(1) Any person who intends to construct within the licensed premises one or more additional cinemas adjacent to or on the ground floor or on the first floor of the existing cinema or proposed cinema for which an application has been made under rule 24 need not obtain a separate No Objection Certificate. However other provisions relating to a permanent cinema theatre in these rules shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to such an additional cinema theatre.
(2) The additional cinemas referred to in sub-rule (1) may be permitted by the Licensing Authority in the case of cinema sites for which No Objection Certificate is granted, provided the site is large enough to accommodate the additional cinemas and cater to the needs of persons and vehicles entering the premises. The provision for car parking shall be in accordance with rule 26(1)(f) on the basis of total seating capacity of all the cinemas taken together. If the additional cinema is on the ground floor or on the first floor, sufficient independent access to the open area of the site from such additional cinema shall be provided.
(3) Any person who intends to convert or alter the existing cinema theatre within the licensed premises by making smaller theatres without increasing the total number of seats for which an application has been made under rule 24, need not obtain a separate No Objection Certificate. However other provisions relating to a permanent cinema theatre in these rules shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to such an additional cinema theatre.
(4) The additional cinemas referred to in sub-rule (3), may be permitted by the Licensing Authority in the case of cinema sites for which No Objection Certificate is granted, provided the site is large enough to accommodate the additional cinemas and cater to the needs of persons and vehicles entering the premises. The provision for car parking shall be in accordance with rule 26(1)(f) on the basis of total seating capacity of all the cinemas taken together. If the additional cinema is on the ground floor or on the first floor, sufficient independent access to the open area of the site from such additional cinema shall be provided.
(5) The Licensing Authority, shall consult the Superintendent of Police of the district/ Police Commissioner of the city as the case may be, Fire Officer of the Karnataka State Fire and Emergency services of the district, the Town Planning Officer of the City Corporation/ Urban Local Authority/ Planning authority/ Assistant Director, Town and Country Planning of the district, Executive Engineer, Public Works, Ports and inland transport Department of the district, Electrical Inspector of the district before granting permission for constructing an additional cinema as in sub-rules (1) to (4) above.
CHAPTER V Approval of Plan of Building of permanent cinema or multiplex