Section 4 in The Special Rules for the Mulit-storeyed and Public Buildings, 1974
4. Application for approval of sites and buildings.
- Every application for approval of a site and for permission to construct or reconstruct or add or alter a building made under rule 3 of the [Chennai] [Substituted for the word 'Madras' by the City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act, 1996 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1996).] City Corporation Building Rules, 1972, shall be accompanied by the following additional particulars :-(1)Site plan showing-(a)the existing and proposed buildings in relation to the boundaries of the site and adjacent streets within a distance of 100 meters;(b)the means of access from the street or streets to all the buildings existing and proposed in the site, to the parking spaces and facilities provided in the site for scavenging and fire protection;(c)the spaces to be left about the building for access, parking, circulation, air, light and amenity.(2)Building plan showing-(a)floor plans of all floors and covered area, indicating clearly the line and spacing of all framing members and sizes and arrangement of forms and the position of staircases, ramps and lift wells;(b)the general layout of the columns and load bearing walls showing the estimated loads, including moments and torques coming on the foundation units;(c)longitudinal and cross sections of the building to show size of footings, basement and superstructure, framing members and details of buildings and room heights and. of staircases, etc.;(d)in the case of constructions using steel structures, complete design drawings showing sizes, sections and relative location of the various steel members, floor levels, column centres and off sets;(e)in the case of prefabricated buildings, drawings describing the elements of the structure or assembly including all required data of physical properties of component materials with details of joints to an enlarged scale, location of services such as installation of pipes, wiring or other accessories in site or in the prefabricated element and location of handling arrangements for lifting and handling the prefabricated elements;(f)plans and sectional details of water supply and sewage systems of the building; and(g)plans and sectional details relating to the fire safety, detection and extinguishing system.(3)Detailed specifications giving-(a)type and grade of materials to be used ;(b)detailed computations and stress diagrams to show the efficiency and correctness of the design; and(c)type and condition of soil or rock to which the foundation transfers the loads.
