Your city will be bigger & cleaner

Your city will be bigger & cleaner
Bangalore: Flexible, regulative, accommodative and simple. This sums up the zonal regulations provided by the Masterplan 2015.
The new zonal regulation is all set to unleash realty development. While the city is bursting at its seams, the BDA has reworked zoning regulations that accommodate the needs of the city — parking, additional FAR and goodies for need-based commercial exploitation.
The city till date had restrictions on floor area ratio (FAR), which was in the range of 1.25 to 1.75, depending on zone and road width. Now this has been enhanced to 3.25.
In corridors of and BMTC terminals, the FAR can go up to 4. This rule will now allow commercial exploitation and also ridership for the mass transport system, explained BDA commissioner M K Shankarlinge Gowda.
Another important regulation is the creation of mutation corridor, which means one plot depth facing the designated road that could gain higher FAR of of 3 with a minimum 30 metres road width. This means that main roads of residential localities can have commercial activities in a restricted manner.
“We have seen commercialisation of residential localities leading to all kinds of chaos. It is inevitable for such activities to come up in these areas, as it is need-based. So we thought it is better to allow such activities but with riders. The riders are placed in such a fashion that movement of traffic is not affected. We want malls, multiplexes, super-market or any kind of commercial activity to uniformly come up. We are seeing such activities in Indiranagar, Koramangala or Jayanagar.’’
Another development is that people need not come to BDA for land use change permission. The masterplan has it all and the permission can be obtained in the BBMP. The zonal regulations also provides for re-development of central areas by mooted additional FAR as incentive. Owners of small properties can amalgamate and construct a single complex with more built-up space, explained
town planning member
B Mahendra.
Transfer of development
rights (TDR) has been introduced as part of zoning regulations. The green belt area, which used have only education institutions is opened for health facilities and golf courses. Around 20 per cent of the area coming under this zone can now be used for such activities.
Highlights
Rain water harvesting is now compulsory for structures beyond 2,400 sqft. A 5% rebate on the property tax is offered for residential property and 2% for nonresidential buildings for the first 5 years.
Solar lighting and solar water heating is recommended for all new constructions. If this is adopted, then refundable security deposit on fulfilling the conditions shall be returned along with 2% interest.
Security deposit to be given while submitting building plan application which will be refunded with interest.
For a layout not exceeding 10,000 sqmts, reservation of parks and CA have been exempted. However, developers have to pay fee in such cases.
Safety measures against earthquake is insisted as per National Building Code.
If the total floor area of a proposed building is more than 500 sqmts, then an area measuring minimum of 3 by 5 metres abutting the access road should be reserved for installation of electrical transformers.
Whenever the total area proposed for formation of layout exceeds 10 acres, adequate extent of land may be earmarked for provision/installation of utilities like transformer, sewage treatment plant, overhead water tank, bus bay/shelter etc.