Layouts are approved under provisions of Karnataka Town & country Planning Act 1961 and Karnataka Urban Development Authority Act 1987. The following procedure is adopted while approving and developing private layouts.
Every person submitting a Plan for subdivision of plot or a layout shall submit such Plan to a scale not less than 1:500 and shall include.
2. After receiving the application, the documents submitted by the applicant are verified and the draft layout is prepared conforming to land use and proposals of the Master Plan approved as per KTCP Act 1961 and its zoning regulations and sub-division regulations. By conducting site inspection considering/taking into account the ground conditions and with a view to preserve natural valleys, drains, rivers etc., and then the draft layout is modified if necessary considering the Road circulation, hierarchy of roads etc., 3. Once the authority resolves to approve the plan, a notice to the applicant will be served to pay the required fees under section 18 of KTCP Act and rule 37 (A) of Karnataka Planning Authority Rules 1965. Action will be taken by Technical (Engineering) Section of the Authority to prepare estimates for civil works with the assistance of concerned PWD (as per current S.R), estimate for the electrical work from the concerned Electricity Board and estimate for development of parks with the assistance of Horticulture Department. If the applicant intends to take up the related works by the concerned Department Authority/Board, the Authority will collect the entire estimated amount from the applicant and remmit the same to the respective Department/Authority Board or if the applicant intends to take up such development works by himself then he can approach the concerned Department/Authority/Board by himself and pay the supervision fees to the concerned Department/Authority/Board and may carry out the work through private registered contractors. The applicant shall then submit to the authority a completion certificate issued by the concerned Department/Authority Board. If the authority decides to take up the civil works by itself estimate will be prepared by the Engineering Section of authority as per prevailing PWD schedule of rates and will issue a notice to the applicant to pay 4% supervision charges and 17.5% ETP charges on the estimated amount in addition to the estimated amount of civil works under section 32 of the Karnataka Urban Development Authority Act 1987. 4. After collecting the statutory fee under the provision of KTCP Act, 1961 and development fees for various development works under Karnataka Urban Development Authority Act, 1987 the Authority will release the layout only after obtaining the relinquishment deed for the transfer of ownership of roads, parks and open spaces and civic amenity areas to the Authority/Municipality free of cost. The Authority will execute the development of civil works by itself and the applicant shall carry out other works such as water supply and sewerage works under the supervision of KUWSSB, electricity works under the supervision of concerned Electricity Board Company, development of parks and play ground under the supervision/assistance of Horticulture Department. The Authority will spend the development charges so collected for the development of concerned layout only and these works will have to be completed with in the stipulated period. 5. If the applicant submits the application to take up civil works by himself he will be permitted to do so by collecting supervision charges at the rate of 4% of the estimated value and also by taking an affidavit from the applicant to the effect that the civil works will be completed as per the specifications of the Engineering Member of the Authority. The applicant shall obtain a certificate from the Engineering Member of the Authority regarding completion of civil work as specified by the Authority. The applicant shall also have to produce completion certificates of other works from the respective Boards and Departments after completing the other developmental works. Applicant should take necessary action to implement Rain Water Harvesting system and plantation of Trees in the layout. 6. Private Developers should invariably produce NOCs obtained from concerned Authority. KUWS & DB and Electricity Board. 7. Private Developers should strictly follow solid waste management guidelines. 8. After the applicant hands over roads, parks/open spaces and civic amenity sites to the Authority/Municipality under Section 32 of Karnataka Urban Development Authority Act, 1987, the Authority will initiate action to release the layout plan by following all the procedures as directed in the Government Circular No. Na.A.E. 112 Bem.Roo.Pra 2005 dated 26-05-2005 and release the sites as specified. 9. The concerned technical officers of the Urban Development Authority and the Local Authority will jointly inspect the quality of developmental works and the layout from time to time. Joint inspection will be made at least 4 to 5 times and stages of development and inspection report will be documented during joint inspection. After the completion of the development works the Authority will hand over the layout i.e., roads parks & open spaces to the concerned Local Authority for maintenance. If any problem arises between the Authority and the Local Authority while such handing over, the Authority will send a proposal for joint inspection by the Director of Town and Country Planning and Director of Municipal Administration and after such verification, action will be taken as directed by the Government . At this stage also instruction given in the circular dated 26-5-2005 will be followed. 10. Before taking up the construction work, the site owners of the layout should obtain building permission from the concerned Local Authority and Local Authority should insist to take up suitable measures for the Rain Water Harvesting and tree plantation in the layout. |