Prithviraj Chavan said that car parks can be developed using the public-private partnership mode with FSI incentives, concessions.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan announced the revival of the policy for the parking lots in Mumbai. Parking lots will now be allowed to be developed on public-private partnership basis. FSI incentives and concessions in the premium charges will also be offered on such lots to the developers. The only sore point, however, is that the fact that the amendment in the development control rules (DCR) has restricted the height of the lots to ground plus four floors.
The policy was scrapped four months ago after the government realised that the private players were taking unfair advantage of the policy to earn the additional FSI.
The multi- storey parking lots had mushroomed in particular areas of the city. Of the 72 proposals submitted with the BMC, about 25 were only from the suburbs. The multi-storey parking lots that had come up in the Island city were getting no response from the vehicle owners. The builders were believably making a lot of profits in South Mumbai by earning incentives with FSI that went up to as high as 4 in some cases.
The chief minister, while making the announcement in Delhi on Wednesday has clarified that there would be no mechanised parking lot keeping the utility and the maintenance in mind. He also has stated that the lots would not be allowed to go beyond ground plus four storey beside two level basements He announced that after the due deliberation by the urban development department the amendment has been initiated in DCR 33(24).
The developers opting for the parking lots under PPP mode, will have to pay 40% premium on the incentive FSI deducting the cost borne by them the residential construction. BMC and the state government will share the premium charges in equal proportion.
A committee of the civic commissioner and joint police commissioner (traffic) will prepare proposal considering the need and place of the parking lot. The final approval for such lots will come from the state government.
The chief minister said that the modified policy would help the state government to ease the traffic congestion in the city.
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