1984 Ed.]
Building (Planning) Regulations
[CAP. 123
F7
[Subsidiary]
PART II
PROJECTIONS
7. (1) Eaves, cornices and mouldings may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), project over a street.
(2) No eaves, cornices or mouldings shall so project for a distance of more than 750 mm or at a height of less than 2.5 m above the level of the ground.
8. No verandah shall be erected, over or upon any street or unleased Crown land.
9. No balcony shall be erected over-
(a) a road; or
(b) a street which is less than 11 m in width.
10. (1) Every canopy erected within 600 mm of the outer edge of a footpath, or projecting over a road, shall have a clear space of not less than 5 m beneath every part thereof.
(2) Every balcony or canopy erected over a footpath shall have a clear space of not less than 3.5 m beneath every part thereof:
Provided that any balcony erected within 600 mm of the outer edge of such footpath shall have a clear space of not less than 5 m beneath every part thereof.
(3) Every balcony projected from an upper storey of a building shall have a clear height upwards from the floor of such balcony of not less than the clear height of the storey from which it projects.
(4) The maximum projection of any balcony or canopy (including cornices, mouldings or other features) erected over any street shall be-
(a) one-tenth of the width of the street; or (b) 3 m,
whichever is the less:
Provided that no portion of any such balcony or canopy shall be within 4.5 m, measured horizontally, of a line drawn vertically from a point in the centre line of the street nearest to such portion of the balcony or canopy.
(5) No balcony which projects over a street, and no part of any such balcony, shall be higher than the level at which the vertical plane of maximum projection prescribed by paragraph (4) intersects the plane formed by the angle of 76° with the horizontal at the top of every part of the wall from which the balcony projects.
11. Where any balcony is erected over a street-
Eaves, cornices and mouldings. G.N.A. 83/59. L.N. 294/76.
No verandahs over streets.
No balconies over roads. L.N. 33/66. L.N. 294/76.
Balconies and canopies over streets. L.N. 54/69. L.N. 294/76. L.N. 33/66. L.N. 33/66.
Front and sides of balconies.