HBI Staff | Hyderabad 
According to TOI, the Uttar Pradesh government has amended building construction laws to support the state’s hotel industry, recognizing the significant increase in tourism over the years. The Yogi Adityanath-led administration has revised the 2008 Building Construction and Development Byelaws to make it easier to open small hotels.
According to the government order issued on Friday, a building must have at least six rooms to qualify as a hotel, and there is no longer a minimum land area requirement for hotels with 6 to 20 rooms, provided they comply with the byelaws. The required land area for constructing large hotels has been halved. Previously, hotels with more than 20 rooms needed a minimum plot size of 1,000 square meters, which has now been reduced to 500 square meters.
The order also prohibits the construction of hotels on residential plots in planned colonies. 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. Additionally, hotel owners must allocate parking space of 1.5 equivalent car spaces per 100 square meters of built area, along with adhering to circulation area norms.
The amendments specify the need to leave space at the front and back for hotel construction.
Source : TOI
