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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1993
ADDITIONAL PLOT RATIO CONTROLS TO BE INCORPORATED IN OZPS
THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD HAS AMENDED 16 OUTLINE ZONING PLANS (OZPS) IN KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL PLOT
RATIOS
TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENTS.
STUDY,
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BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A TWO-YEAR CONSULTANCY ADDITIONAL PLOT RATIO CONTROLS HAVE NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE STATUTORY OZPS TO INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES OF MAJOR LAND USES PERMISSIBLE IN KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON.
OTHER ZONING AMENDMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST PLANNING INTENTION FOR THE AREAS COVERED BY THE OZPS.
THESE 16 OZPS WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
PUBLIC MAY FORWARD THEIR VIEWS TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD, WHICH WILL PROCESS THE VIEWS ACCORDING ΤΟ THE PROCEDURES LAID DOWN IN THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE.
MEMBERS OF THE
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, DR PETER PUN, EXPLAINED THAT THE RECOMMENDED PLOT RATIO CONTROLS REPLACE THE STOP-GAP MEASURES PROVIDED UNDER THE TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE (TCO), WHICH WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
DR PUN ALSO GAVE A BRIEF RECOUNT OF THE BACKGROUND LEADING TO THE PREPARATION OF THE TWO-YEAR KOWLOON DENSITY STUDY (KDS).
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW NAVIGATIONAL AIDS AT ΚΑΙ TAK AIRPORT, AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS (AHRS) WERE GENERALLY RELAXED IN 1989,
PERMITTING HIGHER DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES FOR SOME SITES UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT EXCESSIVE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS COULD OVERLOAD THE ALREADY CONGESTED TRANSPORT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IN KOWLOON.
THE TCO WAS THEREFORE ENACTED IN JULY 1989 TO KEEP DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES TO THE LEVELS PERMITTED BEFORE FURTHER RELAXATION OF THE
AHRS.
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"THE KDS HAS CONCLUDED THAT BECAUSE OF CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS BOTH THE STRATEGIC AND LOCAL ROAD NETWORKS, SOME RESTRICTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT INTENSITIES IN KOWLOON SHOULD CONTINUE AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE TCO, DR PUN SAID.
IT HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT A UNIFORM DENSITY CONTROL BE APPLIED FOR EACH PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF LAND
USES, WITH PERMISSIBLE PLOT RATIOS SET AT LEVELS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CAPACITY OF THE STRATEGIC ROAD NETWORK, AND THAT THE RECOMMENDED PLOT RATIOS BE INCORPORATED INTO STATUTORY OZPS, DR PUN NOTED.
/DR PUN