In these guidelines, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Tamil Nadu Town and country Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972);
(b) "amount for exemption" means an amount collected under the Tamil Nadu Assessment and collection of Amount for Exemption of Buildings Rules, 2017;
(c) "Buildings" means building or class of buildings developed on or before the 1st day of July 2007;
(d) "competent Authority" means,-
(1) In respect of Chennai Metropolitan Area,-
(i) in respect of "buildings as specified under Category-A, in Development Regulations 14 to 21 in Development Regulations of the Second Master Plan for chennai Metropolitan Area," the commissioner of Greater chennai corporation or Municipalities or Executive Officer of the Town Panchayats or Block Development Officers of the Panchayat Unions who will receive regularisation applications and issue https://www.manupatrafast.com/TOC/TocDisplay.aspx?col=8Vmp9ozFMb/2ISz1SdixCIRVngsjs/j1lxFukHhUlVjtLjdB0bd4mmFTJWUx/aBSKBdGFQIME6VoesAFaCGBewHrWR8ddcNQuL7JwN7hYU7qHizMrFQj4LFUvb7Bkchar(43)6o706GyNkh4BCUcuVcjmbGhejF08ykNubEvKW4zqo890cktJ88vxBo32cc1YJmu9Dc/5IUlIm3BdNjSABchar(43)2R9TRHZChuWg9X1a6Zdqtl8E2/Y=&path=Bare%20Acts%20and%20Rules/State/tamil%20nadu/Rules/tamil%20nadu/Tamil%20Nadu%20Town%20and%20Country%20Planning%20Act%201971/GuExBu2017/Toc.htm#pre https://www.manupatrafast.com/TOC/TocDisplay.aspx?col=8Vmp9ozFMb/2ISz1SdixCIRVngsjs/j1lxFukHhUlVjtLjdB0bd4mmFTJWUx/aBSKBdGFQIME6VoesAFaCGBewHrWR8ddcNQuL7JwN7hYU7qHizMrFQj4LFUvb7Bkchar(43)6o706GyNkh4BCUcuVcjmbGhejF08ykNubEvKW4zqo890cktJ88vxBo32cc1YJmu9Dc/5IUlIm3BdNjSABchar(43)2R9TRHZChuWg9X1a6Zdqtl8E2/Y=&path=Bare%20Acts%20and%20Rules/State/tamil%20nadu/Rules/tamil%20nadu/Tamil%20Nadu%20Town%20and%20Country%20Planning%20Act%201971/GuExBu2017/Toc.htm#to suitable orders by following the procedures set out in the guidelines.
(ii) in respect of the "Buildings specified in the Development Regulations other than those specified in item number (i) above," the Member Secretary of the chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) who will receive the regularisation applications and issue suitable orders by following the procedures set out in the guidelines.
(2) In respect of Directorate of Town and Country Planning Areas:-
(i) in case of "ordinary buildings", the concerned Commissioner or Executive Officer, as the case may be, Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation and Municipality, the Executive Officer of the Town Panchayat and the Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats) of the concerned Block in which the Village Panchayat falls, who will receive regularisation applications and pass suitable orders by following the procedures set out in the guidelines;
(ii) in case of "buildings other than ordinary buildings", the Regional Deputy Director or the Assistant Director of Town and country Planning Department of the concerned area, the Member-Secretary of the composite Local Planning Authority or the New Town Development Authority, as the case may be, who will receive regularisation applications and process the applications and pass suitable orders by following the procedures set out in the guidelines;
(iii) in case of a "Multi-Storied Building", the Director of Town and country Planning, chennai who will receive and process the regularisation application and issue concurrence to the respective Regional Deputy Directors/Member- Secretary, Planning Authorities to pass suitable orders by following the procedures set out in the guidelines;
(e) "flat/apartment" means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces located in one or more floors (or part or parts thereof) in a building, intended to use for residence, office, practice of any profession or for carrying any occupation trade or business or for other type of independent use and with a direct exit to a public street, road or highway or to a common area leading to such street, road or highway.
(f) "Floor Space Index (FSI)" means the quotient obtained by dividing the total covered (plinth) area on all floors excepting the areas specifically exempted under the respective rules and regulations prevailing in the respective areas, by the plot area which includes part of the site used as exclusive passage. (FSI = Total covered area on all floors ö Plot area);
(g) "guideline value" means the prevailing guideline value of the land in terms of rupees per square metre fixed by the Registration Department of the State of Tamil Nadu, as on the date of filing of application for regularization.
(h) "land use zoning" means the use zone of a site specifically designated in the prevailing master plan and/or a detailed development plan or a new town development plan in the respective areas prepared under the Act;
(i) "local authority" means-
(i) a Municipal corporation established under any law for the time being in force; or
(ii) a Municipality or a Town Panchayat constituted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920);
or
(iii) a Panchayat Union council constituted under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1994);
(j) "Multi-Storied building" means the building defined as Multi-Storied building in the respective rules and regulations prevailing as on the date of notification of these guidelines;
For the purpose of this scheme Multi-Storied building includes buildings of height exceeding 17.25 m.
(k) "group development" means the building defined as group development in the respective rules and regulations prevailing as on the date of notification of these guidelines;
(l) "special building" means the building defined as special building in the respective rules and regulations prevailing as on the date of notification of these guidelines;
For the purpose of this scheme the special building shall include all buildings of height upto 17.25 m irrespective of number of floors;
(m)"ordinary building" means a building, which does not fall within the definition of special building, the group development or Multi-Storied building defined in the respective rules and regulations prevailing as on the date of notification of these guidelines;
(n) "parking space" means an area covered or open, sufficient in size to park vehicles together with drive way connecting the parking lot with road or street and permitting ingress or egress of the vehicles;
(o) "road or street width" means the whole extent of space within the boundaries of the road or street measured at right angles to the course of direction of such road or street; road width measurements for the above, shall be of the road as designed and laid;
(p) "setback" means open space across front or sides or rear of a plot between the building and street alignment or boundary of the plot, as the case may be;
(q) "Rules" means the Tamil Nadu Assessment and collection of Amount for Exemption of Buildings Rules, 2017.
(r) other words and expression used in these guidelines but not defined shall have the same meaning assigned them in section 2 of the Act, or any other law relating to the local authorities for the time being in force or in any other rule or bye-law or regulation made there under or in the respective rules prevailing as on the date of notification of these guidelines.