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Section 7: Minimum extent of Park, Civic Amenities, Public Utilities, Roads/Streets to be earmarked in the Layout/Sub-division plan

The Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Development of Land in areas other than Local Planning Areas) Regulations, 2025.State Regulations of Karnataka · 1963

(1) Minimum extent of Park, Civic Amenities, Roads/Streets to be earmarked in all types of Residential and Non-residential Layout/Sub-division Plan and Group Housing Developments shall be as specified in the Table-3 below:- s̈ÁUÀ 4J PÀ£ÁðlPÀ gÁdå¥ÀvÀæ, 19 2025 3287 Table-3 Sl.

No.

Type of Development Minimum Area of Parks (percentag e to total extent of original Plot) Minimu m Area of Civic Amenity Minimum Area of Public utility Minimum Area of Vehicle Parking Space (percentage to total extent of original Plot) Area for Commercial use

1. Residential Use

(a) Single plot layout

(i) Single dwelling units without limitation of plot area Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

(ii) Multiple dwelling units a. Up to 4000Sq.m 15 Nil Nil Nil Nil b. Above 4000Sq.m 10 5 Nil Nil Nil

(b) Sub-division of Plot Nil Nil

(i) 1010Sq.m up to

4000Sq.m 15 Nil Nil Nil Nil

(ii) Above 4000 Sq.m up to 20000 Sq.m 10 3 Nil Nil Minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the original plot area.

(iii) Above 20000 Sq.m 10 3 Two percent shall be reserved for installation of transformers/Sub stations;

Nil Minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the 3288 PÀ£ÁðlPÀ gÁdå¥ÀvÀæ, 19 2025 ¨sÁUÀ 4J Over head tanks/Water storage reservoirs; Sewage treatment plants as notified by KSPCB; Handling of solid waste and such other utilities original plot area.

(c) Group Housing

(i) Single Plot (above Eight dwelling units) 10 3% Two percent of the plot shall be reserved for installation of transformers/Sub stations;

Water storage reservoirs;

Sewage treatment plants as notified by KSPCB; and also for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste in case of Plot area exceeding 5000 Sqm or with dwelling units above 200 Nos.

as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules,2016 Nil Minimum of five percent up to ten ten percent of the total built-up area

(ii) Subdivision of plot 10 3% Two percent of the plot shall be reserved for installation of transformers/Sub stations;

Water storage reservoirs;

Sewage treatment plants as notified by KSPCB; and also for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste in case of Plot area exceeding 5000 Sqm or with dwelling units above 200 Nos.

as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 Nil Minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the original plot area s̈ÁUÀ 4J PÀ£ÁðlPÀ gÁdå¥ÀvÀæ, 19 2025 3289

(d) Redevelopment 10 Nil Nil

(e) Township 15 5 3 percent of the plot shall be reserved for installation of transformers/Sub stations;

Water storage reservoirs;

Sewage treatment plants as notified by KSPCB; and also for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 Nil Minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the original plot area

2. Non Residential Use

(a) Single plot layout 10 2 (a) Three percent for Handling of solid waste and for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste in case of Plot area exceeding 5000 Sqm or above 200 units as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Effluent treatment plants as notified by KSPCB.

(b) In case of Special Economic Zones, Industrial estates and Industrial parks 5% area for recovery and recycling facility as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 5 In case of Industrial use, minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the total built-up area may be permitted 3290 PÀ£ÁðlPÀ gÁdå¥ÀvÀæ, 19 2025 ¨sÁUÀ 4J

(b) Sub-division of Plot 10 2 (a) Three percent for Handling of solid waste and for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste in case of Plot area exceeding 5000 Sq m or above 200 units as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Effluent treatment plants as notified by KSPCB.

(b) In case of Special Economic Zones, Industrial estates and Industrial parks 5% area for recovery and recycling facility as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 5 In case of Industrial use, minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the original plot area

3. Mixed Use Integrated Township Non-residential uses up to 40 percent of the original plot may be permitted 15 2 Three percent of the plot shall be reserved for installation of transformers/Sub stations;

Water storage reservoirs;

Effluent/ Sewage treatment plants as notified by KSPCB;

and also for segregation, storage, decentralised processing of solid waste as specified in the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, 5 In case of Industrial township, minimum of five percent up to ten percent of the original plot area ¨sÁUÀ 4J , 19 2025 3291

(a) Area to be reserved for Parks and Civic Amenity as mentioned in the Table-3 shall have an exclusive access from the Public Road/Street. Provided in case of non-residential single plot layout it may have an access from Private street;

(b) Area to be reserved for Parks in a single plot layout as mentioned in Sl.No.1 (a) (ii) of the Table-3 shall be earmarked in one compact block only.

Wherever Nala/Halla, H.T lines etc., exists in different locations within a plot this regulation shall not be applicable;

(c) After earmarking area for Park and CA, Roads/Streets including widening providing access to the Building sites, the remaining area maybe reserved for Residential or Non-residential Building sites, as the case may be;

(d) In case of single plot approvals,-

(i) For residential: The areas reserved for Parks and Open Spaces; Civic Amenities as per table-3 shall be developed and relinquished through a registered relinquishment deed in Form-VIII, free of cost without claiming any compensation to the local authority;

(ii) For group housing: The areas reserved for Parks and Open Spaces, Civic Amenities shall be developed and relinquished through a registered relinquishment deed in Form-VIII, free of cost without claiming any compensation to the local authority;

(iii) The internal driveways/ pathways, public utilities in all group housing developments shall be retained, developed and maintained by the applicant/owner;

(iv) In case of Residential plots including group housing, of extent up to 4000 sqm, the areas reserved for Parks and Open spaces, Public Utilities as per Table-3 shall be developed by the applicant and maintained by the Association of owners;

(v) For non residential layouts: The areas reserved for Parks and Open spaces, Civic Amenities, Public Utilities, Vehicle Parking as the case may be shall be retained and developed by the owner/ applicant;

(vi) In case of approvals for fuel stations/petrol bunks the reservations in Table-3 shall be dispensed with; and

(vii) Wherever existing road widening is proposed, the road widening area shall be developed and relinquished through a registered relinquishment deed in Form-VIII, free of cost without claiming any compensation to the Local Authority.

(e) A street shall be proposed to improve connectivity to the surrounding area preferably at the boundary of the original plot following appropriate road/street geometry which shall be developed by the applicant and relinquished 3292 , 19 2025 ¨sÁUÀ 4J to the local authority in case of;

(i) Residential Single plot layout and Group Housing, wherever the extent of the Plot exceeds 0.4 Ha;

(ii) Non-residential Single plot layout, wherever the extent of the Plot exceeds 1.0 Ha.

(f) Area to be reserved for building sites for Commercial use as specified in the Table-3 shall be earmarked in either one or two compact blocks only. However, in case of residential township and integrated township the compact blocks may be more than two.

(ii) In case of plots abutting NH/SH/MDR/ Existing roads above 12.0m, the commercial sites shall preferably be front along such roads.

(iii) Commercial blocks shall preferably be sited either along or at intersection of widest Road/Street of the Layout/Subdivision;

(g)In case of Non-residential- Industrial layouts,-

(i) The siting of Non-residential Industrial layouts shall be in accordance with the Notification No: FEE: 106: EPC: 2021(i) Dated: 10.12.2021 as notified by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and with such modifications notified from time to time;

(ii) Parking space for vehicles specified in the Table-3 shall be in addition to the Parking space to be provided based on the built-up floor area in a building site as specified in the off street Parking regulation specified in these regulations at Table-8;

(iii)In case of Industrial layouts for quarries; solar power projects; Wind mills the reservations in Table-3 shall be dispensed with;

(iv) In case of layouts in temporarily converted areas for Government notified Infrastructure projects the reservations in Table-3 shall be dispensed with.

(h)If the plot get subdivided by virtue of incorporating the Road/Street or natural features as indicated in the Survey sketch/ Atlas/PT sheet and wherever two or more Building sites are formed, in such cases the regulations applicable to Subdivision of Plot shall mutatis and mutandis apply;

(i) Any person who intends to subdivide any of the single plot layout plan sanctioned under Sl. No. 1(a), 1(c) (i) and 2(a) of Table-3, shall obtain prior approval from the Director or his sub ordinate officer as the case may be treating it as Sub-division. In such cases, the regulations applicable to such sub-divisions as specified under regulation 7 shall mutatis-mutandis apply;

(j) In case where percentage of Parks and open space for any circumstances (such as buffers) is increased to 15% or more, requirement of civic amenity shall be dispensed with;

(k)In case when percentage of park and open spaces for any circumstances is increased more than 10% and, if useful size of civic amenity is not available to be provided, 15% park can be provided and civic amenity can be dispensed with;

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(l) Any person who intends to amalgamate Building site of the single plot layout plan sanctioned under Sl. No. 1(a), 1(c) (i) and 2(a) of Table-3 subsequently, Amalgamation of such Building sites may be considered, considering it as amalgamation of Original plot and corresponding regulations as applicable, specified under regulation 7 shall mutatis-mutandis apply;

(m) In case of Group housing Development:

(i) Any person who intends to develop group housing in a single plot layout approved under Sl. No. 1(a) of Table-3 regulations applicable to Group Housing shall mutatis-mutandis apply;

(ii) Parks, Public utilities and Civic Amenity area shall have an exclusive access from the Public Road/Street; and

(iii) Setbacks, spacing between buildings/blocks which regulates the form of the building and Parking space for the built up floor area shall be as specified in under regulation 16 and Table-9.

(n)In case of Residential Township and Integrated Township:

(i) Plot for Townships shall be contiguous and the Existing Road/Street(s) interconnecting different plot may be a part of a Township;

(ii) There shall be hierarchy of roads of different width in the township area. The widest will be determined by the width of the Road/Street giving access to the plot and the Road network in the neighbourhood;

(iii) On reserving the areas for Civic Amenity, Parks, Public utilities, Roads/Streets including widening, Parking space and Non-residential uses in the sub-division plan, as specified in these regulations, the area remaining shall be earmarked for Residential purpose;

(o)In case of Redevelopment or Urban Renewal schemes:

(i) Redevelopment or Urban renewal of any unplanned areas can be taken up either by the Government or any statutory body or local Authority or by any person; and

(ii) Regulations to be followed shall be as specified on a case to case basis, based on the requirements of the project as notified by the Government;

(p)Park and Open Space as Buffer:

(i) Areas to be earmarked as Buffer as specified under regulation 6, shall be diverted for non-agricultural purpose in accordance to the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964);

(ii) Such buffer areas shall be reckoned in the areas under Parks.

(iii) Roads/streets shall not be allowed inside the buffer area. However, Roads/streets may be allowed across the buffer to establish the connectivity to different plot. Such areas shall be reckoned in the areas under Road/Street;

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(iv) Buffer falling within the Road land width which forms and integral part of National Highway or State Highway or any Road/Street for that matter shall be reckoned in the areas under Road/Street;

(v)In case of buffer under High Tension lines, the same shall not be considered for providing roads along the high tension line. The right of way of the roads along such high tension lines shall be exclusive of such buffer.

(vi) A minimum of 3m buffer to be left on all sides of Industrial plots.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Development of Land in areas other than Local Planning Areas) Regulations, 2025.
Section7
Marginal noteMinimum extent of Park, Civic Amenities, Public Utilities, Roads/Streets to be earmarked in the Layout/Sub-division plan
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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