Section 54 in Cuttack Development Authority (Planning and Building Standards) Regulations, 2001
54. Kitchen.
(1)The area of kitchen shall be not less than 4.5 square metres with the minimum width of 2.4 metres. A kitchen which is intended for use as a dining room shall have a floor area of not less than 8.5 square metres with a minimum width of 2.4 metres.(2)The height of the kitchen room shall not be less than 2.75 metres and where beams are provided the minimum head room shall be 2.4 metres.(3)Every room to be used as kitchen shall have(a)Unless separately provided in a pantry, means for the washing of kitchen utensils which shall lead directly or through a sink to a grated and trapped connection to the waste pipe;(b)An impermeable floor;(c)A chimney not less than 500 square centimeters in area after plastering if fire-wood, coal or like materials is used which will generate smoke;(d)Window of not less than one square metre in area, opening directly on to an interior or exterior open space, but not into a ventilating shaft;(e)In case of multi storeyed residential buildings with 15 metres and above height refuse chutes shall be provided.
