The Hindu 02.02.2011
Five floors of building sealed for violations
CMDA officials sealing a portion of the building in Periamet on Tuesday. — Photo: R. Ragu
: Five floors of a building in Periamet were sealed by officials of the
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Tuesday.
According to a release, the owner of the commercial
building on old No.32, new No.36, Thiruvengadam Street and old No.34,
new No.41, Naval Hospital Road had started constructing five additional
floors in an existing G+3 floor building without obtaining permission
from the CMDA.
The owner failed to furnish any approved plan in response to the notice issued by the CMDA.
Later, the owner submitted a planning permission
application requesting regularisation of the building. The application
was examined and planning permission refused by the CMDA.
The five floors of the building were sealed under the provisions of Sections 56 and 57 of Town and Country Planning Act, 1971.
The owner of the multi-storeyed building violated the
development regulations in terms of site extent, excess coverage,
abutting road width, parking, set back space, floor space index and fire
safety measures, the release said.