Section 26(6) in Punjab Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2018
(6)Exemptions. - (i) Exemptions from Ground Coverage:(a)Canopy/ porch maximum upto 100sq.ft,(b)watch and ward cabins upto 100sq.ft along each entry gates;(c)Atrium/atria, escalator/travellator well, covered sky bridges in high rise buildings, jogging tracks, swimming pools (open to sky), architectural features/elements such as, coffers, louvers, end wall projected upto 900 mm;(d)Pergolas, other sunshade elements, any landscape element;(e)Fire Staircase, fire towers, ramp;(f)Podium(s)/multi-storey podium, stilt, separate parking block, basement if used for parking and the services like sewerage treatment plant, water treatment plant, garbage collection, electrical sub-station, service ducts,(g)Service area block having services such as Diesel Generator (DG) room, Air Conditioning (AC) plant room etc. No habitable rooms are allowed to be made in any of the items above. If they are, then they will be part of the Ground Coverage.(ii)Exemptions from Floor Area Ratio (FAR):(a)Canopy/projections upto 100 sq.ft.;(b)watch and ward cabins upto 100 sq.ft along each entry gates;(c)Atrium/atria, covered sky bridges or intermittent floors as relief in high rise buildings;(d)Area on habitable floor for providing services like Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) installations, Janitor rooms, Air Handling Unit (AHU) room, Air Conditioning (AC) plant room, electric installations, Low Tension (LT) panel room, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) room or any other similar services;(e)Architectural features such as coffers, louvers, end wall projected upto 900 mm, pergolas, other sunshade, elements;(f)Any landscape element, podium(s)/ multistory podium/basement or stilts of building(s) if used for parking and services like water tank/ water works, sewerage treatment plant, water treatment plant, garbage collection, electrical sub-station, Diesel Generator (DG) room and service ducts,(g)[ Ramp, fire exit stair cases/ fire towers, fire refuse area (as per the National Building Code of India, 2016 as amended from time to time), toilet blocks for visitors/ drivers/ guards on ground floor only, cupboards upto depth of 0.6m and 1.8m length shall be exempted from Floor Area Ratio.] [Substituted by Notification No. G.S.R.33/P.A.11/1995/Ss.43 and 180/Amd. (3)/2019, dated 04.10.2019 (w.e.f. 12.6.2018).].(h)The width of corridors and staircases provided in addition to their minimum required shall be exempted from floor area ratio:Provided that the area of lift wells, service shaft shall be taken on one floor:Provided further that in multi-storey buildings, service floors shall be allowed after minimum four floors. Maximum of three service floors shall be allowed in a building. The area of service floors shall not be counted towards floor area ratio and maximum height of such floors shall be 2.40m from floor to bottom of the beam.Any habitable rooms made along with any of the items above will be taken as part of Floor Area Ratio.(iii)Exemptions to projections into open spaces. - Every open space provided either interior or exterior shall be kept free from any erection thereon and shall be open to the sky, except as given below:(a)Cornice, roof or weather shade not more than 0.75 m wide;(b)Sunshades over windows/ventilators or other openings not more than 0.75 m wide;(c)Canopy not to be used as a sit out with clearance of 1.5 m between the plot boundary and the canopy;(d)Projected balcony at higher floors of width not more than 1.83 m;However, these projections into open spaces shall not reduce the minimum required open spaces and hinder the fire tender movement.(iv)Exemption to accessory use buildings. - The following accessory use buildings may be permitted in the open spaces:(a)In an existing building, sanitary block of 2.4 m in height subject to a maximum of 4m2 in the rear open space at a distance of 1.5 m from the rear boundary may be permitted, where facilities are not adequate.(b)Parking lock up garages not exceeding 2.4 m in height shall be permitted in the side or rear open spaces at a distance of 7.5 m from any road line or the front boundary of the plot;(c)Suction tank and pump room each up to 2.5 m2 in area.(d)Meter Room (Power supply) / Diesel Generator (DG) set room, Rain water harvesting Pit, Check post, Waste /Garbage collection room, Covered parking for car/motorcycle / cycles, Pump room / Underground tank / Over head tank, Cooling Towers for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Plant and Diesel Generator (DG) set, Sewer treatment plant and water treatment plant may be allowed in rear and side setback of the site subjected to that they cannot hinder the fire tender movement with minimum 6m setback from the building(s) and the maximum height of these structure shall not more than 2.75m.
