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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 11
SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS ...............................................................................................15
SECTION 3: ARCHITECTURAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS .......................................... 27
3.1 CONCEPT DESIGN STAGE ........................................................................ 28
3.2 BUILDING PERMIT STAGE ......................................................................... 31
3.3 REvISIONS STAGE .................................................................................. 34
SECTION 4: GENERAL BUILDING PRINCIPLES ............................................................... 37
SECTION 5: SITE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS ................................................................41
Table of Contents SECTION 6: BUILDING / DEvELOPMENT CONTROL FACTORS ........................................ 47
6.1 PLOT COvERAGE AREA ............................................................................. 48
6.2 BUILDING HEIGHT .................................................................................. 49
6.3 BUILDING SETBACKS .............................................................................. 53
SECTION 7: PLOT FENCING ............................................................................................ 57
SECTION 8: SPACE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ............................................................61
8.1 SPACE AREAS AND DIMENSIONS .............................................................. 62
8.2 SPACE ALLOWANCES IN BUILDINGS .......................................................... 65
SECTION 9: OPENINGS REQUIREMENTS....................................................................... 67
9.1 WINDOWS ............................................................................................. 68
9.2 DOORS .................................................................................................. 71
9.3 DOORS ON ESCAPE ROUTES .................................................................... 73
9.4 COURTyARDS AND SHAFTS ...................................................................... 74
SECTION 10: EXTERNAL BUILDING ELEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS .................................81
10.1 BALCONIES ............................................................................................ 82
10.2 CANOPIES ............................................................................................. 86
10.3 TERRACES ............................................................................................. 87
10.4 PERGOLAS ............................................................................................. 89
SECTION 11: BUILDING STORIES /FLOOR TyPES .............................................................91
11.1 BASEMENT ............................................................................................ 92
11.2 GROUND ............................................................................................... 93
11.3 MEZZANINE ........................................................................................... 94
11.4 ROOF TOP .............................................................................................. 95
SECTION 12: HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION ELEMENTS ..................................................... 99
12.1 ROUTE ACCESS TO THE SITE ................................................................... 100
12.2 ROUTE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING ........................................................... 100
12.3 CORRIDORS .......................................................................................... 101
12.4 FIRE-ESCAPE ROUTES TO EXITS .............................................................. 106
12.5 GLAZED ARCADES ................................................................................. 107

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