(1)
(2)
(3) No Building to deprive any other building of means of access: No building shall be erected so as to deprive any other building· of the means of access.
Building/plot to abut on a public/private means of Access : Every building/ plot shall, as far as may be ·possible, abut on a pu.:t,lic/ private means _of access like streets/ roads.
Constructi9n of building not to encroach upon an area set apart as ·means of access: Every person who erects a building shall not at any time erect or cause or permit to be erected any building which in any way encroaches upon or diminishes the area set apart as means of access required under these rules. • Width of means of Access:
(a) The residential plots shall abut on a public means of access • like streets or road. Plots which do not abut on a street or.
road, shall have access from spaces directly connected from the street or road. The minimum width for various lengths of means of access shall be as given in Table-3. No development on plots or land shall be permitted unless it is accessible by a public street of width not less than 7 .s· meters.
Public means of access for economically weaker sections or low-income groups shall be as mentioned in Appendix A-12.
222 (208) TABLE3 WIDTH AND LENGTH OF MEANS OF ACCESS [See rule 54 (3)(a)] S.No. Width of means of access Length of means of access in meters in meters "
(1) (2) (3)
1. 7.5 150
2. 9.0 250
3. 12.0 400
4. 18.0 1000
5. 24.0 Above 1000 Note: (1) The means of access shall be clear of marginal open spaces
(2) If the development is only on one side of means of access, the prescribed width of the means of access may be reduced by 0.5 meters.
(b) Other Buildings : For all industrial buildings, theatres, cinema houses, assembly halls, stadium, educational buildings, markets other buildings which attract large crowd, the means of access shall not -be less than the following - Width of means of access Length of means of access in meters in meters
(1) (2)
12.0 200
15.0 400
18.0 600
24.0 above 600 .::{~ ~. ~ 14 -i:rrcf 2016 222 (209)
(4) Pathways : The approach to the buildings from road/street or internal means of access shall, as far as may be, through paved pathway which shall not be less than 1.5 meters where the length of such pathway is not more than 30 meters.
(5) Length of means of access . : Length of main means of access shall be determined by the distance from the farthest plot (building) to the public street. The length of the subsidiary access way shall . be measured from the point of its origin to the next wider road on which it meets.
( 6) Agency may require larger width of means of access in general interest:- In the interest of general development of an area, the Agency may require the means of access to be of larger width than that required under sub-rule (3).
(7) Boundary of plots in existing built up area to be shifted with reference to control line of street. In areas which are already built ® up and where the plots face street/means of access less than 4.5 meters in width, the plot boundary shall be shifted from the central line of the street/means of access so as to ensure that the street/means of access achieves a width of 4.5 meters.