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(1) The Mayor-in-Council may constitute a Municipal Building Committee with the Commissioner as its Chairman and an Officer of the Corporation as its convenor. (2) The Committee may have, in addition to the Chairman and the convener, eight other members of whom— (a) one may be a nominee of the Development Authority under which the area of the Corporation is located; (b) one may be a nominee of the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district; (c) one may be a representative of the Director of Fire Services; (d) one may be a nominee of the State Government; (e) one may be the concerned Superintending Engineer of the Municipal Engineering Directorate, or his nominee; (f) one may be an architect of repute to be selected in consultation with the Council of Architecture constituted under section 3 of the Architects Act, 1972; PART HI] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 29, 2008 105 The West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006. (Part VII.—Chapter XIV.—Buildings.—Sections 261-263.) (g) one may be a Town Planner of repute to be selected in consultation with the Institute of Town Planners of India; and (h) one may be a nominee of the Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal. (3) The Committee may co-opt one person to be nominated by the concerned department of-Government while dealing with any case regarding educational building or institutional building or assembly building or industrial building or hazardous building. (4) The Committee may meet at such periodical interval as may be determined by the Mayor-in-Council. (5) The Committee may, in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules and the regulations made thereunder or of any other law in force for the time being, scrutinize every application for erection or re-erection of a building, except for a residential building to be erected or re-erected on a plot of 500 square meters or less of land, and may forward its recommendations to the Mayor-in-Council: Provided that during such scrutiny the Committee may consider matters related to preserving, developing and maintaining the aesthetic quality of urban and environmental design within the Corporation area and may, in respect of any building or any execution of work, if it affects or is likely to affect the skyline or the aesthetic quality of urban or environmental design, or any public amenity therein, recommend on such matters also: Provided further that in respect of any building or execution of any work, if such building or work affects or is likely to affect— (a) the- functioning of microwave systems for telecommunication purpose, or (b) any function for purposes of civil aviation, the Committee may, in accordance with such rules as may be framed in consultation with such departments or agencies of Government as have control on such matters, refer such cases to such departments for their opinions before finalizing its recommendations. (6) The Mayor-in-Council may refer any other matter, included in this chapter, to the Committee for its scrutiny and recommendation. (7) The Mayor-in-Council may consider the recommendations of the Committee and, the case of any modification, alteration or cancellation of the same, may record the reasons thereof in writing.