Buildings shall not exceed 3 storey or a height of 12 m. without the following additional provisions for open space all around the building except in cases where otherwise specified.
(i) The side and rear setback shall be increased by 0.3 mtrs for every
1.5 mtrs additional height of the building in addition to the NEW REVISED BUILDING BYELAWS FOR GUWAHATI METROPOLITAN AREA-2006 Guwahati Metropolitan Dev. Authority Page No. [28] setback already prescribed in this rule subject to maximum of 4.5 mtrs side setback and 6.0 mtrs rear setback.
(ii) Building shall not exceed 1.5 times of the width of the road plus front open space.
(iii) Residential building should not be cut by 45 degree angle line drawn from the opposite edge of the road. However building upto two storey is exempted of it.
(a) For the purpose of height calculation width of the road shall be taken as existing road width.
(b) Lift machine room, staircase, parapet height shall not be included in the height of the building.
(c) For a building constructed on stilt with provisions of ground level parking floor or semi-basement parking floor, the height of the building will be calculated by omitting the the height of the parking floor upto a maximum of 2.7 mtr for the purpose of building height subject to provision of exclusive parking in the ground floor with special earthquake resistance measure.
(d) Building above the height of 15.8 mtrs shall require necessary clearance from State Fire Service.
(e) For a building with a height 12 mtrs or above 4 floors including the ground floor, at least one lift shall be made available.
(f) For building in the vicinity of aerodromes, the maximum height of such building shall be subject to conformity with the height limitations prescribed by the Civil Aviation authorities from time to time and to this effect a No Objection Certificate issued by that authority shall be submitted by the applicant along with plans to the sanctioning Authority.
(g) Height exception: - The following appurtenant structure shall not be included in the height of building.
(i) Roof tanks and their supports not exceeding 1.5 mtr in height.
(ii) Ventilating, air conditioning and lift rooms and similar service equipments, stair covered with roof upto 3.0 mtr in height, chimney and architectural features not exceeding 1.5 mtrs in height.
(iii) Rooftop Assam Type pitched rain harvesting structure covering up to 50% of the roof area. The height of such structure is to be restricted to 2.1 m. subject to maximum permissible FAR if the space is put to specific use.
(h) Maximum height of parking floor shall be 2.7 m measured upto the soffit level.