HARYANA BYE-LAWS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
ZONING PLAN: It is the detailed layout plan of the
sector or a part thereof as approved by chief administrator showing
subdivision of plot ,open spaces, streets, position of protected trees
and other features and in respect of each plot, permitted land
use ,building lines and restrictions with regard to use and
development of each plot .
AREA COVERAGE,FLOOR AREA RATIO
AND MAXIMUM HEIGHT
Area of plot Maximum permissible coverage Maximum
on ground floor permissible
F.A.R
Up to 10000 33% of the area of the plot 100%
sq.mt
Above 10000 25% of the additional area of the 100%
sq.mt plot
In the case of Commercial/Institutional Buildings the Gross
FAR shall be calculated by adding 35% of the prescribed FAR.
BUILDING HEIGHT:
The minimum height of a room in any public building shall be
3M
Incase the building has concrete roof the minimum height may
be 12 feet.
The height of any multi storeyed building permitted under these
regulations shall not exceed 30 meters
HEIGHT OF BOUNDARY WALL AND
FENCE AND TYPE OF GATE:
The height and design of the boundary wall of fence and gate
shall be in accordance with the provisions of zoning plan and shall
conform to the pattern laid down for such a plot on the zoning plan
. balcony in these buildings shall be given below:
Provided that where no-zoning plan has been prepared ,the
height and design of the boundary wall or fence and gate shall be
as specified by chief administrator.
BASEMENT
i)A basement restricted to the Actual Ground Coverage will be
permitted for services and parking, the same will not be reckoned
in FAR.
ii) The basement shall not be used for storage.
iii) In case of industrial plots of one acre and above, provision of
separate ramps i.e. for entry and exit having a width of 4 metres.
each shall be
made.
iv) In case of industrial plot less than one acre, single ramp with a
width of 6 metres. may be provided. The slope of ramp shall not
be steeper that 1:10.
STAIRCASE
Every public building shall be provided with at least one
staircase extending from ground floor level to the highest floor
having minimum clear width in accordance with the following
table:
Number of users up to 100 1.2 meters
Increase 0.025m for every additional 15 persons until a maximum
of 2.75m is reached.
Single staircase of the width mentioned above maybe replaced
by two staircase each of width at least equal to 2/3 the width
prescribed for a single staircase provided neither of the two
substituted staircases shall be less than 1.2m in width .staircase
so provided shall be built in fire resisting materials.
Minimum dimension of steps:
No stair in public building shall have a riser of more than 0.18m
and a tread of less than 0.27m.
Materials for staircase:
Material used for staircase shall be of fireproof materials .
Treads and risers should be of uniform width and height.
Location of staircase:
No part of the second or of any higher storey of any building shall
be more than 30m from some staircase of ramp leading to the
ground floor
Headroom in staircase:
The minimum clear head room in any staircase shall be 2.10m
measured from the top of the riser to the most dependant portion of
the ceiling above.
Ventilation of staircase:
Every staircase shall be adequately ventilated and lit.
Provision of handrails:
1.Every staircase at least one hand rail shall be provided.
Where steps are provided from the ground to the buildings, handrail
may not be provided if steps do not go above 1.5m height and are
not less than 1m in width.
LOBBIES, CORRIDORS, PASSAGES
AND BALCONIES:
The minimum width of any lobby , corridor, passage or a
No. of users from 1 to 20 0.9M
No. of users from 20 to 100 1.2M
Increase every 0.025m for every additional 15 persons until a
maximum of 2.75m is reached.
Walls and roof shall be fire resisting material..
PROJECTIONS
Sunshade, chajja ,architrave cantilevered from the face of any
wall up to 1.8m beyond the wall and at a height not lower than
2.3 m.
HEIGHT OF MEZZANINE STOREY Loads:
In addition to the dead load the building may be designed
AND INTERNAL BALCONIES: according to the following dead load:
a. A mezzanine floor or internal balcony shall not be
permitted unless the height of the room is at least
5.2m and such a mezzanine floor or balconies
Type of floor Maximum live load kg per
don't cover more than one third of the room area. sqmt.of floor area
b. The height of such mezzanine floor or internal
balcony shall not be less than 2.3 m above the 1.Floors of tenements, hospital 200
floor level. wards, hostels and dormitories
2.Floor of banking halls, office 300
BATHROOM AND WATER CLOSET: halls and reading rooms
1. The size of the bath room shall not be less than 1.5m x 1.2m
or if it is a combined bath and water closet its floor area shall 3. Floors used for display, 400
not be less than 3.0sq.mt. with a minimum width of 1.2m merchandise and garage space
2. The minimum floor area of a water closet shall be 1.1sq.mt.,
Its smallest side being 0.85m .it shall be provided with
permanent ventilation of minimum of 0..2 sq.mt. , in addition
to the door and a window opening directly to the outside air of
not less than one fourth of the floor area. Floors :
All floors of every building including floor of
bathrooms,latrines,urinals shall be damp and damp proof
ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL:
In case of building sites where architectural control is considered and rot proof and shall be constructed of materials so treated
necessary by chief administrator ,he shall cause to be prepared so as to protect from white ants , dry rot , wet rot .
architectural control sheets for this purpose , showing extent of
architectural control on various units of the building or on a
portion of such buildings, in following respects: Walls:
a. Compulsory elevations for a particular building or a row of 1 .No wall shall be constructed of easily inflammable
buildings. materials, materials do not include teak, sal, shisham and
b.Compulsory height of the front or any side exposed to view from deodar, kail wood or other wood .
a street upon which a building have to be erected and completed in 2 No masonry wall other than party wall shall be built in clay
certain period. mortar to a greater height than one story and walls shall be
c.Compulsory height of floors. plastered and pointed .the minimum thickness of a wall
d. Compulsory height and design of cornices, sills and top of shall in no case be less than 20cm.
windows in the first and subsequent storey's.
e. Compulsory building line along which the building shall have
to be erected and completed in certain period.
Thickness of wall
Where walls of buildings are constructed of bricks, stones,
f.Compulsory type designs of balconies.
blocks or of other hard and incombustible material laid in
g.Compulsory use of materials ,texture and color.
horizontal beds of course every wall or part of a wall shall
be so designed and constructed as to be capable of safely
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS sustaining and transmitting the dead loading and the
Foundations: superimposed loading to which it may be subjected.
1.The foundations of every building shall be constructed as to
sustain the combined dead load of the building and the super
imposed load and to transmit those loads to the sub-soil. Roofs:
Every roof shall be weather proof and fire resistant and in no
Damp proof course case shall be built of mat, sikri, cloth, grass or thatch or any
1. In external walls ,the horizontal DPC shall be laid immediately
other easily inflammable materials and it shall be structurally
above the plinth protection and a vertical DPC shall be safe against dead load and live loads.
provided on the entering face of the wall extending between
the level of the horizontal DPC and the level of the upper
surface of the concrete in the finished floor.
2. In an internal wall , the horizontal DPC shall be laid in level
with upper surface of the concrete in the finished floor. The
continuity of DPC between the internal and external wall shall
be secured by insertion of bituminized bricks or concrete bricks
laid in cement mortar.

DRAINAGE AND SANITARY
INSTALLATIONS:
Sanitary fittings:
Minimum sanitary fittings in various types of buildings
a)One bathroom provided with a tap
b)One water closet
c)One sink either in the floor or raised from from the floor
. 3. Where any such drain is laid under a wall ,it shall be protected
SANITARY FITTINGS:
Water closet
1. Every water closet span shall have an efficient siphon
trap with minimum water seal of 75mm beneath.
2. No part of water closet apparatus shall be directly
connected with water supply disturbing pipe for
flushing and cleaning of the pan, a special close
cistern with a suitable ball cock and not less than 12
liters capacity shall be provided.
3. The capacity of every reserve tank shall be at a scale
of 70 liters not for one water closet connected with
water closet connected to the tank and 280 liters for
each additional seat in the same premises.
4. No self-acting or automatic flushing apparatus be
constructed or fixed.
5. Where the water closet discharges into a soil pipe
which also recieves discharge from another water
closet shall be ventilated by a pipe which shall:
. Have an internal diameter of not less than 50 cm.
. Be connected with the atm of the soil pipe at a point
not less than 7.5 cm and not more than 30 cm. from
the highest part of the trap, on that side of the water
seal which is nearer to the soil pipe and in the
direction of the flow.
. Either have an open and as high as the top of soil pipe
at or be carried into a soil pipe at a point not less than
2.0 meters above heighest connection to the soil pipe.
Urinals
1. The urinals shall be provided with a basin, stall
through or other suitable receptacle of non-absorbant
aterial.
2. The outlet from the receptacle shall be provided with
an efficient grating.
3. The urinal shall be provided with suitable apparatus
for efficient flushong and cleaning the receptacles
provided.
4. No part of the urinal apparatus, other than the flushing
apparatus, shall be directly connected with a supply or
distributing pipe.
LAYING OUT OF DRAIN AND
INSTALLATION OF DRAIN PIPES:
.LAYING OF DRAINS:
1.Every drain shall be :
a.Be of a suitable size and if it is intended for the
conveyance of foul water shall have an internal diameter
of not less than 100mm.
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b.Be laid with a suitable fall and where practicable in direct
line.the standard gradient shall be 1 in 40 for a 100mm.drain
and 1 in 80 for 150 mm drain .The maximum and minimum
gradients shall be respectively be 1 in 20 and 1 in 80 for 100mm
drain and 1 in 140 resp. for a 150mm drain.
2.a.A drain shall not be constructed so as to be within or under a
building ,except where situation is impracticable b. Where any
such drain or part thereof is constructed within or under a
building , such drain shall be laid and fixed in direct line.
at that part which is under the wall by means of a relieving
arch ,flag stone, iron or any other support which shall not bear
on the drain and shall be of sufficient size and strength to
prevent any disturbances or other injury to such drain.
4. Drain shall not be constructed in such a manner that there
shall be within a building any inlet to such drain except such
inlet as may be necessary from any sanitary fitting or any
sanitary installation connected directly to such drain.
5. Every inlet other than a ventilating pipe to such a drain shall
be properly rapped by a suitable and efficient trap and such trap
shall be formed and fixed so as to be capable of maintaining a
water of :
a.5cm where such inlet has an internal diameter of less than
80mm.
b. 7.5cm where such inlet has an internal diameter of more than
80mm.
6. Every trapped gully shall be covered with a grating the bars of
which shall be not more than 10mm apart.
7. A suitable and efficient intercepting trap with a water seal of at
least 10cm at a point as distant as may be practicable from the
building and as near as may be practicable to such a drain before
connecting it may be connected with the sewer.
VENTILATION OF DRAINS:
The drains intended for conveying foul water from a building
shall be provided with at least one ventilating pipe situated as
near as practicable to the building shall be provided with at least
one ventilating pipe situated as near as practicable to the
building and as away as far as practicable , from the point at
which drain empties into the sewer or other means of disposal
Provided that a soil pipe from a water closet or water pipe from
a slop sink, constructed in accordance with these rules may serve
for the ventilating pipe of the drain , if its situation is
accordance with the rules.
MANHOLES :
A manhole shall be provided at every point at which the drain
changes either its direction or gradient and otherwise at
interval ,not exceeding 100m.A manhole shall be of such a size
as to allow access to drain for rodding and shall be provided
with proper cover in flush with ground surface.
SOIL PIPES AND VENTILATING PIPES:
A soil pipe or a ventilating pipe shall be:
i.Easily accessible throughout its course and adequately
protected where necessary , from damage ;
ii.Of an internal diameter of not less than 100mm.
iv.Carried upwards to such a height and in such a manner so as
to prevent any nuisance or injury or danger to health arising
from the emission of foul air from such pipe , the minimum
height being 60mm above the roof ; and
v. Be fittted at the end with a suitable grating or cover admiting
the free passage of air.
SEPERATION OF SOIL PIPES FROM RAIN-WATER
PIPES:
No soil pipe or ventilating pipe shall be connected with any rain
water pipe.
PROVISION OF TRAP:
There shall be no traps in any soil or ventilating ventilating
pipes, nor between any other pipe and drain to which it is
connected , but every sanitary fitting connected to a soil pipe ,
ventilating pipe or drain shall be provided with a trap.
WASTE WATER PIPES:
A waste water pipe from a bath, sink bidet or lavatory basin and
pipe for carrying of dirty water shall:
i.Discharge so as not to cause dampness in wall or foundation of
building.
ii.If it discharges into drain it shall be disconnected from the the
drain by a tapped gully with a suitable grating above the level of
the water in the trap; and
iii.If it is more than 1.80m in length , be provided with a suitable
trap.
OVER FLOW PIPE :
An overflow pipe from a water cistern shall discharge in an
exposed and conspicuous position so as not to cause dampness
on any part of a building.
PIPES NOT TO BE EXPOSED ON EXTERNAL WALL:
Wherever possible no down pipes soil pipes and ventilating
pipes shall be exposed on any external wall of a building and
shall be placed in a recess or these or a duct.
FIRE SAFETY:
DISPOSAL:
Method of disposal:
Every water borne drainage system shall be connected with
the public sewer.
In case no public sewer exists in the vicinity of the said
premises,the drainage system may temporarily be connected
to a septic tank from which, effluent shall be drained off by
absorption or sub-soil irrigation drains.
Septic tank
No tank shall be located:
a) At a distance of less than 25 meters from any building.
b) Within 60 meters from any percolation well, water-course or
stream used likely to be used for drinking or domestic
purpose or for manufacture of any article of food or human
consumption.
) Every septic tank intended to serve a population of 24 or
more persons shall be constructed into two separate
compartments.
) Every inlet pipe into a septic tank shall be effectively trapped.
Absorption pits
1. every absorption pit shall confirm to same restrictions as are
laid down for a septic tank.
2. No absorption pit shall have an outlet into a means of
communication with any sewer, storm water drain or surface
drain.
3. The walls of every absorption pit shall be atleast 0.5 metre
above ground level so as to exclude effectively, the entry of
storm water or irrigation water into the absorption pit.
Sub-soil irrigation for Disposal of Effluent
4. No sub-soil irrigation work for disposal of effluent from
septic tank shall be laid out within a premises till a suitable
area of open land..
5. The area set apart shall be one hector for every 25000 litres
of effluent per day.
6. No part of any area reserved for sub-soil irrigation shall be
within a distance of 25 meters from the nearest point of any
dwelling house or any other building.
7. No such works shall be laid out within a distance of 75
meters from any percolation well, tubewell or water course
or stream used or likely to be used for drinking or domestic
purposes.
STORM WATER
Drainage of roofs
. The roof of every building shall drain into gutter shoots or
throughs and shall be carried down through adequate no, of
down pipes without causing dampness in any part of the wall
or foundation of the building.
. In case rain water pipe, khasi or concealed parnallas are
being used, they shall not drain into any public road, footpath
or on private lands.
Size of down pipes
A down pipe of minimum area of 75 sq.mt. shall be provided for
every 50 sq,mt . Of the flat area roof (slope of roof being 1:48)
or for every 100 sq.mt. of sloping roof area(slope of roof
exceeding 1:48).
All buildings in their design and constructions shall be such as
to contribute to and ensure individually and collectively the
safety of life from fire, smoke, fumes and panic arising from
these or similar other causes.
In building of such size arrangement or occupancy that a fire
may not itself provide adequate warning to occupants, automatic
fire detecting and alarm facilities shall be provided where
necessary to warn occupants of the existence of fire, so that they
may escape, or to facilitate the orderly conduct of fire exit drills,
Fire Protecting and extinguishing system shall conform to
accepted standards and shall be installed in accordance with
good practice as recommended in the National Building code of
India, 1970 and to the satisfaction of Directorate of Fire
Services.
There shall be a clear access way of not less than 5 meters in
width separately for entrance and exit, as a means of access to
and from the building or buildings within the site, provided that
where a site does not abut on street the means of access to the
site shall be not less than 12M from the existing public street.