BENGALURU: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has said that licences of shops and business establishments located on roads lesser than 40-ft wide in residential areas, will not be renewed. This will be applicable only to those establishments which started their business post 2015.
Special Commissioner for Health Suralkar Vikas Kishore said the Palike will not renew licences of commercial shops opened in residential areas after 2015, where road width is narrow, and shops that have come up in buildings that severely violate bylaws, due to zonal regulations and Supreme Court guidelines.
As per zonal regulations, on roads less than 40ft wide, licences of business started after 2015 will be withheld and rejected with a written endorsement, the BBMP order said. It stated that shops like milk booths and those dealing with essential services will remain out of the purview of the order. “As per Building Regulations, if there are complaints about the business operating in whole or in part in buildings constructed in violation of the plan, in parking areas or on rooftops, licence renewal will be withheld and a written rejection will be issued,” the order states.
According to the order, the process of licence renewal will begin on February 1, 2025, and the last date for renewal is February 28.
“Fine will be imposed after the February 28 deadline. From March 1 to 31, a fine of 25 per cent of licence renewal fee will have to be paid. From April 1, 100 per cent of licence fee will have to be paid with the fine,” said a senior official.