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NORMS FOR ISSUE OF COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

The High Court in its order dt.23.8.2006 has given certain guidelines to avoid future violations.  As per this order “buildings should be certified as having been constructed in compliance of planning permit and other applicable laws.  The Certifying Officer will be personally responsible if any illegal building is certified.  Electricity, water connection and occupation should be contingent on such certificate”.

The High Court, in the same order, has constituted a Monitoring Committee to ensure compliance of planning permit, Master Plan, CRZ and other laws.  The Monitoring Committee had a   detailed discussion and decided that the concerned Departments will give Compliance Certificates and on receipt of Compliance Certificates from the concerned Departments, CMDA will issue Completion Certificate to Special and Multi-Storeyed Buildings to enable the buildings to obtain service connections from TNEB & CMWSSB.

The Special and Multi-Storied buildings will be scrutinized with reference to the Approved plan and Completion Certificate Norms.  Norms have been formulated separately for each Department based on their respective Acts / Rules.  The norms to be followed for   DF & RS, Corporation of Chennai, Police Department (Traffic),  & CMDA are given below.

The following guidelines are issued with reference to the inspection of buildings where applications have been received for issue of completion certificate, in CMDA.

In respect of commercial buildings, the building should have been completed in all respects and be ready for occupation for the purpose of inspection for completion certificate.

In case of residential buildings, the following items shall have been completed in the said project to consider it for issue of Completion Certificate.

1. Terrace Floor with weathering course.

2. Lift Machine Room, OHT and Stair-case Headroom

3. Sump for Water storage

4. Outer plastering of the building.

5. External walls and windows installed.

6. Joinery.

7. Rainwater harvesting.

8. Fire Safety Provisions.

9. Distribution boxes / Plumbing works.

10. Kitchen.

11. Internal partition walls

12. No dowel rods left out in the building.

If the building is not completed, the applicant will be advised to comply with the above items and inform CMDA. The applicant shall furnish the application for completion certificate along with the following details:

1) Completion Certificate application by the applicant in the prescribed format.

2) Declaration by the applicant and Licensed Surveyor/Architect in the prescribed format. If the construction is Multi Storeyed Building, declaration has to be obtained from Class-I Licensed Surveyor/Architect.

3) Copy of CMDA approved plan and letter attested by Notary Public.

4) Copy of Planning Permit issued by CMDA attested by Notary Public.

5) Copy of Building Permit issued by the Corporation of Chennai / Local Body attested by Notary Public.

6) Copy of security deposit remittance receipt attested by Notary Public. In case of Bank Guarantee, the copy of Bank Guarantee and the High Court order copy duly attested by Notary Public to be furnished.

7) As on site plan giving all the details of the dimensions and the set back spaces available in the building and other service utilities attested by Licensed Surveyor/Architect and the applicant.

8) In case of Town Panchayat areas and Panchayat Union areas, the following additional particulars to be provided.

1) Copy of the Building Permit Plan approved by the Local Body.

2) Structural Stability Certificate for the building under reference issued by the Certified Structural Engineer along with details of Design Calculations and drawings for all the structural members.
 

3) Certificate from the Civil Engineer who has been associated with the construction to the effect that he was associated with the entire construction. The certificate shall also state that all the building materials including reinforcement cement aggregate, mix ratio, the size of all structural members, foundations have been used / made in accordance with the design specifications furnished by the Authorised Structural Engineer.
 

4) Undertaking to provide solar water heating system in the building to be furnished.
 

5) Undertaking should be given to the effect that road widening portion has already been handed over to the Local Body or the land left for road widening portions would be handed over by the flat owners, Residents Association, Shop Owners etc., on whom this undertaking would devolve.