The document discusses building bye-laws, which are rules set by local authorities to regulate construction and ensure standards in building design. These laws encompass various aspects such as building height, setbacks, and safety regulations, varying by state and urban area. The objectives of bye-laws include maintaining proper ventilation, safety, and aesthetics while promoting organized urban development.

1. Principle and Building Bye Laws
Active Learning Assessment
Elements of Civil Engineering(2110004)
Semester: 1
Made by:- Burhanuddin Kapadia
Enrolment num:- 170120119026
Class : ME H2
Submitted to: Prof. Juhil Kapatel

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Objective of Bye laws
• Bye laws
• Regulations
o F.A.R
• Jurisdiction/Applicability
• Need of bye laws
• Advantage
• Zoning bye law process
• Reference

3. Introduction
• A by-law (or bye-law) is a rule or law established by an
organization or community to regulate itself, as allowed
or provided for by some higher authority.
• Before starting the planning process of an area one must
have the knowledge of bye laws
• The bye laws are framed by the state
Government/Municipal Corporation/Municipal
Committee
• Under the building code IS 1256-1967
• Bye laws differ from state to state

4. Introduction
• Township development programmes are undertaken by
state government known by CIDCO(City & Industrial
Development Corporation)
• In urban areas municipal corporation and in rural areas
panchayat is acting as a local body to control building
construction.
• AMC(Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) &
AUDA( Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority)
governs at urban areas.

5. Objective
• Every local authority has 2 types of areas under its
jurisdiction:
i. Gantal
ii. Revenue
HAVE HIGHERHAVE HIGHER
LANDVALUELANDVALUE
BYE LAWS AREBYE LAWS ARE
FRAMED LIBERALLYFRAMED LIBERALLY
HAVE LESSER
LANDVALUE
AREA IS IN TOWN
PLANNING SCHEME

6. Bye Laws
• Line of building frontage
• Open space around residential building
• Provisions of lighting & ventilations
• Provision from safety and fire explosion
• Provision for drainage and sanitation
• Requirement for off street parking spaces
• Requirement for greenbelt & landscaping
• Special requirement for low income group
housing…………….many more

7. Regulations
• F.A.R and Ground Coverage.
• Density.
• Setbacks and Projections.
• Basements and Parking Spaces.
• Well and well type structures.
• Area and area usages.
• Atrium and ornamental structures.
• Building height and other Service Spaces.
• Site Design and service design( sewerage ,water and electrical design)
• and many more….

8. Floor Area Ratio(F.A.R)

9. Jurisdiction
• The Building Bye-Laws shall apply to the building activity
in the State/Urban Center/Town for which they are
framed and the same shall be unambiguously specified in
the Building Bye Laws.
• It is desirable that the jurisdiction of building bye laws
includes all contiguous urban settlements in an urban
agglomeration

10. Applicability of Building Bye Laws
• Applicable with all master plan/development
plan/regional plan/any other statutory plan in force, if
any, amended from time to time and shall be applicable
for a period of 5 years
• Till such time the reviewed building byelaws are notified,
these building byelaws will continue to be in force

11. Need
• If such rules are not made, house owner may construct a plan as
per his whims and fancies.
• Which can disturb the neighbours
• Maintain and implement the bye laws to provide proper
ventilation, privacy, security, and safety between neighbours
• There should be some standards on which building designs can be
based.
• Keeping this need of standardization in mind certain rules and
regulations that one should follow while constructing a building.
• Rules and regulations formed by government to regulate the
construction of the buildings known as Building by laws or Building
Regulation.

12. Advantage
• It permits acquisition of land for future widening of the
street.
• It prevents formation of blind corners at the intersection
of the streets and ensures improved visibility for the user
of the road.
• It reduces impacts of street dust and noise, smoke etc,
produced by the vehicular traffic on the occupants of the
building.
• The portion of set back land can be conveniently used for
parking gardening etc.

13. Zoning Bye Law Process
• A zoning by-law controls the use of land in our
community. It includes:
• how land may be used
• where buildings and other structures can be located
• the types of buildings that are permitted and how they
may be used
• the lot sizes and dimensions, parking requirements,
building heights and setbacks from the street

15. Reference
• http://www.thepassionateseeker.com/objectives-of-building-
/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By-law
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-building-laws-re
/
• https://www.google.co.in/search?
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16. Thank You