(1) In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) “Act” means, the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961(Karnataka Act 11 of 1963);
(ii) “Applicant” means a person, who applies to the Local Authority for approval of development of land under section 4-K of the Act ;
(iii) “Application” means an application made to the Local Authority in such form appended to these regulations;
(iv) “Amalgamation” means clubbing of two or more building sites into one;
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(a) in case of development of land , the Layout/Sub-division plan drawn to scale, depicting the dimensions of roads/streets, building sites, parks, civic amenity sites and public utilities as developed on the ground and infrastructure drawings as constructed on the ground;
(b)in case of development of building, the plan drawn to scale depicting the dimensions of the building foot print including the appertaining structures along with the floor plans as constructed in the building site.
(vi) “ Bifurcation” means sub-division of a building site into two;
(vii) “Building Site” means site held for building purposes, approved under the provisions of the Act and earmarked for the specific non-agricultural use, Residential or Non residential and the authorised sites as part of approved layout by competent authority of the Government ;
(viii) “Bye-law” means the building bye-laws notified by the Government read with the amendments made from time to time for Municipalities, Town Panchayats and Gram Panchayats;
(ix) “Civic Amenity Site” means a site earmarked for Civic amenity in a Layout/Sub-division plan approved by the Director or the subordinate officer as designated under these regulations;
(x) “Defect liability period” means a period as decided by the Local Authority from the date of approval of final layout plan, during which period, the applicant shall maintain all the Infrastructure, including roads;
(xi) “EWS sites” means sites reserved for Economically weaker section, which shall be of the area of minimum 50 Sq m or size as notified by the State Government from time to time;
(xii) “Form” means a form appended to these regulations;
(xiii) “Frontage” means the width of the building site abutting the access or public road or street;
(xiv) “Government” means the Government of Karnataka;
(xv) “Gramatana site” means the site within the Gramatana limit which shall be established from the duly signed document certifying the site as Gramatana site from Tahsildar or such Competent Authority of the Revenue Department;
(xvi) “Group Housing Site” means a building site wherein buildings proposed on such site are with one or more blocks, with one or more floors each containing two or more dwelling units, with a total of Nine or more dwelling units in all such buildings;
(xvii) “Integrated Township” means a self-contained cluster of planned residential and Non-residential uses designed on work-live-play concept by integrating selected economic activities with associated infrastructure;
(xviii) “Layout” means the laying out of original plot into building sites, including formation and paving of roads/streets and footpaths etc., earmarking areas for Park and Open spaces, Civic Amenities, Utilities and services, Parking space, Street lighting etc., where ever applicable;
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(xix) “Layout Plan” means a plan of the lay-out drawn to scale, showing building sites, either residential, or non-residential, as the case may be, including formation and paving of roads/streets and footpaths, earmarking areas for Parks, Civic Amenity sites, Public Utilities and Parking Space;
(xx) “Market Value” means the value determined as per the guideline value of land in accordance with the Karnataka Stamps Act, 1957 (Karnataka Act 34 of 1957);
(xxi) “Original plot” means plot having the same extent as depicted in the order of diversion of the land from agriculture to non-agricultural purposes under the provisions of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964);
(xxii) “Parking Space” means an area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open, sufficient in size to park vehicles together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a public street and permitting the ingress and egress of the vehicles;
(xxiii) “Person” means owner of the original plot, his authorised representative, an undivided family, Promoter or Developer authorised by the owner, an association of owners, co-operative society, company or corporate body registered under law, Local Authorities, Karnataka Housing Board, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, Karnataka Slum Improvement Board, any other Boards or Corporations constituted under respective statutes owned and controlled by State or Central Government and any other State or Central Government Departments;
(xxiv) “Provisional Layout plan” means a Layout plan approved by the Director or his authorised sub subordinate officer for demarcation and development purposes;
(xxv) “Private Street” means as defined in the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964);
(xxvi) “Public Street” means as defined in the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964);
(xxvii) “Street” means as defined in the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964);
(xxviii) “Registered Urban Planner/Architect/Engineer” means qualified Urban Planner or Architect or Engineer registered with the Local Authority concerned;
(xxix) “Section” means a section of the Act;
(xxx) “Site plan” means a plan drawn to a scale showing the details as specified in these regulations;
(xxxi) “Tank” means as defined in the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority Act, 2014 (Karnataka Act 32 of 2014);
(xxxii) “Utility” means the basic essential services to the public such as water supply system with storage facility, sewerage system with treatment facility, electric substation with power supply including street lighting, gas supply system, telecommunication system etc;
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(xxxiii) “Stilt Floor” means open parking area provided at ground level. The height of the stilt floor shall be a maximum of 2.4 m height (floor to beam bottom or ceiling whichever is less). The height shall be considered for calculating the total height of the building. In case of mechanical or multi-level parking, the maximum height of the stilt floor shall be 3.75 m;
(xxxiv) “First Floor” means the floor immediately above the ground floor or stilt floor.
(2) The words and expressions which are not defined in these regulations shall have the same meaning as in the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) and the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964).
PART-A APPROVAL OF LAYOUT BY SUBDIVISION OR SINGLE SITE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND