Section 12 in The Chennai City Corporation Building Rules, 1972
12. Paving materials.
- In the case of every building intended to be used for human habitation, every lavatory urinal, washing or bathing place included in it and all portions of the ground floor therein shall be laid or paved with stone or cuddappah slab or non-absorbant tiles laid in cement or with asphalt cement kobe or other durable material, impervious to moisture:Provided that, in the case of a tenement, every part of each floor of such building, including every communicating passage and every verandah therein shall also be laid or paved with stone, cuddappah slab or non-absorbant titles laid in cement or asphalt cement to be or other durable material impervious to moisture.
