The Hindu 20.02.2013
Civic body warns of action against plan violations
Violations in buildings constructed prior to July 2007 can get exemption.
With the State government issuing guidelines for
granting exemption and regularising plan violations in buildings
constructed before July 1, 2007, the Tiruchi Corporation has asked
owners of such buildings to get their properties regularised.
The
Corporation along with the Directorate of Town and Country Planning
would initiate appropriate action and seal buildings that have not been
regularised and also buildings, constructed after July 1, 2007, with
plan deviations, Corporation Commissioner V.P.Thandapani has said.
Buildings without proper parking space would also be sealed.
Licensed surveyors
Speaking
at a consultative meeting with licensed surveyors in the city to brief
them on the government guidelines for regularisation of plan violations
in buildings constructed prior to July 1,2007, Mr.Thandapani instructed
Corporation engineers and the licensed surveyors to extend proper
guidance to building owners on the guidelines issued by the government
for the regularisation.
As per the guidelines issued
by the government, plan deviations relating to floor space index, road
or street width violations, front, rear and side setback violations in
buildings constructed prior to July 1, 2007 would be regularised subject
to various conditions and on payment of the stipulated fee.
The
extent of violation in respect to minimum required road width should
not exceed 20 per cent. Front, rear and side setback violations should
not exceed 50 per cent of the required minimum. Similarly, floor space
index should not exceed 50 per cent of the maximum allowed limit.
The government has also stipulated the rate of fee for grant of the exemption for various types of buildings.
No
building with any encroachment including aerial encroachment on to a
public road or street or on a poramboke land or on local authority
lands, open space and recreational areas, water bodies and land affected
by the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act,
1978( Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 1978) will be considered for exemption. No
developments in the aquifer recharge area restricted for development
shall be considered for exemption.
Applications with
the specified documents and fee should be submitted to the competent
authority, the Corporation or the Directorate of Town and Country
Planning.