Every person who intends to erect or re-erect or make material alteration in any place in a building or part thereof, within the jurisdiction of Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority, shall give notice in writing to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, his said intention in the form prescribed from time to time by the Authority and such notice shall be accompanied by the plans and conforming to the requirements of Section 25 and 29 of Act, 1985 in triplicate on blue or white prints. One copy shall be retained in the office of the Authority for record after issue of permission and the other two shall be returned to the applicant. (One copy for submission to Local body). In the event of Authority returning the plans after some observations they will have to comply with, in accordance with the Building Byelaws while no permission fees is required to be paid.
Note: Format of notice to erect or re-erect or make material alteration in a building as required under Clause 5.1 of Building Byelaws along with a checklist to ensure complete submission of documents to facilitate early disposal of cases shall be framed (i) for building upto G+2nd floor and (ii) for buildings G+3rd floor and above.
5.2 Exempted to Government: - All Government (Central and State) or Semi Government Departments except the Defense Department shall also forward copies of their plans to the Authority complying with all the provisions of the Byelaws.
5.3 Plans accompanying notice: - The following plans shall accompany the notice.
(a) Site Plan:- The site plan drawn to a minimum scale of 1:200 and shall show-
(i) the boundaries of the site with dimensions and of any contiguous land belonging to the owner;
(ii) the position of the site in relation to neighboring streets with name of the street on which the building is situated;
(iii) the position of the building and all other buildings (if any) which the applicant intends to erect upon his land in relation to-
(1) The boundaries of the site and in case where the site has been partitioned, the boundaries of the portion owned by the applicant and also of the portions owned by other owners of that compact plot;
(2) The means of access from an existing street to the building;
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(3) Space to be left around the building to secure free circulation of air, admission of light and access for scavenging purpose etc.
(iv) scale with north line;
(v) plot area, plinth area, each floor area;
(vi) location, name and width of each adjacent road or lane;
(vii) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the Authority.
5.3 (b) Building Plan:- The detailed plans of the building and elevation and sections sent with the notice shall be accurately drawn to scale of 1:100. Adequate arrangement for proper drainage shall also be made. The plan shall include-
(i) Complete layout plan of the area or areas showing location and width of all streets dimensions, sizes and uses of all the plots.
(ii) Plans of all floors, accessory buildings and basement plan. Such drawings shall fairly indicate the size of rooms, size of windows and ventilators, size of door opening and stair runs.
(iii) Location of drains, sewers, public utility, electric lines, services, transformers.
(iv) Exact location of essential services such as W.C. sink, bath etc.
(v) Proposed and existing works should be clearly indicated in different colours (other than red) or in marking.
(vi) Sectional drawings showing clearly the sizes of footings, thickness of basement walls if any, all roof slabs and floor slabs, ceiling heights and parapet height with their materials. The section shall indicate the drainage and slope off the roof. At least one section shall be taken through the staircase.
(vii) Details of served privies (if any).
(viii) All street elevation.
(ix) Dimensions of the projected portions beyond the permissible building line i.e. chajja line.
(x) Scale with north line.
(XI) The existing ground level of the plot and proposed ground level in relation to abutting road level to be clearly mentioned in drawing.
(XII) For multistoreyed buildings an undertaking stating that debris or construction materials will not be stacked in public places leading to public nuisance. If the Authority finds that the applicant caused nuisance to public while executing construction necessary fine be compelled as per provisions in the byelaw.
(XIII) Detailed parking plan.
(XIV) Space used for storing construction materials during the time of construction.
(XV) The owner shall file an undertaking stating that he shall leave and surrender land for road widening, if required free of cost and he will not violate any rules, building byelaws, and that in case of violations the Authority shall be at liberty to NEW REVISED BUILDING BYELAWS FOR GUWAHATI METROPOLITAN AREA-2006 Guwahati Metropolitan Dev. Authority Page No. [15] summarily remove such deviations as per GMC/GMDA Act.
(The form of undertaking shall be as at Appendix-VI)
5.3 (c) Service Plan- Details of private water Supply, sewerage disposal system and details of building services, where required by Authority, shall be made available on a scale not less than 1:200.
5.3 (d) Specification- General specification of the proposed constructions including a detail calculation sheet of FAR in the proposal showing detail as given in CL. 58.10.1 and 58.10.2 giving type of grade of materials to be used in the prescribed form duly signed by the R.T.P. of Architect/ Engineer/ Structural Engineer as the case may be and countersigned by applicant shall accompany the notice.
5.3 (e) Supervision- The notice shall be further accompanied by a certificate of supervision in the prescribed form by the R.T.P. In the event of the said R.T.P. ceasing to be employed for the work, the further development work shall stand suspended till a new R.T.P. is appointed and his certificate of supervision along with a certificate for the work already done (either from the previous one or the present) accepted by the Authority. Additional documents, NOC that may be required other than those specified herein are given in subsequent chapters for various types of buildings.
5.3 (f) Any other statement as may be required by the Authority.
5.3 (g) Ownership Document- Titleship document to justify the ownership of land. In case land is not owned by applicant, lease deed or a NOC for allowing applicant for construction in the form of affidavit.
5.3 (h) Every person who intends to subdivide any plot of land or transfer any plot of land within Guwahati Metropolitan Area shall give notice in writing to the Authority of his said intention and such notice shall be accompanied by the plans and statements together with a development fees as prescribed in the Byelaw and with necessary document as prescribed in Section 2 of GMDA Act.
Note: (a) Subdivision of a residential building with proportionate share of land is subject to requirement of minimum plot size of land for residential use and a maximum of 6
(six) residential units.
(b) However for building falling under Assam Apartment (construction and transfer of ownership) Act, the provision of this Act will be followed.
5.3 (i) In addition to the requirement as prescribed above following additional-document-is-required.
(1) Land sale permission from Deputy Commissioner.
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(i) Architect holding a valid registration of the Council of Architect/ R.T.P of GMDA for layout plan of plots of measuring more than 0.5 HA and below 2.5 HA.
(ii) Town Planner qualified to be a member with Institute of Town Planners, India for plots measuring 2.5 HA and above.
(iii)In all layout plan a minimum of 5% of the land is to be reserved for parks/ playgrounds. This land has to be handed over to GMDA for its development as parks/ playgrounds free of cost.
(iv) The party should submit an affidavit along with the application form declaring the following: (a) Particulars of land, (b) Ownership of land, (c) That they have not applied for permission of the same building before any other authority and same is not rejected, (d) That they will construct the building as per approved plan, (e) They will submit completion certificate prior to obtaining electric connection, (f) That applicant will not occupy the building without obtaining the occupancy certificate.
(v) The property tax should be submitted by the applicant during submission of application form to ensuring up-to-date payment of tax to GMC.