(1) Any individual or developer intending to develop a layout shall duly providing infrastructure and other amenities within the timeframe as prescribed, and pay the layout fee, [Act No. 11 of 2019] 125 development charges and other fees, as prescribed apply for its approval online in a manner prescribed and get it approved.
(2) The layout owner shall reserve certain percentage of the land towards open space, parks, playgrounds, common parking place and social infrastructure for Solid Waste Management in the layout, as prescribed.
The common parking area shall be developed by the developer for the said purpose only.
(3) Certain percentage of plotted area, as prescribed, for an amount equivalent to carrying out infrastructure works, shall be mortgaged with the municipality and shall be released upon completion of all infrastructure and amenities and other works, as stipulated and certified in the manner prescribed.
(4) All the layout proposals shall comply and conform to the Master Plan and Detailed Planning Scheme or Local Area Plans regarding land use, road network and reservation of land for public purpose.
(5) The applications for Layouts will be processed through the Self-Certification System in accordance with the Layout rules, and as notified in the Master Plan or Detailed Planning Scheme or Local Area Plan, in the manner as prescribed. Once all requisite documents are submitted and required fee is paid through a web-based online system, the Tentative Layout Plan shall be approved within a period of 21 days and will be communicated online in order to carry out the infrastructure activities and provision of amenities in the defined time frame.
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(6) There shall be a District Level Committee which will verify, in the manner prescribed, the actual development and implementation of the layout and whether it is in conformity with the tentative layout approval as given in sub section (5).
(7) The Owner or Developer of the layout sanctioned, shall complete the infrastructure and amenities and other works within a period of two years from the date of approval of the Tentative Layout Plan.
(8) If the developer fails to execute the required works within the said time period, the Commissioner shall get the left-over works executed within a year from the time of default, and shall meet the expenses incurred for executing such works by selling mortgage plots for an equivalent value. In such an eventuality, the owner or developer shall be blacklisted in the manner as prescribed, and shall not be allowed to undertake any further layout development works in the entire State, either individually or in partnership or in any other manner.
(9) The Government may constitute a Layout Approval Committee for every district under the chairmanship of District collector with Superintendent Engineers or Executive Engineers of Roads and Buildings Department, Panchayati Raj Department and Irrigation Department to process the application for Approved Layout Plan, in the manner as prescribed.
(10) All Roads and Open Spaces, such as Parks, Open Spaces and Playgrounds, common parking area and other such open spaces as earmarked in a Layout, shall be registered, free of cost and free from all encumbrances, in the name of municipality, and shall vest with the Municipality. The Commissioner shall maintain a record of all such Open Spaces vested with the Municipality.
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(11) Upon completion of the layout, the owner or developer, shall submit online application along with the Self Certification duly attested by Licensed Technical Personnel, in a manner as prescribed declaring that the development in the layout is as per norms. The developer shall also register all the roads and open spaces in the layout in favor of Municipality. This is a pre-condition to be eligible to get the final layout approval. Based on the Self Certification of completion and upon registering the open spaces including roads in favor of the municipality, the approved layout plan shall be processed and approved by the layout approval committee constituted under sub section (9) and shall be issued online to the developer.
(12) The Municipal Commissioner, after the issue of the approved layout plan under sub-section (11) of this section, shall release the area mortgaged within 21 days in the manner as prescribed.
(13) The Developer or Occupiers of all Unapproved or Unauthorized Layouts, as on the date of commencement of this Act, shall apply to the Commissioner within a year and shall cause or carry out necessary development in the manner and within the specified time period as prescribed.
Failure to comply this will make these layouts unauthorized, and the Commissioner shall provide any amenity, as required, on a cost basis.
(14) Any transaction involving land that is a part of the earmarked open space or set apart for public purpose, shall be illegal, and any owner or developer who sells or claims such land for any use shall be penalized and punished, in the manner prescribed, including imprisonment for a period not exceeding three (3) years.
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(15) In case, the layout was obtained by making a false statement or misrepresentation of any material facts, the same shall be revoked as per the procedure as prescribed.
(16) No new plot or sub-division shall be registered by Registration Authority unless it is approved by the authority as per the provisions of this Act.
(17) The official concerned, who fails to take necessary action within the prescribed period, shall be liable for disciplinary action in the manner prescribed.
(18) Any person or developer who takes up unauthorized development of land without obtaining necessary permission, shall be liable either for punishment with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to twenty five percent (25%) of the value of land in question as fixed by the Registration Department at the time of using the land.
(19) Government may constitute special task force at the District level to take action against unauthorized layouts in the manner as prescribed. The special task force at District level shall inspect the unauthorized layouts and take action against all such unauthorized layouts.