Amendments

Amendment – 1

n the Table II to Rule 6, after B4 (iii) the following shall be added namely:
(iv) In case of existing areas not covered in Annexure-I and sited not covered in
road widening, building approvals in interstitial sites may be considered by the
sanctioning authority with reasons to be recorded in writing and with the following height
restrictions:

Residential Buildings – maximum permissible up to 10m height.
Non-residential buildings and mixed occupancies – maximum permissible up to
12m height;
And after setting back the building 4.5 m from the center line of such existing
road / lane, the minimum setbacks on remaining sides shall be as per Table III.”

Amendment – 2

The Tabel III in rule 7.1 of G.O.Ms.No. 86 MA dated 03.03.2006 shall be
substituted with the following Table and foot note namely;

Permissible Height And Setbacks For Non-High Rise Buildings

Subject to the following conditions:

a) Buildings of height above 15m and below 18m in S.Nos. 8 9 and 10 above,
shall be permitted only if such plots abut roads of 12m minimum (40ft) width.

b) Stilt parking floor permissible is exclusive of height of building up to 15m.
Height of stilt floor shall not exceed 3.0m In case of parking floors where
mechanical system and lift are provided, height of such parking floor up to
4.0m could be considered.

c) Wherever cellars are permissible, these are excluded from height of building.

d) No Balcony projection shall be allowed to extend onto the minimum setbacks.
These if provided, shall be within the minimum setback required to be left.
However, a portico without access to the top may be considered in the front
open space.

e) In case of Sl Nos. 4 to 10 of above Table, stepped type buildings or
incremental type buildings may be allowed only in respect of individual
residential or educational / institutional buildings and such incremental
development would be considered only after a minimum time period of 5
years.

f) As per the provisions of the AP Fire Service Act, 1999, commercial buildings
of height 15m and above, and buildings of public congregation like schools,
cinema theatres, function halls and other assembly buildings on plot area of
500 Sqm nad above or of height above 6m are required to obtain prior
clearance from Fire Department from fire safety point of view.

g) For the purpose of these Rules, the following conversion from M.K.S. and
F.P.S. system shall be reckoned:
i) 3m = 10ft ii) 6m=20ft iii)7.5m =25ft iv) 9m=30ft v)12m=40ft
vi)15m=50ft vii)18m=60ft viii)24m=80ft ix)30m=100ft x)45m=150ft
xi)60m=200ft

Amendment – 3
In Rule 7.1 (xiv) the following shall be inserted after the words “For narrow plots”
namely
“where the length is at least 4 times the width of the plot”

Amendment – 4
In Rule 7.1 (v) the following shall be inserted after the words “no side shall” namely:
“be less than 1.5 m in case of buildings of height up to to 12m and in case of buildings of
height above 12m no side shall”

Amendment – 5
After Rule 7.1 (xvi) the following shall be added namely:
“(xvii) Where all the owners of sites along an abutting road come forward for
widening of the road by undertaking preparation of a Road Development Plan
which would improve circulation in the area and duly approved by the competent
authority, and by leaving the area affected in the widening of such road free of cost
and implement it within one year, then higher height of the corresponding widened
road width would be considered for such sites.

Amendment – 6
After Rule 7.2 the following provision shall be added namely:
a) “PROVISION OF JOINT OPEN SPACE IN CERTAIN CASES
With a view to facilitating fire and emergency operations in a building site and
adjoining sites, the Fire Service Department, in addition to the minimum setbacks to be
left, may insist on the owner for providing Joint Open space between the proposed site
and adjoining sites for mutual use during fire and emergencies. The Joint open space
shall be reckoned from building edge to building edge (inclusive of any type of

projections) Such Joint Open space shall not be less than 6m in respect of non-high rise
buildings and not less than 9m in respect of high-rise buildings.
Such Joint open space shall be kept

Amendment – 7
The following shall be added after Rule 9.2 namely:
“In respect of sites proposed for high rise buildings and affected in road widening
where there is shortfall of the net plot size, up to 10% of such shortfall in net plot
area would be considered with the proposed height and corresponding minimum all
round setbacks”

Amendment – 8
Rule 9.8 (a) shall be substituted as following namely:
(a) “At ground level: Minimum 9 m all round open space for the
First five floors”

Amendment – 9
In Rule 9, 10 (ii) the following shall be inserted after the words “and a licensed
structural engineer” namely:
“and a fire engineer / fire consultant”.