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• F3: Usage Factor

For Residence:

Type of Building	Factor
Individual Bungalow	1.50
Tenement	1.00
Row House	1.00
Flat	0.70
Gamtal	0.70
Pole	0.70
Chawl (More than 25 sq.mts)	0.50

For Non-Residence: Usage Factor

The designated rate shall be neither be increased nor be decreased having regard to the purpose for which the buildings other than residential are used, as follows, namely: -

(a) The designated rate shall be increased by multiplying it-

1. Commercial properties by 7.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Bank, Dispensary, Hospital, Clinic, Maternity home, Laboratory, Central Government office, State Government office, Local bodies office, Post office, Commercial and / or industrial office, Oil company's office, Offices of Corporations, Tuition classes, typing institute, godowns and ware houses of the properties falling in the above categories and those buildings which do not fall within any other sub-clause of this clause.

2. Commercial properties by 6.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Shop, Hotel, Restaurant, Entertainment Places, Open air theatre, Petrol pump, Service station, Cinema, Club house, Gymkhana, Clubs, mess, Lodging, Lodging and Boarding, Party plots (except community halls), Dish antennae, Pager Antenna towers, Signboard, hoarding, Mobile phone towers, godowns and warehouses of the properties falling in the above categories.

3. Industrial Units & Factories (only processing & manufacturing units) by 2.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Electricity Power House, Electric substation, Aerated Water Factory, Bhattha, Brass Works, Brick and ceramic works, Cement Articles, Clay Mfg. unit, Chemical Factory, Confectionery, Dairy, Distillery, Foundry, Flour Factory, Iron Factory, Zinc Factory, Silver ornament Factory, Jaggary manufacturing unit, Leather manufacturing unit, Lime chakki, Lime bhatthi, Oil extraction, Paper manufacturing, Plastic Factory, Pottery, Sagol manufacturing, Soap manufacturing, Sugar manufacturing, Tin Factory, Tobacco Factory, Workshop, Factory Steam-Gill, Auto-Garage, Factory A, B, C, D, E, F, Mill, Power loom, Hand loom, Bleaching, Bone washing, cotton spinning & dyeing, dyeing bleaching, Dhana-dal Factory, Leather processing, Screen printing, Sulphur processing, Starch processing, Variyali processing, Wool processing, Cold storage, Woodpitha, Bhathiyarkhana, Repairing works, Nursery (flower plants) Animal market, Cattle stable, Poultry farm, Kennel, Milk cattle stable, Weigh bridge, Binding press, Printing press, Process studio, Photo studio, Common effluent treatment plant, Godowns and Warehouses of the properties falling in the all above categories.

4. Educational & Social Institutions by 2.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Private Nursery (Bal-Mandir), Private and Govt. Schools, Private and Govt. Colleges, University campus, Museum, Community halls, social institutes run by public charitable trust (for the welfare of women, old people, deaf, dumb and blind, physically handicapped, mentally retarded people) and non-grantable schools.

5. By 1.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Water tank, Water pumproom, Drainage pumping stations, Dhobighat, Grantable schools run by Public Charitable Trust, Boarding-Lodging-Hostels run by Public Charitable Trust and Religious Institutions, Dharma-shala, Ashram, Library.

6. By 0.0 in respect of the buildings used as under: -

Temple, Mosque, Derasar (Jain Temple), Church, Roza, Tombs, Gurudwara (Sikh Temple), Apasara, Darga, Agiyari, Samadhi, Graveyard, Kabrastan, crematorium, well, havada, hamamkhana (public bath), mattina akhada, madrasa, pathshala, free water parab