WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990
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PROPOSALS TO EXTEND JURISDICTION OF TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE
*
TOWN
AMENDING LEGISLATION TO EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLANNING ORDINANCE TO COVER THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GIVING IT THE POWER TO CONTROL UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS THE AREAS TO BE BROUGHT INTO ITS JURISDICTION WILL BE GAZETTED FRIDAY (JULY 27).
IN ON
ENTITLED THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE DRAFT
PROPOSES FIVE MAIN AREAS OF
то CHANGE
THE PRESENT
LEGISLATION ORDINANCE:
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TO EXTEND THE JURISDICTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO COVER THE WHOLE TERRITORY AND TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF ZONING WHICH THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD (TPB) MAY INCLUDE IN AN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN;
TO EMPOWER THE TPB TO PREPARE PLANS TO DESIGNATE ANY AREA AS "DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREAS" (DPA), WITHIN WHICH PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER SECTION 16 OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED IN THE PLAN;
TO PROVIDE FOR MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DPA;
AGAINST UNAUTHORISED
* TO PROVIDE FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY THE TPB; AND
TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
AT
THE
FOR
HAD
THE
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), A
SBCRETARY PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THE BILL BEEN REQUIRED AS
ADVANCE OF EMERGENCY INTERIM LEGISLATION IN CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE REVISION OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF CONTINUING DEGRADATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS.
BUT HE
NOT STRESSED THAT THE INTERIM AMENDMENTS WOULD WORK ON THE CURRENT COMPLETE REVISION OF THE ORDINANCE.
DELAY
MR
WHICH WAS BARNES NOTED THAT THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE,
A ENACTED IN 1939, HAD SEEN NO CHANGES IN THE LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR
HAD FEW
UNDERGONE MINOR AND PIECEMEAL AMENDMENTS ALTHOUGH HONG KONG DRAMATIC CHANGES IN ITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT SINCE THEN.
THE EXISTING TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE
ТРВ, APPOINTMENT OF THE
WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT STATUTORY BODY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, TO PREPARE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE LAY-OUT EXISTING AND POTENTIAL URBAN AREAS.
OF
OVER
THE YEARS, STATUTORY OUTLINE ZONING PLANS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE URBAN AREAS AND FOR THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THESE STATUTORY PLANS PROVIDE A BASIC FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE
AND DEVELOPMENT,
WITHIN WHICH TO OPERATE A SYSTEM OF PLANNING PERMISSION, AND HAVE PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
(OZP'S)
HAVE
/HOWEVER, MR
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