UDCPR 2020 / Chapter 4, Land use classification and permissible uses
4.10 Public / semi public zone
UDCPR 2020 as amended to 30.01.2025
The following uses shall be permissible :-
(i) Schools, Colleges, Educational Complexes, Training institutions, Hostels for students and essential staff quarters.
(ii) Home for the aged, Hospitals, Sanatoria, Dispensaries, Maternity Homes, Health Centres and related health facilities with ancillary structures like quarters, Dharmashala, veterinary hospitals etc.
(iii) Offices and essential staff quarters of the Government / Semi Government and / or their authorities / Local Self-Government, Courts etc., Public Housing by Government / Government Bodies.
(iv) Public / semi-public sector utility and transport establishments / institutions of research, education and health.
(v) Libraries, Mangal karyalayas, Gymnasia, Gymkhanas, Stadia, Community halls, Civic and Cultural Centres, Religious Structures, auditoria etc.
(vi) Commercial use upto 15%shall be permissible subject to following conditions:-
a) Shop / permit rooms for liquor / wine / beer, pan, cigarette, tobacco, lottery tickets and such other uses which do not serve public purpose, similarly storage of domestic gas cylinders, kerosene etc., which are dangerous to public health, shall not be permitted.
b) The plots in which there is an existing development; such commercial use shall be restricted to a maximum of 15% of the existing and proposed development taken together.
Provided that, in case of lands owned by Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti, which are earmarked as public and semi-public zone, the limit of such commercial use shall be up to 33%.
(vii) Vehicle Fuel Filling Station including LPG / CNG / Public Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles as per Regulation No.6.2.2, Sr.No.6 of Table 6E.
(viii) Nursery, crèches, Spastic rehabilitation centres, orphanages, hostel for Autistic persons and Mentally Retarded persons.
(ix) Fire stations.
(x) Traffic and Transport related facilities.
To see how 4.10 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.