TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1989
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MEANWHILE, APPLICATIONS TO
BUILD COMPOSITE INDUSTRIAL SITES CAN BE CONSIDERED BUILDINGS ON MERITS THROUGH THE PLANNING PERMISSION SYSTEM.
ON THEIR
INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE
INDIVIDUAL
PLANNING BOARD THE TOWN
HAD CONSULTED VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL PROFESSIONAL
ENDORSING INSTITUTES
INDUSTRIAL,
BEFORE
THE
AS RELEVANT COMPOSITE
INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE BUILDING PROPOSAL.
HAS GAINED
GENERAL
"THE PROPOSAL
SUPPORT IN VIEW OF ITS INDUSTRIAL FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING CURRENT ACCOMMODATION DEMAND OF THE SECTOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"
WITH RESPECT TO THE BOARD'S CURRENT GUIDELINE TO PERMIT WITHOUT PER CENT OF PLANNING APPLICATION AN INDUSTRIAL FIRM TO USE UP TO 30 ITS USABLE FLOOR SPACE IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR ANCILLARY
30 PER CENT RULE" WOULD PURPOSE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS APPLICABLE TO THE PROPOSED COMPOSITE INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE BUILDINGS.
ENFORCED IN
OFFICE NOT BE
FIDE
BE HOWEVER, IT WOULD STILL
BONA EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE CONTROL AGAINST ANY UNWARRANTED INFILTRATION OF NON- INDUSTRY-RELATED ACTIVITIES INTO SUCH BUILDINGS.
INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE
BUILDINGS,
COMPOSITE UNDER THE PROPOSAL OF EVERY UNIT SHOULD BE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MADE SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE USES.
BUILDING
BOTH
MUST COMPLY TO BOTH
LOADING,
TO SERVE BOTH PURPOSES, THIS NEW TYPE OF BUILDING WITH ALL THE
REGULATIONS RELEVANT
APPLICABLE
INDUSTRIAL
OFFICE BUILDINGS.
FLOOR INCLUDING COMPARTMENTATION. LIGHTING VENTILATION, PROVISIONS OF MEANS OF ESCAPE, AND SANITARY FITMENTS.
AND
MOREOVER, THERE SHOULD BE SEPARATE ENTRANCES AND FOR BOTH GOODS AND PASSENGERS IN THE COMPOSITE BUILDING.
PARKING AS
WELL
LIFT LOBBIES
FOR GOODS TRANSFER OF GOODS,
AS LOADING/UNLOADING FACILITIES VEHICLES WITHIN THE BUILDING, INCLUDING VERTICAL SHOULD ALSO MEET THE STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
PERMITTED ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL-OFFICE
RESTRICTED TO BUILDING WOULD BE
THOSE RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL AND AND NOXIOUS QUASI - INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS.
OKING TO FIRE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS. GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND SUPERMARKETS WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ALLOWED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR PETER PUN,
EXPLAIN WILL MEDIA TODAY (TUESDAY) AT DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL TO MEMBERS OF THE HIS FOURTH FLOOR OFFICE, IN MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, CENTRAL. THE SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM.
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