Section 2(27) in Punjab Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2018
(27)"building height" means the vertical distance measured in the case of flat roofs, from the average level of the front road and contiguous to the building or as decided by the Authority to the terrace of last liveable floor of the building adjacent to the external walls; and in the case of pitched roofs, up to the point where the external surface of the outer wall intersects the finished surface of the sloping roof; and in the case of gables facing the road, the mid-point between the eaves level and the ridge. Architectural features serving no other function except that of decoration shall be excluded for the purpose of measuring heights;
