Water Supply, Section 2- Drainage and Sanitation and Section 3 – Gas Supply, of National Building Code of India.

(3) Requirements of water supply in buildings

The total requirement of water supply shall be calculated based on the population as given below:

Occupancy Basis

Residential building 5 persons / tenement

Other buildings No. of persons based on occupant load and area of floors given in Table – 16 The per capita requirements of water supply for various occupancies shall be as specified in Appendix XIV.

(4) Sanitary requirements

The fittings and installation for different occupancies shall be as approved by the Competent Authority as per Appendix – XV.

(5) Town gas / Liquid Petroleum Gas supply pipes

These pipes shall be run in shafts exclusively for this purpose and shall be on external walls, away from the staircases. There shall be

no interconnection between these shafts and the rest of the floors; Gas meters shall be housed in a suitably constructed metal cupboard located in a well-ventilated space at ground level.

(6) Alternate source of electric supply

A stand-by electric generator for high-rise buildings shall be installed to supply power to staircase and corridor lighting circuits, fire lifts, the stand-by fire pump, pressurization fans and blowers, smoke extraction and damper systems in case of failure of normal electric supply. The generator shall be capable of taking starting current of all the machines and circuits stated above simultaneously. If the stand-by pump is driven by diesel engine, the generator supply need not be connected to the stand-by pump.

(7) Lightning Protection of Building –

The lightning protection systems for buildings shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part III, National Building Code of India.

6.34 FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES :

All buildings shall conform to the fire protection requirements as detailed out in Appendix XVIII. The fire escape staircases shall be provided as per the following:

6.34.1 Fire escape staircases :

6.34.1.1 External stairs : High rise and special buildings shall be provided

with fire escape stairs and cantilever fire escape passages. They shall conform to the following :-

(a) They shall not be taken into account in calculating the evacuation time of a building.

(b) All of them shall be directly connected to the ground.

(c) Entrance to them shall be separate and remote from the internal staircase.

(d) Routes to the fire escape shall be free of obstruction at all times, except for a doorway leading to the fire escape stairs and fire escape passages. These shall have the required fire resistance.

(e) They shall be constructed of non-combustible materials.

(f) They shall have straight flight not less than 75 cm wide with 15 cm treads and rises not more than 19 cm. The number of risers shall be limited to 16 per flight.

(g) They shall be provided with handrails at a height not less than 90 cm above the tread.

6.34.1.2 Spiral stairs :

(a) The use of spiral staircase shall be limited to buildings of height upto 9 m. having low occupant load unless connected to platforms such as balconies and terraces to allow escapees to pause.

(b) A spiral fire escape staircase shall not be less than 150 cm in diameter.

6.35 SIGNS AND OUTDOOR DISPLAY STRUCTURES :

1) The display of advertising signs on building and land shall be in accordance with Part - X - Signs and Outdoor Display Structures, National Building Code of India.

2) Other conditions :

In addition to the provisions of Regulation 6.29, the following provisions shall be complied with for permitted advertising signs in different land use zones.

i) Residential Zone :

The following non-flashing and non-neon signs with illumination not exceeding 10 ft candles :

a) One name plate with an area not exceeding 0.1 sqm for each dwelling unit.

b) for other users permissible in the zone, one identification sign on bulletin board with an area not exceeding 1.6 sqm.

c) ‘For Sale’ or ‘For Rent’ signs for real estate not exceeding 2 sq.m. in area, provided they are located on the premises offered for sale or rent. d) Non-flashing business signs placed flat against the

wall and not exceeding 2 sqm in area per establishment.

ii) Designated Commercial Sites :

Flashing or non-flashing business signs placed flat against the wall, not exceeding 5 sq.m. in area and covering not more than 15% of the area of such wall including doors and windows and overhanging signs which project not more than 0.9 m from the wall, provided that such overhanging signs shall be in conformity with the following and provided that such signs do not face residential building.

a) not more than one overhanging sign may be permitted for each 4.5 m of plot frontage and b) the area of such overhanging signs shall not be

more than 1 sq.m. except that for each 0.9 m of plot frontage above the first 4.5 m an increase in area of 0.2 sq.m. shall be permitted.

3) Prohibition of advertising signs and outdoors display structures in certain cases :

Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2), no advertising sign or outdoor display structures shall be permitted on buildings of architectural, aesthetic, historical or heritage importance as may be decided by the Competent Authority or on Government buildings, save that in the case of the Government buildings only advertising signs or outdoor display structures may be permitted if they relate to the activities of the Government departments.

(N.V.Kulkarni) (S.V.Surve)

Convenor Member Member

and Rtd. Dy. Director of Town Planning Dy. Director of Town Planning

Konkan Division

(Ajit Warty) Chairman

and

Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Date: 15th October, 2001 Development Authority

Committee appointed by the Government of Maharashtra, under Section