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NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has amended the building construction laws to facilitate the hotel industry in the state, keeping in view the large tourist turnout witnessed over the years.
CM Yogi Adiyanath-led UP government has made changes to the 2008 Building Construction and Development Byelaws to make opening small hotels in the state easier.
According to the government order issued on Friday, a minimum of six rooms should be there in a building for it to qualify as a hotel and there will no longer be a minimum land area requirement for opening hotels with 6 to 20 rooms — given the hotel is complying the byelaws rules. The required land area for constructing large hotels has been halved.
Plot-size requirement reduced
Previously, for hotels with more than 20 rooms, a minimum plot size of 1,000 square metres was required, which now has been reduced to 500 square metres.
Meanwhile, the order prohibits the construction of hotels on residential plots in colonies, which have been developed under a plan.
With these amendments, hotels with up to 20 rooms can now be built on 9-meter-wide roads in residential areas, while larger hotels will require a 12-meter-wide road.
In all non-residential areas, hotels can only be built on 12-meter-wide roads. Moreover, it is mandatory for the hotel owner to allocate parking space of 1.5 equivalent car spaces per 100 square metres of built area along with circulation area norms.
The government order issued with amendments to the Building Construction and Development Byelaws specifies the need to leave space at the front and back for hotel construction.
Buildings with a height of 15 metres will need to leave a space of five meters in the front and three meters in the back, with a three-meter space on both sides each. For building higher than 15 metres, existing byelaws of setback and ground coverage will apply.
‘No restriction on buildings height’
There will be no restriction on the height of the building within the permissible ground coverage and floor area ratio (FAR), but the height of the building will be governed by the distance from protected monuments/heritage sites, airport funnel zone and other statutory restrictions.
For large hotels built on an area of 4,000 square metres or more, 20 per cent FAR can be used for commercial and office purposes, while 20% can be used for service apartments. In these large hotels, 5% of the additional ground coverage area can be allocated for the entrance lobby, which will not be included in the calculation of FAR.
After the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, the number of tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh has increased manifold.
With the completion of several projects such as the Vindhya Corridor in Mirzapur and the Banke Bihari Corridor in Mathura, the state government expects a large number of tourists, in the wake of which the measures have been taken.
CM Yogi Adiyanath-led UP government has made changes to the 2008 Building Construction and Development Byelaws to make opening small hotels in the state easier.
According to the government order issued on Friday, a minimum of six rooms should be there in a building for it to qualify as a hotel and there will no longer be a minimum land area requirement for opening hotels with 6 to 20 rooms — given the hotel is complying the byelaws rules. The required land area for constructing large hotels has been halved.
Plot-size requirement reduced
Previously, for hotels with more than 20 rooms, a minimum plot size of 1,000 square metres was required, which now has been reduced to 500 square metres.
Meanwhile, the order prohibits the construction of hotels on residential plots in colonies, which have been developed under a plan.
With these amendments, hotels with up to 20 rooms can now be built on 9-meter-wide roads in residential areas, while larger hotels will require a 12-meter-wide road.
In all non-residential areas, hotels can only be built on 12-meter-wide roads. Moreover, it is mandatory for the hotel owner to allocate parking space of 1.5 equivalent car spaces per 100 square metres of built area along with circulation area norms.
The government order issued with amendments to the Building Construction and Development Byelaws specifies the need to leave space at the front and back for hotel construction.
Buildings with a height of 15 metres will need to leave a space of five meters in the front and three meters in the back, with a three-meter space on both sides each. For building higher than 15 metres, existing byelaws of setback and ground coverage will apply.
‘No restriction on buildings height’
There will be no restriction on the height of the building within the permissible ground coverage and floor area ratio (FAR), but the height of the building will be governed by the distance from protected monuments/heritage sites, airport funnel zone and other statutory restrictions.
For large hotels built on an area of 4,000 square metres or more, 20 per cent FAR can be used for commercial and office purposes, while 20% can be used for service apartments. In these large hotels, 5% of the additional ground coverage area can be allocated for the entrance lobby, which will not be included in the calculation of FAR.
After the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, the number of tourists visiting Uttar Pradesh has increased manifold.
With the completion of several projects such as the Vindhya Corridor in Mirzapur and the Banke Bihari Corridor in Mathura, the state government expects a large number of tourists, in the wake of which the measures have been taken.
