Bare ActsThe Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.

Section 463

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(1) The Commissioner may give public notice of his intention to declare, subject to any valid objection that may be preferred within a period of three months — (a) that in any street or portions of street specified in such notice that elevation and construction of the frontage of all buildings or any classes of buildings thereafter erected or re-erected shall in respect of their architectural features be such as the Corporation may consider suitable to the locality; (b) that in any localities specified in the notice there shall be allowed the construction of only detached or semi- detached buildings or both and that the land appurtenant to each such building shall be of an area not less than that specified in such notice; (c) that the minimum size of building plots in particular localities shall be of a specified area; (d) that in any localities specified in the notice the construction of more than a specified number of houses on each acre of land shall not be allowed; or (e) that in any streets, portions of streets or localities specified in such notice the construction of shops, Power to regulate future construction of certain classes of buildings in particular streets or localities. [Act No. II of 1956] 329 warehouses, factories, huts or buildings designed for particular uses shall not be allowed without the special permission of the Commissioner granted in accordance with general regulations framed by the Standing Committee in this behalf and subject to the terms of such permission only. (2) The Standing Committee shall consider all objections received within a period of three months from the publication of such notice, and shall then submit the notice with a statement of objections received and of its opinion thereon to the Corporation. (3) No objection received after the said period of three months shall be considered. (4) Within a period of two months after the receipt of the same the Corporation shall submit all the documents referred to in sub-section (2) with a statement of its opinion thereon to Government. (5) Government may pass such orders with respect to such declaration as it may think fit: Provided that such declaration shall not thereby be made applicable to any street, portion of a street or locality not specified in the notice issued under sub-section (1). (6) The declaration as confirmed or modified by Government shall be published in the *Telangana Gazette and shall take effect from the date of such publication. (7) No person shall erect or re-erect any building in contravention of such declaration. 330 [Act No. II of 1956] 324[CHAPTER XII-A SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MAJOR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 463-A. (1) It shall be lawful for the Corporation to levy and collect external betterment charges at the time of according approval to the layouts or sub-divisions of a plot or issue of building permit for the purpose of providing or maintaining major arterial roads, lung spaces and other major civic infrastructure: Provided that such charges shall not be levied in case of the lay-outs which were finally released as on the 10th March 1986 and also for residential buildings whose plot area does not exceed 200 sq.mts: Provided further that no such charges shall be levied and collected in respect of lay-outs or buildings taken up in notified slums. Such charges shall however, be collected once the slum is denotified. (2) The external betterment charges shall not exceed thirty percent of betterment charges being collected by the Corporation as per the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (lay-out) Rules.1965. Explanation:- For the purposes of this sub-section betterment charges shall include the charges fixed by Corporation on various types of buildings area-wise from time to time. (3) The Corporation shall issue detailed guidelines for levy and collection of external betterment charges and for utilisation of amounts so collected.]

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