Section 60 in West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007
60. Kitchen.
(1) No kitchen shall have a floor area of less than 4.5 sq. metres and width of less than 1.8 metres :Provided that if any kitchen is to be used for eating purposes also, such floor area shall not be less than 9.5 sq. metres and the width shall not be less than 2.4 metres.(2)No kitchen shall have a height less than 2.5 metres measured from the surface of a floor to the lowest point in the ceiling or the underside of any slab except for the portion to accommodate any floor trap for any upper floor.(3)Every room to be used as a kitchen shall have, (a)unless separately provided with any pantry, meant for the washing of kitchen utensils which shall land directly or through a sink to a grated and trapped connection to a waste pipe;(b)an impermeable floor;(c)a window of not less than 1 sq. metre in area opening directly to an interior or exterior open space, or into any shaft;(d)a flue duct, if necessary;(e)a refuse chute for discharge of solid wastes, in case of any building exceeding eighteen metres in height.
