UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 14, Special schemes
14.8.14 Relaxation in Building and other requirements –
UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025
i) The calculation of FSI for all purposes shall be on gross area i.e. without deducting any percentage for recreational open space. This shall not affect the requirement of physical open space in terms of keeping aside the said recreational open space on site as per the UDCPR.
ii) The provisions in UDCPR relating to balcony shall apply to the URS with the modification that there shall be no restriction on Zone and balcony shall not reduce marginal open space to less than 3.0 m. However, at ground level, clear margin of minimum 4.5 m. shall be maintained. Enclosed balcony shall be included while calculating the entitled area.
iii) Front and marginal open spaces : For a building in the Rehabilitation Component or composite building having height upto 24.0 m., front and marginal open space shall be 4.5
m. and for buildings having height more than 24.0 m., the same shall be 6.0 m.
iv) Notwithstanding the provisions in UDCPR, where the plot abuts a D.P. Road having width of 18.0 m. and above, the front marginal open space shall not be insisted upon beyond 4.5 m., provided such road is not a Highway.
v) Where the plot abuts a trained nallah, the marginal open space along the nallah shall not be insisted upon beyond 4.5 m. from the edge of the trained nallah or as per requirement of SWD Department of, whichever is greater.
vi) The distance between any two rehabilitation buildings shall not be less than 6.00 mt.
vii) If the height of a building in URS is more than 25 m., 6.0 m. wide marginal open space or marginal open space as per the requirement of CFO, whichever is greater, shall be considered.
viii) A Composite building shall contain at least 50 percent of the built up area as Rehabilitation Component.
ix) The means of access shall be normally governed by the provisions of UDCPR. However, in the URS, wherever the design of the buildings up to 24.0 m. height in the same land requires some relaxation, the same may be given by the Commissioner; buildings having height exceeding 24.0 m. Shall be permissible only on access having width of 9.0 m. or more.
x) Even if the recreational open space is reduced to make the URS viable, a minimum of at least 10 percent of the area of URC shall be provided as recreational open space. In addition to this, 10 percent of URC area shall be earmarked for amenity space which can be adjusted against the D.P. reservation (excluding roads), if any provided the area of such reservation exceeds 25% of the area of the URP.
xi) Amenities not available in the periphery of 400 m. from boundaries of URC shall be developed on Amenity Plot, subject to the minimum area specified for such amenities under
this Regulation and handed over free of cost to the Corporation without any consideration.
xii) Area to be excluded from computation of FSI shall be as per these Regulations (UDCPR).
xiii) In order to make the URS viable, the Municipal Commissioner shall be competent to sanction any relaxation in the parking requirements and marginal open spaces, except for front marginal open spaces, wherever required on account of bonafide demonstrable hardship and for reasons to be recorded in writing, which shall not affect general safety and fire safety requirements.
xiv) All relaxations outlined hereinabove shall be admissible only to buildings in the Rehabilitation Component of URS and also to the composite buildings therein. Premium at the concessional rate shall be charged by the Municipal Commissioner for all or any of the relaxations given hereinabove or for any other mentioned in UDCPR.
xv) The parking in the URS shall be provided as per the provisions of UDCPR.
xvi) Any aspect of development under URS, which is not specified under this Regulation, shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the UDCPR.
xvii) In order to facilitate redevelopment and to decongest the redeveloped area in the URC, the Commissioner may insist on additional road width, over and above that prescribed in the sanctioned D.P. or the width of the existing roads.
xviii) Provisions of Public amenities and roads under the URS shall be considered at par with reservations and the roads in the Development Plan.
xix) Portion of URC falling under No Development Zone, Buffer Zone, CRZ-I & III and Private Forest shall form a part of the required Recreational Area in the URS.
To see how 14.8.14 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.