UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 13, Special provisions for certain buildings
13.4.1 For Layout Approval / Building Permission
UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025
i) In case of Residential layouts, area admeasuring 10000 sq.m. or more, in addition to 10% open space, prescribed in the bye- laws, a separate space for Grey Water Treatment and Recycling Plant should be proposed in the layout. This may be proposed in amenity space as per Regulation No.3.5.
ii) On the layout Plan, all Drainage lines, Chambers, Plumbing lines should be marked in different colour and submit the layout for approval to the Authority.
iii) The recycled water shall be used for gardening, car washing, toilet flushing, irrigation, etc. and in no case for drinking, bathing, washing utensils, clothes etc.
iv) A clause must be included by the owner / developer in the purchase agreement that the purchaser, owner of the premises / organization or society of the purchasers shall ensure that :
a) The recycled water is tested every six months either in municipal laboratory or in the laboratory approved by Authority or by State Government and the result of which shall be made accessible to the competent authority / EHO of the respective ward office.
b) Any recommendation from testing laboratory for any form of corrective measures that are needed to be adopted shall be compiled. Copy of any such recommendation and necessary action taken shall also be sent by the testing laboratories to the Competent Authority / EHO of respective Wards.
c) Maintenance of Recycling Plant should be done by the Developer or Housing Society or Owner.
To see how 13.4.1 and the rest of UDCPR apply to a particular plot, with the clause behind every figure, open Citiwise.
The text of the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations for Maharashtra State, as amended to 30.01.2025. The notification of the Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, is the authoritative text.