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Zoning Laws (Development Control Rules)
Municipal regulations that divide a city into zones and set what may be built on each plot, how tall and how far from the boundary.
What is Zoning Laws (Development Control Rules)?
Zoning Laws, formalised in India as Development Control Regulations (DCR), are municipal rules that divide a city into zones. They set the activity allowed in each zone, such as residential, heavy industrial or commercial, the maximum permissible building height, the Floor Space Index (FSI) and the mandatory open spaces (setbacks). They stop incompatible development, such as a toxic chemical plant next to a primary school.
Practical example
A developer plans a 30-storey commercial IT park on an empty plot in Pune. The architect reviews the local zoning laws (DCR) and finds that the land is zoned for low-density residential use and that buildings in that neighbourhood are limited to 4 floors. The developer has to drop the 30-storey commercial tower plan.
In SuperWise
In SuperWise the sanctioned plans and approvals that a zone requires can be filed as project documents in folders, each with a stage and a revision history. A document can be linked to the schedule node it applies to, such as the commercial wing, so the approval sits with the tasks it governs.
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