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BRUHATH BENAGLURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE

Office of the Chief Commissioner, Annex Building-1, BBMP Head Office,

NR Square, Bengaluru-560002

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No:BBMP/AC(ADVT)/PR675/23-24 Date:19-07-2024

NOTIFICATION

The draft of the following bye-laws which the Bruhat Bengaluru

MahanagaraPalike proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section

318 read with sections 157 and 319 of the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike

Act, 2020 (Karnataka Act 53 of 2020), with approval of the Government is hereby

published as required by section 320 of the said Act,for the information of all the

persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft

will be taken into consideration after thirty days from the date of its publication in

the official Gazette.

Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the BBMP from any

person with respect to the said draft before the expiry of the period specified above

will be considered by the BBMP. Objections and suggestions may be addressed to

the Chief Commissioner, Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike, Bengaluru –

560001.

DRAFT BYE-LAWS

1. Title, commencement and application.-These bye-laws may be called

the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike(Advertisement) Bye-Laws, 2024.

(2)

They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the

official Gazette.

(3)

These

bye-laws

shallbe

applicable

the

Bruhat

Bengaluru

MahanagaraPalike Jurisdiction.

2. Definitions.-(1) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise

requires,-

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(a) “Act” means the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike Act, 2020

(Karnataka Act No. 53 Of 2020);

(b) "Advertisement" means and includes any display, device or

representation by word, direction, abbreviation, letter, logo, symbol,

model, image or a combination thereof, sign by means of billboards,

hoarding, banners, temporary arches, electronic display, name

boards, direction boards, pamphlets, flags or any other visible

or audible media, displayed in or in view of any place or spot visible

to public, to promote a product or service in a commercial sense

under categories covered in these definitions,but does not include

signage installed for the identification and naming of places, buildings

and tenant business names;

be an individual, Government organizations, semi-Government

organizations, registered charitable organization firm, proprietary

firm, partnership firm or a company incorporated under the

Companies Act,2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013);

(d) “BBMP” means the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike;

(e) “Banner” means cloth or any other bio-degradable flexible material

(but not made fully or partially from poly-vinyl chloride or any other

form of plastic, virgin or recycled), which contains some

advertisement or announcement or written matter for display in

public place;

(f) “Billboard/Hoarding” means an outdoor media device with space for

display in the form of an advertisement panel and where such panel

is mounted with its foundation on any structure either on ground or

building and made of any bio-degradable flexible material (but not

made fully or partially from poly-vinyl chloride or any other form of

plastic, virgin or recycled) or Electronic display or LCD;

(g) “Building wrap advertisement” means an advertisement displayed

on any building frontage usually stretched across the building

frontage or on scaffolding of a building under construction or repair

or by sticking or fixing it to a glass frontage or window;

(h) “Building wrap electronic advertisements without any use of

poles etc. which are used to erect hoardings” means an

advertisement displayed on any building frontage, which is not a

heritage structure, using digital displays, which can be switched on

at night time and may flash or appear in a synchronized manner in

one or more different colours;

(i) “Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner of the Bruhat

Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike;

(j) “Display” means an advertisement or information visible to public,

irrespective of the property or space on which the same is

installed;

(k) “Electronic Display” means a media device, with display made from

Light Emitting Diode(LED) or Liquid Crystal Display(LCD)or any

other electronic source, to display running text, images, displays

and informational messages from computer programs and

software or any other means;

(l) “Form” means a form appended to these bye-laws;

(m) “Legacy

advertisement”

means

permitted

commercial

advertisements including Billboards erected and displayed on private

properties by enrolled or registered agencies, after having obtained

permissions under the previous Advertisement bye-laws;

(n) “License” means the license granted under these bye-laws;

(o) "Mobile Advertisement Display" means a double or single sided

hoarding or panel mounted on or behind a vehicle in a manner that

it can be driven around or parked at strategic locations for a better

display of the advertisement;

(p) “Permission” means the permission granted under these bye- laws;

(q) “Poster” means sheet of paper or any other bio-degradable material

(but not made fully or partially from poly-vinyl chloride or any other

form of plastic, virgin or recycled) used to advertise something for

display in a public place, usually by sticking the same on a flat

surface such as a wall, compound, parapet, hoardings, etc.;

(r) “Right of Way (RoW)” means total land width required for the road,

to accommodate the roadway (carriageway and shoulders), side

drains, service roads, tree plantation, utilities, etc, owned by the

respective authority;

(s) “Schedule” means a schedule appended to these bye-laws; and

(t) “Self-Advertisement or Self-Signage” means an advertisement or a

display visible to public which is for identification or naming or

information with regard to the activities carried out in the same

building or a place or land where it is displayed, but it shall not

include information or display anything which is not carried out or

available on the said land or place or building.

(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in these bye-laws shall have

the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act and rules made thereunder and

in case of any doubt, the interpretation and decision of the Chief Commissioner

shall be final.

3. General provisions.-The following general provisions shall govern and

guide these bye-laws and their interpretation,-

(i) No advertisement, other than self-advertisement, shall be permitted on any

road less than sixty feet in width:

Provided that, in case of areas declared for Commercial or Industrial use

under the approved master plan, the said prohibition on advertisements on less

than sixty feet road width shall not apply.

(ii)

The maximum size and dimensions permitted for an individual

advertisement or display shall be as specified in Schedule-3.

(iii) Subject

maximum

size

and

dimensions

individual

advertisement and other conditions and restrictions specified under these bye-

laws, the maximum permissible paid advertisement on every running hundred

meter of a road or at a circle or an area shall be as follows, –

Road/Circle/Area

Type

Maximum permissible paid advertisement

area per running 100 meter of road (both

sides included) or Circle or Area

Road width or Row not

less than 60 feet but

less than 80 feet

800 square feet (both side included) per 100

meter of road length:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements on one side of the 100 meter

stretch of road, put together, shall not exceed

40 feet.

Road width or Row not

less than 80 feet but

less than 100 feet

1000 square feet (both side included) per 100

meter of road length:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements on one side of the 100 meter

stretch of road, put together, shall not exceed

40 feet.

Road width or Row not

less than 100 feet but

less than 200 feet

1100 square feet (both side included) per 100

meter of road length:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements on one side of the 100 meter

stretch of road, put together, shall not exceed

40 feet.

Road width or Row not

less than 200 feet

1200 square feet (both side included) per 100

meter of road length:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements on one side of the 100 meter

stretch of road, put together, shall not exceed

40 feet.

Circle

3000 squarefeet per one lakh square feet Circle

area:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements put together shall not exceed 60

feet.

Any other Area/Locality

in Commercial or

Industrial with roads

less than 60 feet in

width.

3000 square feet per one lakh square feet area:

Provided that total horizontal length of all

advertisements on one side of the 100 meter

stretch of road, put together, shall not exceed

30 feet.

(iv) The Chief Commissioner, within the upper limits of advertisement area

allowed on a hundred meter length of road or the area of a Circle or an open plot

or locality, may vary other restrictions in larger public interest and to preserve the

aesthetics and look of the city.

(v) The BBMP shall divide the whole city into suitable stretches of roads,

circles and areas through a notification with approval of the Chief Commissioner

which may be issued and modified from time to time and the paid advertisements

shall be permissible only on these roads, circles and areas as specified in these

bye-laws.

(vi)

The right to do paid advertisements on these road stretches, circles

and areas shall be given only to the licensed advertising agencies through an open

auction/tender in accordance with the Karnataka Transparency in Public

Procurement Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000) and rules made thereunder,

conducted through e-procurement portal of the Government. The minimum upset

price for the same shall be as per minimum rates specified in Schedule-2.

(vii)

The bid winner with respect to any stretch of road or circle or area

shall have the right to utilize the same for advertising on behalf of other or for

others in accordance with these bye-laws. The advertisement spots, premises or

spaces can be either privately owned or owned by Government or Government

owned Public sector Units or the BBMP or any Government Agency. Before

displaying any advertisement, apart from complying with the requirement specified

under these bye-laws, the requisite agreements and permissions from the owners

of the spots or buildings or vacant lands, both the Government and private owners,

falling on the assigned road or Circle or the area, shall be done by the bid winner

himself at his own costs and in accordance with applicable laws and rules in this

regard:

Provided that, in case the private property or land on which the

infrastructure for the paid advertisement is erected is of residential use as per

Property Tax assessment then the same shall be charged and paid as penalty to

the BBMP, an amount equal to ten percent of the applicable property tax during

the time period the advertisement infrastructure remains erected thereon andthe

BBMP reserves right to remove the same at any time.

Provided further that the advertisements or displays on Bengaluru Metro

Pillars and Bengaluru Metro Stations and Infrastructures are excluded from the

assigned rights to any bid winner even when the same falls is within the assigned

area or road or Circle. The same shall be put to separate suitable tender by the

BBMP.

Provided also that, in case the said property or land is a B-Register property

then the same shall be charged and the owner thereof shall pay to the BBMP as

penalty, an amount equal to hundred percentof the applicable property tax during

the time period the advertisement infrastructure remains erected thereon.

Provided also that, in case the private property or land on which the

infrastructure for the paid advertisement is erected does not have any khata from

BBMP, then the owner of the property or land is liable to pay to BBMP as penalty,

an amount equal to twice the applicable property tax for the full land or property

during the time period the advertisement infrastructure remains erected thereon.

NOTE: The advertisement fee payable to the BBMP is only for the rights to

do advertisements for or on behalf of others. No right whatsoever accrues to such

an advertiser merely by virtue of payment of advertisement fee to BBMP to erect or

display any advertisement or display on any property or land or plot falling on the

assigned road or area or Circle without independently taking permission of the

owner thereof and entering into a proper agreement for the same. The

moneypayable to the owner of the property or land for such a usage by the licensed

advertiser shall be over and above the advertisement fees payable to the BBMP and

are left to be decided between the licensed advertiser and the property owner.

(viii) The BBMP, through its Zonal Commissioner and authorized officers,

shall enforce these bye-laws to ensure that no unauthorized advertisement comes

up on any road or Circle or area, including the roads, circles and areas allotted to

the licensed advertisers. Any unauthorized advertisement shall be forthwith

removed and any advertisement fees or penalty or other dues with respect to such

unauthorized advertisement shall be collected and retained by the BBMP in

accordance with these bye-laws. The licensed advertiser assigned to the road or

Circle or area where the enforcement is done by BBMP, shall bound to assist the

BBMP in the enforcement and removal of the unauthorized advertisements.

(ix) The open auction/tender of the stretches of roads, circles and the areas

may be done individually or after clubbing them together in suitable lots. The

decision in this regard shall be taken by the Chief Commissioner in the best interest

of the Corporation.

(x) The assignment and all auctions/tenders with respect to advertisements

inside the properties of railway or Bengaluru MetroRailCorporation Limited

(BMRCL) or bus-stands or Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)

or Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation (BMTC) or other Government owned

Public Sector Units, which are visible to public visiting inside these properties, shall

be decided by the concerned agencies themselves as per their own rules and

procedures and the proceeds thereof shall be fully retained by these agencies:

Provided that, the advertisement revenue generated from BMRCL assets on

BBMP roads shall be shared equally between BBMP and BMRCL:

Provided further that the right to display any advertisement visible from the

public streets or roads, including on properties of any Public Sector Unit or

Government owned agency, shall be assigned only by BBMP and through public

auction/tenderspecified in these bye-laws and the advertisement fee thereof shall

be fully payable to the BBMP. The agency or the Public Sector Unit or the

department, if it so permits, is at liberty to collect Ground Rent for allowing use of

their properties for advertisement, after approval and assignment by the BBMP.

(xi) In case any category of free or self-advertisement exceeds the maximum

specified size as per provisions of these bye-laws, the same shall be liable to pay to

BBMP at applicable commercial rates for full area of the advertisement.

Illustration:If a shop is permitted for a free self-advertisement under these bye-

laws upto 150 sq. ft., but has erected self-advertisement of 175 sq. ft., then it shall

be liable to pay advertisement fee for the full 175 sq.ft. of the self-advertisement.

The same are liable be removed by the BBMP in case the same violates any of the

conditions in these bye-laws.

(xii) Any unauthorized advertisement shall be removed immediately when it

comes to notice, but both the owner of the premises or land where the unauthorized

advertisement was displayed and the advertiser are liable to pay penalty at a rate

of twice the price fixed in auction/tender for the said road or Circle:

Provided that where no such rate has been fixed, then at the rate fixed in

auction/tender for the nearest road or Circle or area or at the upset price fixed for

the said road or Circle or area in Schedule-2, whichever is higher.

(xiii) The advertisement fee for authorized advertisements or displays shall

become due to be paid one-month from the date of assignment of advertising rights

under these bye-laws. The said date shall be called the Effective Date for the

purposes of payment of advertisement fees. The penalties for unauthorized

advertisement shall be liable to be paid from the date of erection of the

infrastructure for advertisement whether actual display of advertisement is done

or not. The advertisement fees or the penalties, as the case may be, shall be paid

for each completed month from the date they become due. Any delay in payment

of the authorized advertisement dues shall be levied with interest charges at a rate

of eighteen percent (18%) for the delayed payments.

Illustration: If an advertisement rightfor an authorized advertisementis

assigned on 17.5.2023, then the Effective Date for advertisement fee shall be

17.6.2023 and its first month’s payment shall be made within 17.7.2023 and

second month’s payment within 17.8.2023 and so on. In case no payment is made

until 23.10.2023, then interest at the rate of 18% shall be charged for 98 days of

delay for first monthly payment, 67 days of delay for the secondmonthly payment,

36 days of delay for thirdmonthly payment and 6 days of delay for fourth monthly

payment.

(xiv) Any arrears or unpaid demand for the advertisement from either a

licensed advertiser or anyone who is liable to pay the advertisement fee or penalty

or interest, if it remains unpaid despite becoming due, shall be recovered mutatis

mutandis in the manner prescribed for recovery of demand or arrears of property

tax, including by seizure or distraint and distress sale of the moveable properties,

attachment of bank accounts or immovable properties and distress sale of

immovable properties of the person liable to pay the same. Such a defaulter shall

be liable for criminal action under section 326 of the Act.

(xv) The BBMP shall endeavor to bring the implementation and management

of all advertising activities, issuance of licenses and approval or decision ONLINE,

through appropriate software as expeditiously as possible. Once the same is done

then all the relevant activities and actions specified under these bye-laws shall be

done on and through the said software.

Note:(i) Tenders for all advertisementdisplays in BBMP jurisdiction shall be

invited and processed by BBMP.

(ii) Zone-wise tenders shall be called by BBMP, in accordance with these bye-

laws.

(xvi) There shall be reservation for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled

Tribes

assignment

the

rights

advertisements/displays on behalf of the others as per percentage

fixed by the Government for reservation for the Scheduled Caste and

the Scheduled Tribe from time to time.

4. Licensed or registered advertisers.-(1)No person except the licensed or

registered advertiser shall be allowed to undertake display of advertisements on

behalf of other persons or agencies or participate in the public auction/tender for

advertising rights on the roads or Circles that BBMP may notify. These persons or

agencies shall mandatorily enroll themselves as licensed or registered advertisers

with the BBMP by furnishing the required information, documents, security, as

may be determined by Chief Commissioner and shall pay the license fee or

registration fee and security deposit as may be determined by the Chief

Commissioner from time to time.

(2) Persons intending to entrust the work of displaying advertisement on

their behalf shall not entrust it to anyone other than a licensed or registered

advertiser under these bye-laws.

(3)

A licensed or registered advertiser shall be awarded a road or a Circle or

an area, duly notified by the Chief Commissioner, through an open

auction/tenderthrough

e-procurement,

conducted

per

the

Karnataka

Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000), where

the licensed or registered advertiser may display or cause to display the

advertisements and he shall ensure that up-to-date and regular fee due thereon is

paid to the BBMP as per these bye-laws.

(4)

The licensed or registered advertiser shall maintain proper record of

advertisements displayed by him and produce the same whenever required for

inspection by the Chief Commissioner or Zonal Commissioner or any other officer

authorized by either of them, in this behalf.

(5)

Any display of paid advertisement on behalf of or for others by anyone

other than a licensed or registered advertiser shall be treated as unauthorized and

shall be immediately removed and shall be liable for further action under these

bye-laws, including filing of criminal case under section 326 of the Act.

5. Grant of license.-(1)Every application for a license to an agency for

registration shall be made to the Chief Commissioner in Form-I with required

enclosures, along with the challan for payment of registration or license fee of

rupees five lakhs for a term of three years. The registration or the license fee may

be revised from time to time by the Chief Commissioner and he may create different

categories of licensed advertisers and specify different license fees applicable to be

paid by them.

(2) The License shall be issued in Form-II.

(3) The period of license shall be for three years:

Provided that it may be extended from time to time for a further period of

three years at a time.

(4) Applicant may appeal against decisions of the Chief Commissioner with

respect to licensing or registration, to the Advertisement Regulatory Committee

constituted under these bye-laws.

(5) The Chief Commissioner shall cause to maintain a comprehensive

laws. The issue of licenses and permissions for advertisements shall be through a

zero physical contact, online single window system with live updation, which shall

be established within ninety days from the date of these bye-laws coming into

effect. The online single window system shall also contain the aforementioned

continually updated and shall be made available for unrestricted public viewing.

(6) The licensed or registered advertiser already registered under any of the

previous bye-laws shall be deemed to be registered or licensed under these bye-

laws:

Provided that in case any license or registration isfor more than three years

old, the same shall be renewed within two months from the date of these bye-laws

coming into force, failing which the said license or registration shall be deemed to

have expired.

Provided that, the Chief Commissioner may specify that application and

grant of licenses shall be ONLINE through software, whereafter the same shall be

the mode to apply and obtain the advertisement licenses.

6. Refusal to grant license.-(1) The Chief Commissioner shall refuse to

grant license to an agency where,-

(i) the individual or agency, any of its directors, owners or promoters has

been debarred from the display of advertisement by the Government or any

Corporation or by any agency owned and/or controlled by the Government;

(ii) the individual or agency, its directors, owners or promoters are in arrears

of payment of any dues to the BBMP;

(iii) the authorized signatory of the agency has earlier been the authorized

signatory of any company which is in arrears of payment of any dues to BBMP; or

(iv) it is in unauthorized occupation of the immovable property of the BBMP

or the Government.

7. Public auction or calling for tender for grant of advertising rights for

notified road stretches, circles and areas.-(1)The Special Commissioner in-

charge of advertisements shall cause to put to public auction or call for tender, the

road stretches, circles and other areas or locations within the limits of BBMP as

notified by the Chief Commissioner, for grant of advertising rightsin accordance

with the provisions of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act,

1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000) and rules made thereunder.

(2) Any licensed or registered advertiser who is eligible to participate in the

said auction/tender can participate by applying and obtaining an application

number by payment of non-refundable application fee of rupees one thousand:

Provided that, the Chief Commissioner may increase the application fee not

exceeding five percent in a year.

(a) Any licensed or registered advertiser shall not be eligible to participate in

auction /tender in case he has unpaid over dues for advertisement or ground

rent or any other advertisement related dues of the BBMP. In this Regard the

bidder or the license holder shall upload “No due certificate “from the concerned

government department or advertisement or other department of BBMP stating

that the agency /person/firm/proprietor /has no over dues from Advertisements

or Ground rent or related to the same

(3) There shall be a fixed minimum price of the advertisement for each such

road stretch or Circle or the area put to auction/tender called the Minimum Upset

Price. No auction/tender bid below the said price for the said road or circle or the

area, as the case may be, shall be accepted.

(4) The minimum upset price for a road or a circle or an area shall be

calculated by multiplying the rate per square meter or per square foot for the

advertisement on the said road or circle or the area, with the total potential area

available for advertisement therein. The road or circle or area wise per square meter

or foot rate shall be as given under Schedule-1. The Table in bye-law 3 gives the

potential for a given length of a road or a circle or an area.

Illustration:A Road of 83 feet width and 2 km length and has a rate of Rs.

50/- per square foot per month as per Schedule-1. Then as per Table in clause (iii)

of bye-law 3, for this 83 feet road, the maximum allowed paid advertisements are

1000 sq ft per 100 meter length. Therefore, for 2 km road length it would be

2000/100 x 1000 = 20000 sq.ft. permissible paid advertisement. The minimum

auction price shall be Rs. 50 x 20000 = Rs. 10 lakh per month for the said road.

(5) A single bidder may bid for as many road stretches or circles or areas as

he wishes. Sub-letting shall not be permitted.

(6) The auction/tender shall be done for each individual road stretch or circle

or area or in such suitable lots as may be notified by the Chief Commissioner and

the bidder who bids the highest per month rate shall be the auction winner.

(7)

The auction/tender winner shall deposit five months winning monthly

payable amount as interest free security deposit with the BBMP:

Provided that ten percent of the total interest free security deposit amount to

be deposited by the auction/tender winner shall be deposited with the BBMP within

two hours of the bid being declared successful, failing which the bid shall be

rejected for default and the bidder shall be treated as defaulter and disallowed from

further bidding. The said road stretch or circle or the area shall be put to

auction/tender again.

(8)

The remaining ninety percent of the five months’ winning monthly

payable rate shall be deposited within fifteen days of date of declaration of

auction/tender as successful, failing which the bid shall stand rejected for default

and the bidder shall be treated as a defaulter and the ten percent bid amount

deposited with BBMP shall automatically stand forfeited, without any

encumbrance on the road or circle or the area to the BBMP for the default. Such a

defaulter bidder shall be barred from bidding for a period of one year from the date

of forfeiture of the deposit amount:

Provided that the license of any licensed or registered Advertiser who defaults

twice in depositing the security deposit after winning the bid, shall be suspended

and in case he fails to show cause within fifteen days of suspension, the license

shall be cancelled, his security deposit, if any, forfeited and the licensed advertiser

shall be barred from obtaining license for a period of three years.

(9)

The advertisement for auction/tender shall contain details such as type

of auction/tender (online or physical), venue (if applicable), application fee, details

of the road or circle or the area being put to auction/tender for advertisement rights

and the Minimum Auction Upset Price, contact details of the Auction/tender Nodal

Officer and the advertisement for auction/tender shall be issued at least ten days

in advance from the date of auction/tender, in at least one English and one

Kannada newspaper with wide circulation in Bengaluru and Karnataka. The copies

thereof shall be pasted in the BBMP head office, all the Zonal Office and all the

offices of the Regional and Assistant Regional Officers for display in their respective

office Notice Boards. The advertisement shall also be put on the BBMP website. The

auction/tender shall be on e-Procurement portal of the Government.

(10) The final auction/tender winner shall be notified in terms of the

application number and name and other details of the applicant.

(11) The Special Commissioner in charge of advertisements shall make

detailed proceedings of the auction/tender with the name and all relevant details

of the auction/tender winners for each road stretch or the circle or the area, as the

case may be, and submit to the Chief Commissioner for approval and the

agreement shall be entered into with the auction/tender winner by the Special

Commissioner in charge of advertisements, after the said approval.

(12) The advertisement fee as per the winning bid amount shall be paid every

month and any default therein shall be dealt with as per the provisions of these

bye-laws.

8. Information as to erection or display of any paid advertisement by

the licensed or registered advertiser and approval thereof.- (1) Every licensed

or registered advertiser who has been assigned paid advertisement rights over any

road or circle or an area shall inform and apply in writing or throughonline system,-

(a) prior to every display or erection of any new or fresh infrastructure

for advertisement by him in Form-III; and

(b) for renewal of an existing advertisement which was previously

approved as a new advertisement under clause (a),in Form-VI;

to the concerned Zonal Commissioner, wherein the said area or road or circle

is located:

Provided that in case the same is split over more than one zone then to the

Zonal Commissioner under whom the majority of the road or circle or area lies.

(2) The Zonal Commissioner shall approve or reject the same within fifteen

days from the date of receipt of application:

Provided that in case no order to either approve or reject is issued within

fifteen days of the receipt of application from the advertiser, the same shall be

deemed to be duly approved. The approval in such a case shall be automatically

and digitally signed and issued by the software once the same is rolled out and

until then the advertiser may act on the “deemed approved” clause without waiting

for the manually signed approval.

Note: This clause applies only to a licensed advertiser who has been duly

allotted a stretch of road or circle or an area under these bye-laws and with respect

to advertisements on the said road stretch or circle or area.

(3) The approval of the application for fresh or new advertisement shall be in

Form III-A and rejection thereof shall be in Form III-B. The approval of the

application for renewal of an existing advertisement shall be in Form VI-A and

rejection thereof shall be in Form VI-B.

(4) Every application under clause (1) shall contain the following, namely:-

(i) a plan of the advertisement to be erected or displayed indicating the

height and other dimensions and the material proposed to be used as approved by

a qualified Engineer;

(ii) a no objection certificate and agreement copy from the owner of the land

or building where the advertisement is to be erected in a private land or building

or a no objection certificate and/or agreement from the concerned State or Central

Government Department, if the advertisement is to be erected on the land of the

State or Central Government or a no objection certificate from the Chief

Commissioner of the BBMP if the advertisement is to be erected on BBMP land or

building:

Provided that, in respect of the State and Central Government land or

building, the no objection certificate shall be issued by an officer not below the rank

of an Assistant Executive Engineer.

NOTE: The advertisement fee payable to the BBMP is only for the rights to

do advertisements for or on behalf of others. No right whatsoever accrues to such

an advertiser merely by virtue of payment of advertisement fee to BBMP to erect or

display any advertisement on any property or land or plot falling on the assigned

road or area or circle without independently taking permission of the owner thereof

and entering into a proper agreement for the same. The moneys payable to the

owner of the property or land for such a usage by the licensed advertiser shall be

over and above the advertisement fee payable to BBMP and are shall be decided

between the licensed advertiser and the property owner.

(iii) a Google Map and Dishaank Map indicating the proposed location of the

advertisement, along with the latitude and longitude of the location;

(iv) structural stability certificate and the Occupancy certificate of the

building (wherever obtaining an occupancy certificate for such building is

mandatory), in case of the advertisement proposed for erection on any existing

building; and

(v) In case of any B-Register property used for display of advertisement, the

said property shall be liable to pay as penalty an amount equal to the applicable

property tax.

(5) Any advertisement erected or displayed without prior information in

accordance with this bye-law shall be treated as unauthorized and liable for penalty

at twice the per square foot rate over and above the monthly advertisement fee

payable andthe advertisement shall be immediately removed, as specifiedin these

bye-laws.

(6) The advertising agency shall put its particulars and permission or

approval number with a QR-Code, in a manner as may be specified by the BBMP

on the advertisement, failing which the advertisement shall be treated as

unauthorized and shall be removed immediately and shall be liable to pay penalty

at twice the per square foot rate.

(7) Any change of location of display including Legacy Advertisement Bill

boards by an advertiser, within his assigned area, may be done following the same

process as is given in clauses (1), (2) and (3).

9. Appeal and Revision.–(1)Any appeal against any decision or order by the

Joint Commissioner or by the Zonal Commissioner under these bye-laws shall lie

to the Special Commissioner in-charge of advertisements and from his orders to

the Chief Commissioner. The revision on any decision of the Chief Commissioner

shall lie with the Advertisement Regulatory Committee.

(2) The procedureto be followed in appeal shall be as follows, namely:-

(i) appeal shall be filed with the copy of the order appealed against within

thirty days from the receipt of the order of an authority or when the course of action

arose, whichever is later along with appeal fee as may be specified by the BBMP:

Provided that no appeal shall be admitted with respect to a demand notice

issued for payment or recovery of advertisement fee and/or interest or any penalty,

unless the appellant makes a prior deposit of at least fifty percent of the demanded

amount with the BBMP.

Provided further that in case of appeal being successful resulting in refund

either in part or full of the already deposited amount, the same shall be immediately

refunded by the BBMP or adjusted against any other pending or future

advertisement fee or other levies.

(ii) for sufficient cause, the appellate authority at his discretion may condone

delay of filing the appeal up to thirty days;

(iii) Appellate authority shall, as far as possible, decide the appeal within four

weeks; and

(iv) during the pendency of appeal in any forum, the hoarding owner or

license holder shall not display any advertisement on the concerned hoarding.

10. Renewal of License.-Every license granted under these bye-laws may be

renewed three months before its date of expiry and in case it has already expired

then immediately. The application for renewal of license shall be made to the Chief

Commissioner in Form-I three months before the date of expiry of the license and

the provisions applicable to the grant of license shall mutatis mutandis apply to

the renewal of license. The fee and security deposit specified for license shall be

applicable for renewal also.

11. Manner of display of advertisement on vehicles/mobile displays.-

(1) No advertisement shall be displayed without the written permission of the

Chief Commissioner, which shall be obtained after submitting an application in the

Form-V for Mobile Displays to the Advertisement department of the BBMP (or

through online system). The maximum size shall be as specified in these bye-laws.

The approval shall be issued in Form-VA and rejection with reasons in Form V-B.

(2) No vehicle carrying the advertisement shall display any advertisement in

a manner, form or method different from that which is approved by the Chief

Commissioner:

Provided that the same shall in be in due conformity with the Motor Vehicle

Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) and rules made thereunder.

(3) No Mobile display shall be allowed to be parked within ten meters of any

road-over-bridge, road-under-bridge or fly-over or traffic junction.

(4) Agencies displaying advertisements on other mobile media like BMTC

buses or other vehicles belonging to the Government or Semi-Government or

private organizations shall submit the list of vehicles along with registration

numbers of the vehicles before displaying advertisement and the intended period

of display to the Advertisement Department of the B.B.M.P. The Application shall

be accompanied with a letter of no-objection from the owners of the vehicle

(e.g.BMTC) giving the number of vehicles and the period of display applied for. The

B.B.M.P shall then compute the taxes applicable and inform the same in writing to

the agency. This information may be submitted by the owner of the vehicle also

and the advertisements fee to be paid may be paid either by the vehicle owner or

the advertiser.

(5) Advertisement fee shall be due immediately upon according of permission

in this regard and the advertiser or the owner of the vehicle shall be liable to pay

the advertisement fee and the same shall be deposited within seven days the

demand becoming due for each month. In case of default in payment of the

advertisement fee, the same becomes recoverable as per provisions for recovery of

advertisement fee with interest under these bye-laws.

(6) The vehicles permitted to display advertisements as per this bye–law shall

mandatorily display the permission order with its number and the name of the

agency, in the manner as specified in these bye–laws.

(7) Mobile advertisements shall include vehicles carrying the products of

manufacturers. However, in such cases, the advertisements shall be treated on par

with self – advertisements:

Provided that, such self-advertisement shall require the prior permission of

the Chief Commissioner and the rate of advertisement tax will be on par with that

of mobile advertisements.

(8) Mobile advertisements may, at the discretion of the Chief Commissioner,

be refused if in his opinion, these lead to traffic congestion or disruption or the

locations applied for are in congested commercial places.

12. Prohibition of erection, exhibition, fixation andretention of display

of advertisement without permission.-No person shall erect, exhibit, fix or retain

upon or over any land, building, wall, hoarding, frame, post, kiosks, structure,

vehicle, neon-sign or sky-sign, any advertisement or display to public view in any

manner whatsoever in any place within the jurisdiction of the BBMP without

the prior written permission of the Chief Commissioner either as a general

permission for a road or a circle or an area or individually for an advertisement:

Provided that the same may be accorded by the Zonal Commissioner as

specifically delegated under these bye-laws or by such authority as may be

delegated by the Chief Commissioner by an order in this regard.

13. Prohibition of erection, exhibition, fixation, retention of display of

advertisements.-(1)The erection, exhibition, fixation or retention of display of the

following advertisements shall be prohibited, namely:-

(1) within fifty meters from religious places, measured along the roads, on

which temples, mosques, gurudwaras, churches and other such religious places

are situated and hundred meters from religious places on roads leading exclusively

to temples, churches, mosques and gurdwaras;

(2) within five meters of the edge of any fly-over, railway over-bridge, elevated

corridor, communication tower and buildings and within fifteenmeters from

BWSSB water tank and transmission tower over land;

(3) on any other street, road, crossing, junction, place, area, locality or part

thereof as may be decided by the Chief Commissioner from time to time, in public

interest for reasons to be recorded in writing;

(4) in the World Heritage areas;

(5) in national parks, forests and water bodies;

(6)

in areas classified as remnant endangered regional ecosystems;

(7)

any advertisement which may cause damage to the amenities or

obstruct the view of any historic public building or buildings of national

importance, monument etc.;

(8)

advertisement which may cause distraction to motorists thereby

endangering public safety;

(9)

advertisements which may interfere with, obstruct the view of, or may

be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device because of its position,

shape or colour, including signs illuminated in red, green or amber colour to

resemble a traffic signal, and advertisement which make use of words STOP, LOOK,

DETOUR, DANGER, CAUTION, WARNING, or such other word, phrase, symbol

or character in a manner that misleads, interferes with, or confuses with

authorized traffic message;

(10) advertisement proposed at any of the prohibited places including those

listed in Schedule-1:

Provided that the Chief Commissioner may add more areas or spots or

locations to Schedule-1 as deemed necessary.

(11) display of posters, graffiti or any other form of advertisement that may

lead to disfigurement and compromise the city aesthetics;

(12) advertising in any manner or cause to be advertised, through any

advertisement stuck, nailed, tied, attached, fixed or in any other manner on any tree;

(13) carrying of advertisement on animals, animal drawn vehicles

or carriages or using live animals to advertise; and

(14) the Negative list of advertisement includes the following namely:-

(a) Nudity;

(b)

(Racial advertisements or advertisements propagating caste, community

or ethnic differences;

(d)

advertisements propagating exploitation of women or child;

(e) advertisement having sexual overtone;

(f) advertisement depicting cruelty to animals;

(g) advertisement depicting any nation or institution in poor light;

(h)

advertisement casting aspersion of any brand or any person;

(i) advertisement banned by the Advertisement Council of India or by law;

(j) advertisement glorifying violence;

(k)

destructive devices and explosives depicting items;

(l) lottery tickets, sweepstakes entries and slot machines related

advertisements;

(m) any psychedelic, laser or moving displays;

(n)

advertisement of weapons and related items (such as firearms,

firearm parts and magazines, ammunition etc.,);

(o)

advertisements which may be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully

threatening or unlawfully harassing;

(p)

advertisements which may be obscene or contain pornography

or contain an "indecent representation of women" within the meaning of the

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (Central Act 60 of 1986);

(q)

Advertisement linked directly or indirectly to or include the

description of items, goods or services that are prohibited under any applicable

law for the time being in force, including but not limited to the Drugs and

Cosmetics Act, 1940 (Central Act 23 of 1940), the Drugs And Magic Remedies

(Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 (Central Act 21 of 1954)and the Indian

Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860); or

(r) any other items considered inappropriate by the Advertisement

Regulatory Committee.

(2) Whether any advertisement falls under above Clauses or not shall be

decided by the Zonal Commissioner.

14. Restrictions on display of the hoardings and advertisements.-(1)No

hoarding shall be permitted at intersection for a distance of fifty feet from the stop

line of each approach road.

(2) No hoarding shall be permitted in the compulsory open space required to

be maintained under the provisions of the Act, rules andbye-laws made

thereunder, including publicrecreation grounds, playgrounds, parks and gardens.

(3) No hoarding shall be permitted on buildings of archaeological,

architectural, aesthetical and historical and heritage importance.

(4) No hoarding shall be permitted in river beds, lakes and water bodies.

(5) In case of illuminated or neon-sign hoardings following restrictions shall

be imposed, namely:-

(i) the level of luminance shall not exceed a source limit of 1rd/cm square

and Illumination shall not be continued after 11:00p.m.;

(ii) the neon-signs in residential premises shall not be flickering;

(iii) the neon-signs shall be put off by 10:00 p.m.; and

(iv) no video or moving digital advertisements shall be allowed and LED

Displays etc. shall be still only changing of images after minimum ten seconds shall

be permissible.

(6) No advertisement shall be permitted on the traffic lights or High Mast

lights or street lights or electric poles on the roads or circles.

(7) No hoarding shall be permitted which may obstruct the light or

ventilation of any premises.

(8) Not more than two hoarding per 400 sq. mtrs. of plot area shall be

permitted on private properties or layouts. For every additional 400 sq. mtrs of

area, another two hoardings may be allowed. To avoid appearance of clutter, these

shall be erected back to back, in the form of a “V” or separately facing the opposing

traffic on the road.

(9) No hoarding shall be permitted on the walls other than dead walls of any

building except wrap up neon or digital advertisements subject to other provisions

of the Act and these bye-laws.

(10)

No diesel generator sets shall be allowed to illuminate hoardings as

they create noise and air pollution.

(11)

No hoarding shall be erected to a height exceeding 25.0 meters above

the road level.

(12)

There shall be no hoarding or advertisement on footpath.

(13)

No hoarding shall be projected on a public road.

(14)

No hoarding shall be permitted one above another.

(15)

Display of advertisement by means of wall painting shall not be

permitted.

(16)

Clubbing of the hoardings shall not be allowed except as “V”structure.

(17)

No hoarding shall be permitted in the following conditions, namely:-

(a) any hoarding erected in such manner and at such place, which may

cause obstruction or interference with the visibility of approaching, merging or

intersecting traffic;

(b) the hoarding which may obstruct the vision of the sunrise or sunset from

a location designated for such vision;

and Country Planning Act, 1961(Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) is pending either at

BBMP level or in a court of law or the owner of the building has been issued with

a stop work notice under any law;

(d) the building, which has been declared dangerous (partly or fully) or has

been issued with a notice under the Act;

(e) an advertisement which may offend public moral and decency shall not

be permitted. If the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the contents of display

there of violates norms of public normality and decency, the agency shall forthwith

remove the display, after receipt of such intimation in writing;

(f) an advertisement which is in such form as it may obstruct the path of

pedestrians and obstruct their visibility;

(g) an advertisement which is likely to affect any local amenity;

(h) an advertisement which may obstruct the visibility of any existing

advertisement; and

(i) if the hoarding or advertisement is not designed and constructed in

accordance with building and fire codes.

15. Removal of advertisements or displays.-(1) In case of prohibited or

unauthorized advertisements and displays,-

(i) no advertisement or display or its infrastructure which is prohibited or

without valid permission or otherwise violates any of the provisions of these bye -

laws shall be erected or continued to be displayed;

(ii) if the same comes to the notice of the BBMP, it shall be removed by the

Chief Commissioner or the Zonal Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner, after

a written notice of seven days in Form-VII:

Provided that any unauthorized erection or display of advertisement on road

or footpath or any land or property owned by the Government or BBMP or any

Government owned Public Sector Unit or agency shall be removed immediately

without any written notice.

(iii) apart from the removal, in case of private lands or properties, the owner

of the property or land where infrastructure for unauthorized advertisement was

created or unauthorized advertisement was displayed, is liable to pay penalty at

the rate that is twice the rate fixed in auction/tender for the said road or circle or

area:

Provided that where no such rate has been fixed then at twice the rate fixed

in auction/tender for the nearest road or circle or area or twice the upset price

fixed for the said road or circle or area, whichever is higher.

(iv) the recovery of penalty shall be together with the cost of removal of the

unauthorized advertisement infrastructure and the advertisement or display;

(v) the penalty shall be liable to be paid from the date of erection of

infrastructure to display the advertisement:

Provided that the BBMP reserves the right to recover the above dues for the

unauthorized advertisement from the advertiser instead of the owner.

Provided further that, the advertiser may be blacklisted from obtaining

license for advertisement from the BBMP and in case he already has a license, then

his license shall be immediately suspended and then shall be cancelled after issue

of a seven days notice in Form-VII.

(2) in case of authorized advertisement in default of payment of

advertisement fees or interest,-

(i) any non-payment of advertisement fees or the interest as per the

provisions of these bye-laws for advertisement or its infrastructure which is

otherwise erected or displayed with permission or in accordance with these bye-

laws, shall attract an interest at a rate of eighteen percent per annum for the period

of the delay in payment. The method of calculation of delay shall be as specified

under bye-law 3;

(ii) in case of default in payment, the Zonal Commissioner shall issue a

Defaulter-Demand-cum-Show Cause Notice in Form-VIII demanding the payment

of the advertisement dues and the applicable interest and penalties, if any;

(iii) the advertiser shall comply with the Defaulter-Demand-cum-Show Cause

Notice or reply giving cause within seven days from the date of its receipt;

(iv) the Chief Commissioner or the Zonal Commissioner or the Joint

Commissioner, as the case may be, shall give an opportunity to hear the advertiser

and pass the order, in not more than twenty days from the date of issuance of the

original Defaulter-Demand-cum-show-cause notice;

(v) the advertiser shall comply with the order immediately and in case the

advertiser fails to comply with the order, then the Zonal Commissioner or the Joint

Commissioner shall cause it to be implemented including the removal of the

advertisement and/or recovery of the dues;

(vi) the approval or assignment of the advertisement rights in favour of such

a licensed advertiser shall be immediately suspended and his license shall be

cancelled after issuing a seven days notice in Form-VIII and order issued thereupon

and he shall be blacklisted;and

(vii) in case of failure to pay the advertisement fee, penalty, interest etc.

within fifteen days of the order in this regard, the same may be recovered along

with the cost of such a removal, from the advertiser or the owner of the property or

land as arrears of advertisement fee and in the manner specified for recovery of the

same under these bye-laws.

16. Hoardings and their content criteria.-(1)For all categories of displays

and advertisements, the text elements on an advertising or display device face

should be easily discernible to travelling motorists to minimize driver distraction

and a sign shall be quickly and easily interpreted so as to convey the required

advertising or display message to the viewer and reduce the period of

distraction.

(2)

The content or graphic layout exhibited on advertising or display device

panel shall avoid hard-to-read and overlay intricate type faces and have letter styles

that are appropriate. Under no circumstances shall, the device contain information

in text sizes, which would necessitate the driver or passenger in a moving vehicle

to stop, read and/or note down, which may be detrimental to the smooth flow of

traffic and distracting for the driver.

(3)

All signs shall be so designed as to maintain a proportion where, as a

general rule, letters shall not appear to occupy more than twenty five percent of the

sign area, unless otherwise permitted by the BBMP.

17. Advertisements or displays for which neither permission nor

payment is required.-(1)The following types of advertisements, excluding

illuminated advertisements and sky-signs, shall not be required to obtain

permission or make payment provided their size is within the limits prescribed

under these bye-laws:-

(i) self-advertisements displayed within window of a building; or

(ii) self-advertisement or advertisement related to the trade or business

carried on within the land or building upon or over which such advertisement

is exhibited, or to sale or letting of such land or building or any effects therein or

to sale, entertainment or meeting to be held upon in such land or building; or

(iii) advertisements or display related to the name of the land or building or

occupier or owner, upon or over which the advertisement or display is exhibited;

(iv) advertisement or display related to the own activities by any railways

including metro or state transport or any Government owned agencies or

departments; or

(e) advertisement exhibited inside the train or metro coaches.

(2) In case, the free advertisement exceeds the maximum permissible area

permitted for an individual advertisement, the full advertisement shall become

liable for payment of advertisement fee as specified under bye-law 3.

18. Advertisement on public infrastructure, Legacy Advertisements and

existing public-private-partnership and other agreements or permissions.-

(1)The right to display advertisement on public infrastructure, including those

created in stretches of roads or circles or areas assigned to a licensed or registered

advertiser in accordance with these bye-laws, shall be assigned independently, by

way of a public auction/tender or through a Public Private Partnership in due

compliance of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 1999

(Karnataka Act 29 of 2000) and rules made thereunder.

(2) These advertisements shall not be counted for the purpose of calculating

the upper limit on the area permitted for display of advertisements to a bid winner

of a road stretch or a circle or an area, where such public infrastructure may come

up. In such cases unless the auction/tender or rate discovery under the Karnataka

Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000) is of the

rate of advertisement fees payable, the advertisement fee shall be separately

payable at the rate otherwise fixed as minimum auction price or rate for the said

road or circle under Schedule-2:

Provided that where no such rate has been fixed or available then at the

minimum upset price or rate fixed for the nearest road or circle or area under

Schedule-2.

Provided further that, the right to advertise on public infrastructure already

assigned to persons or agencies, including in Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Projects, with due approval of the BBMP, before these bye-laws, shall be saved.

Provided also that the size, height and ground clearance shall be brought in

conformity with Schedule-3 in these bye-laws. The said person or agency shall be

liable to pay to the BBMP the advertisements fee or levies as per the valid and

continuing agreement, duly entered into by them with the authority which has

assigned them those rights. The rate of advertisement fee payable for such

advertisement, subject to such rate as may be specifically written in the agreement,

shall be the rate fixed as minimum auction or the upset rate for the said road or

circle.

Provided also that, where no such rate has been fixed or available then at the

rate fixed for the nearest road or circle or area.

(3) In every new public private partnership project or agreement, based on

which the advertisement rights are allowed on any public infrastructure in due

conformity of the provisions of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement

Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000), the advertisement fee shall be payable at the

upset rate or price fixed for that road or circle or the area:

Provided that where no such rate has been fixed or available then at the upset

or minimum auction rate fixed for the nearest road or circle or area, as the case

may be.

(4)In determining the concession period or any other transparent criteria, as

may be adopted for the assignment of the bid, the expected revenue returns, cost

of infrastructure, maintenance and the period of concession and amount that the

bidder bids for the concession, if any, shall be taken into consideration. The

expected Internal Rate of Return and Net Present Value that accrues to the bidder

shall be evaluated before the Public Private Partnership project or agreement based

assignment of the advertisement right on any public infrastructure.

(5) The following categories of public infrastructure may be used for display

of paid advertisement on commercial considerations, namely:-

(i) Metro infrastructure such as piers, viaduct and outside of stations and

depots;

(ii) Travel and Transit Management Centers;

(iii) Bus shelter;

(iv) Foot over bridges or skywalks;

(v) Public Toilets including e-Toilets;

(vi) Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Traffic Police Chowki; and

(vii) any

other

Public

Private

Partnership

project

creating

public

infrastructure.

(6) In case of the existing authorized Legacy Advertisements:-

(i) the existing authorized Legacy Advertisements which were permitted

prior to these bye-laws shall be saved and continue to be allowed as per the original

agreement or permission, except the size, height, and ground clearance which shall

be brought in conformity with these bye-laws, within a period of six months from

the date of coming into force of these bye-laws;

(ii) the advertiser shall apply in Form-IV and obtain the approval for

continuation of display of the advertisement as per the original time limit specified

in the original agreement or permission in Form-IVA within three months of these

bye-laws andafter three months the same shall be treated as unauthorized and

action shall be taken thereon as specifiedunder these bye-laws for unauthorized

advertisements;

(iii) in this context, unless the agreement specifically fixes a rate for

advertisement fee or tax and if so fixed then, the said rate continues to be binding

as under the agreement and the advertisement fee payable shall be at the rate

obtained in the auction/tender for the said road or circle:

Provided that where no such rate has been fixed then at the rate fixed in

auction/tender for the nearest road or circle or area or at the upset price fixed for

the said road or circle or area, whichever is higher.

(iv) The display of legacy advertisements not conforming to size, height and

ground clearance as specified under these bye-laws shall not be allowed after the

grace period of six months.

19. Norms with respect to hoarding or billboard.-(1)It shall not be

permissible to erect hoarding larger in size as specified in Schedule-3.

(2) A minimum distance of two meters shall be maintained beyond the edge

of the right of way.

(3) The advertisement along roads shall not be permitted within a distance

of twenty five meters from the stop line of the approach road or junction.

(4) Sandwich (back to back) and ‘V’ shape hoarding having standard size

shall be permitted.

(5) The structural framework supporting the advertisement board shall not

be outsized compared to the permitted board size and shall be within tolerance

limits on either side laterally. No vertical tolerance shall be permitted except the

columns up to the ground clearance. Any incremental deviation shall be deemed

to be an increase in the size of the advertisement board against norms and breach

of the terms and conditions of the permit.

(6) Construction fence may be allowed as no lit special advertising structure,

temporary in nature, which shall be non-standard advertising field, subject to the

height restriction specified in these bye-laws.

20.

Inspection of advertisements.-The Chief Commissioner or the Zonal

Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner or any officer authorized by them in this

behalf shall make periodical inspection of advertisements erected and verify

whether advertisements are being maintained in accordance with the conditions

specified in the license. During such inspection, if it is noticed that the

advertisements are not in accordance with provisions of the Act and these bye-laws

and the conditions of the license, the Chief Commissioner or the Zonal

Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner shall take such action as specified under

these bye-laws.

21.

Defacement of the sign or mark or letter of advertisement

prohibited.-No person shall deface or cause to be defaced any sign or mark or letter

or words, that shall have been put by the Chief Commissioner on the

advertisements erected, exhibited, fixed, retained or displayed in token of their

having been permitted or approved by him and of the fee having been collected

thereon. The same shall be handled as per provisions of the relevant laws in this

regard.

22. Permission for free advertisement.-The Chief Commissioner or the

Zonal Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner may grant permission for free

display of advertisements to any department or organization belonging to the

Central or State Government or to the BBMP or any other Not-for-ProfitInstitution

or organization or trust for displaying public interest messages, with reasonable

restrictions and such other terms and conditions as may be decided the Chief

Commissioner.

23. Advertisement

Regulatory

committee.-(1)

AnAdvertisement

Regulatory Committee shall be constituted at the highest level to accord prior

approval to advertisement agencies or sites or devices after rejection by the Chief

Commissioner or by the Competent Authority appointed by the Chief

Commissioner.

(2) The Committeeshall be the first stage of appeal for all rejected

applications or for removal of devices order made by the Chief Commissioner, which

may endanger safety of the public.

(3) It shall meet once a month to monitor the compliance, enforcement and

removal of unauthorized advertisement devices and those affecting the safety of the

public.

(4) The Advertisement Regulatory Committee shall consist of the following

members, namely:-

(i)

The Additional Chief Secretary to

Government,Urban development

Department

Ex-officio

Chairperson

(ii)

The Commissioner of Police,

Bengaluru or his nominee not

below the rank of Joint

Commissioner of Police (Traffic)

Ex-officio Member

(iii)

The Managing Director, BESCOM

Ex-officio Member

(iv)

The Chairman, Tax and Finance

Committee of BBMP

Ex-officio Member

(v)

Joint/Deputy Commissioner,

Advertisement, BBMP

Ex-officio Member

(vi)

The Special Commissioner

(Estate), BBMP

Ex-officio Member

(vii)

A representative of the industry

from a Registered Outdoor

Advertisement Association

Member

(viii)

The Chief Engineer (Road

Infrastructure) BBMP

Ex-officio Member

(ix)

Special Commissioner in charge of

the Advertisements

Ex-officio

Member-Secretary

Provided that, the BBMP may add, remove or change the members of the

Committee.

24. Maintenance of registers.-A register as in Form-IX shall be maintained

by the respective Zonal Officer of BBMP regarding issue of license, permission etc.,

for erection of advertisement or hoarding and collection of fee and penalty in this

regard.

25. Bye-Laws to be available online.-A copy of these bye-laws shall be

available online, free of cost to citizens and a copy thereof shall be kept at the BBMP

offices, including at the Head office, Zonal office, RO office, ARO office and Ward

office and during office hours shall be open, free of charge for inspection by any

person.

26. Removal of difficulties.-The Chief Commissioner may issue suitable

directions and clarifications on any aspect of these bye-laws and pass appropriate

orders to remove difficulties in their implementation. The Forms attached with

these bye-laws may be suitably modified and adopted for any purposes of these

bye-laws with the approval of the Chief Commissioner.

27. Repeal and Savings.- The Bangalore MahanagaraPalike Advertisement

Bye-laws,

2006 and

the

Bruhat

Bengaluru

MahanagaraPalike

Outdoor

Advertisement and Public Message Bye-laws, 2018 are hereby repealed:

Provided that such repeal shall not affect:

(i)

(a) the previous operation of the said bye-laws or anything duly

done or suffered thereunder; or

(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or

incurred under the said bye-laws.

(ii) any reference in any bye-laws or order to the bye-laws repealed by

sub-clause (1), shall be constructed as a reference to these bye-

laws.

(iii) all proceedings commenced under the bye-laws repealed by sub-

clause(1), and pending on the date of commencement of these bye-

laws shall be continued and disposed off in accordance with the

provisions of these bye-laws.

SCHEDULE-1

(see bye-law 7)

There shall not be any display of advertisement of any type in the following

areas, namely:-

1.Kumara Krupa Road, Windsor Manor Junction to Shivananda Circle.

2.Rajbhavan Road, High Grounds to Minsk Square.

3.Sankey Road, High Grounds to Windsor Yield Signal.

4.Ambedkar Veedhi, K R Circle to Infantry Road Junction.

5.Post Office Road, K R Circle to SBI Circle (K G Road)

6.Chalukya Circle

7.Maharani College Road/Sheshadri Road

8.K R Circle

9.Environs of Cubbon Park and Lalbagh

10.Nrupatunga Road, K R Circle to Police Corner Junction

11.Palace Road, SBI Circle to Chalukya Circle.

NOTE: (1)Only exceptions shall be the advertisements displayed on the already

existing Foot Over Bridges, Sky walks, Bus Shelters and e-Toilets

constructed under Public-Private Partnership model.

(2)Chief Commissioner may add more areas to this Schedule, as may be

deemed necessary in this regard.

SCHEDULE-2

(see bye-law 3)

Sl.

Road or Area or Circle Type

Minimum Rate

per Sq Foot

per month (in

Rupees)

Any road or area or circle with Guideline Value