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Building bye-laws.– (1) With the approval of the Greater Bengaluru Authority, the City Corporation in its jurisdiction shall make building bye-laws for the regulation and restriction of the use of sites or buildings in accordance with model building bye-laws prepared by the Greater Bengaluru Authority with suitable modifications if necessary and the bye-laws shall provide for the following:- (a) Information and plans required to be submitted to the City Corporation by any person seeking to construct a building within the jurisdiction of the City Corporation; (b) The type of site where the building may be constructed and the permitted technical standards for such construction; (c) List of locations around which certain types of constructions may be prohibited; (d) Height of building sought to be constructed, relative to the width of the street; (e) Level and width of foundation of the building sought to be constructed, level of lowest floor based on the stability of structure; (f) Provision of sufficient open space, external or internal and adequate means of ventilation with in the building; (g) Provision for secondary means of access for the removal of waste from the building; (h) Materials and methods of construction of external and party walls, roofs and floors within the building; (i) Position, materials and methods of construction of hearths, smoke escapes, chimneys, staircases, privies, drains, cesspools within or outside the building; (j) Paving of yards within the site where the building is sought to be constructed; (k) Restrictions on the use of inflammable materials within the buildings in accordance with other relevant regulations; (l) Provision of lifts with in the building and provision for common amenities, ramps and amenities for differently challenged; (m) Fire protection requirement with in the building in accordance with the fire plan; (n) Minimum plantation required with in a building site; (o) Installation of rain water harvesting systems with in the building and provisions of renewable energy applications; (p) Minimum quality of materials to be used during construction of building; and (q) Provision for specially abled, EV charging, Telecom services and other utilities. (2) No piece of land shall be used as a building site for construction or re- construction of the building and no building shall be constructed or re constructed otherwise then in accordance with the provision of this Act and any rules or bye-laws made there under relating to the use of building sites or the construction or re construction of buildings.