Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee Held on 03.02.2007
The Monitoring Committee at CMDA issued the Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee held on 3 February 2007, recording decisions and recommendations on completion and compliance certificates, commercial building regularisation, enforcement and development requirements for information technology buildings. The minutes reject a request concerning insistence on Completion Certificates, recommend a lower minimum plot extent for certain multi-storeyed information technology developments, and approve development of a joint inspection system for compliance certificates.
What the minutes cover
The Minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee held at CMDA on 3 February 2007 record the committee's discussions, decisions and recommendations. They concern building completion and compliance processes, regularisation cases, enforcement arrangements and proposed development control changes for multi-storeyed information technology and information technology enabled services buildings.
The minutes record committee action rather than a Government Order. In particular, the proposed development control amendment is described as a recommendation, and the source does not state that it was brought into force.
Completion and compliance certificates
The Monitoring Committee considered a representation from the Foundation for FAIR Practices in Property Development concerning insistence on a Completion Certificate. The committee decided that the request was not feasible because of specific High Court orders.
For compliance certificates, the Monitoring Committee:
- Noted progress in disposing of cases referred by CMWSSB.
- Approved CMDA's suggestion that a joint inspection system should be developed with the departments concerned.
- Stated that inspections may take place in the presence of the applicant or builder.
- Stated that applicants or builders may be informed during inspection about any required modification.
- Recorded that the Revenue Department will issue licences under the Public Buildings Act for public buildings outside the Chennai City Corporation.
Information technology building proposal
The Monitoring Committee discussed a proposed development control amendment for multi-storeyed information technology and information technology enabled services developments. It recommended:
- Permitting such multi-storeyed developments in the rest of the CMA with the minimum plot extent reduced from 2,000 square metres to 1,500 square metres.
- Continuing the additional floor space index benefit of 50 per cent above the normally permissible level only for information technology and information technology enabled services plots measuring 2,000 square metres or more.
Other recorded business
The Monitoring Committee recorded an action taken report relating to its third and fourth meetings and noted subcommittee minutes concerning a database. It also recorded that minutes for 50 commercial multi-storeyed building regularisation cases under the 1999 Scheme were annexed. The base paper on an Enforcement Cell was deferred to the next meeting.
Property owners, builders and professionals should note that the supplied text does not include the annexed details of the 50 regularisation cases.
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Common questions
Did the Monitoring Committee agree to stop insisting on Completion Certificates?
No. The Monitoring Committee decided that the request from the Foundation for FAIR Practices in Property Development was not feasible because of specific High Court orders.
Can an applicant or builder attend a compliance certificate inspection?
The Monitoring Committee stated that a joint inspection may be conducted in the presence of the applicant or builder, allowing them to be informed of any required modification.
What minimum plot extent was recommended for multi-storeyed information technology buildings?
The Monitoring Committee recommended reducing the minimum plot extent from 2,000 square metres to 1,500 square metres for such developments in the rest of the CMA. The minutes record a recommendation and do not state that the change was brought into force.
Would a 1,500 square metre information technology plot receive the additional 50 per cent floor space index benefit?
Not under the recommendation recorded in the minutes. The additional 50 per cent floor space index benefit was to continue only for information technology and information technology enabled services plots measuring 2,000 square metres or more.
