Section 6(l) in The Jalandhar Municipal Corporation Building Bye-Laws, 1997
(l)Plinth: means the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor, immediately above the ground.(li)Plinth Level: means the level of the ground floor of a building with respect to the adjoining ground.(lii)Plinth Height: means the height of the ground floor above the street level measured from the level of the centre of the adjoining street.(liii)Public Sewer: means a sewer constructed by the government or local body.(liv)Plot: means a parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by one main building together with its accessory buildings including the open spaces having frontage upon a public street/streets or upon a private street/streets and enclosed by definite boundaries.(lv)Porch: means a covered surface supported on pillars or otherwise for the purpose of pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building.(lvi)Setback Line: means a line usually parallel with the centre line of the road or street or to the boundary of the plot and laid down in each case by competent authority beyond which nothing can be constructed towards the road or the side walls.(lvii)Storey: the portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.(lviii)Town Planner: means a person holding postgraduate degree or equivalent diploma in City/Town Planning or Regional Planning and recognised by the Institute of Town Planners' (India) for its associate membership.(lix)Unauthorised Construction: means the erection or re- erection, addition or alterations which is not approved or sanctioned by the competent authority.(lx)Ventilation: means the circulation of air in each and every habitable room of the building including toilets and kitchen.(lxi)Water Flush Latrine (Water Closet): means a latrine from which excreta are removed by water carriage, but it does not include a bathroom.(lxii)Window: means an opening to the outside other than a door which provide all or part of the required natural light and ventilation or both to an interior space.
