1961-HKRS30-8-52_Part03 — Page 7

Permitted

plot ratio.

First Schedule.

Permitted

site coverage and plot ratio may be exceeded in certain case.

20A. (1) Save as provided in regulation 208 and depending on the height of the building-

(a) the plot ratio for a domestic building on a class A site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the fifth column of the First Schedule:

(b) the plot ratio for a domestic building on a class A site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the sixth column of the First Schedule:

(c) the plot ratio for a domestic building on a clam C site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the seventh column of the First Schedule:

(d) the plot ratio for a non-domestic building on a class A site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the eleventh column of the First Schedule; (e) the plot ratio for a non-domestic building on a class B site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the twelfth column of the First Schedule; and

( the plot ratio for a non-domestic building on a class C site shall not exceed the plot ratio specified in the thirteenth column of the First Schedule.

(2) Save as provided in regulation 20B. the plot rain for the domestic part of a composite building shall not exceed the product of the difference between the permitted plot ratio for the building if it were a non-domestic building and the actual plot ratio of the non-domestic part of the building and the permitted plot ratio for the building if i were a domestic building divided by the permitted plo ratio for the building if it were a non-domestic building

(3) For the purposes of this regulation and of regula- tions 19, 20 and 20B, the plot ratio of a building shall be obtained by dividing the gross floor area of the building by the area of the site on which the building is erected.

20B. (1) Where, between ground level and a height of not less than 16 feet or, where the Building Authority & satisfied that there will be no obstruction to vehicular traffic using the street. 11 feet above ground level, a building on a class A, B or C site is set back from a boundary of the lot on which it is erected, being a boundary that abuts on á street, and, with the consent of the Government, the pir of the lot that is thereby not built upon is dedicated to the public for the purposes of passage-

(a) the site coverage for the building or for any one part of the building may exceed the permitted

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percentage site coverage, so, however, that the sile coverage therefor does not exceed that percentage of the area of the site equal to the sum of the permitted percentage site coverage for the building or for that part of the building, as the case may be, and the figure obtained by dividing the product of five thousand and the area of the lot sa dedi- cated to the public by the product of the arca of the site and the height of the building; and (5) the plot ratio for the building or, if the building is a composite building, for the domestic part of the building may exceed the permitted plot ratio, so, however, that the plot ratio therefor is not greater than the permitted plot ratio for the build- ing or for that part of the building, as the case may be, by more than twenty per centum or does not exceed the sum of the permitted plot ratio for the building or for that part of the building, as the case may be, and the figure obtained by dívid- ing the product of five and the area of the lot so dedicated to the public by the area of the site on which the building is erected, whichever is the less.

(2) Where part of a lot, being a part that abuts on a street, is acquired by the Crown, either by agreement or by resumption under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, for the purpose of street widening, the Building Authority may permit-

(a) the site coverage for a building erected on that lot, being a class A, B or site, or for any one part of the building to exceed the permitted percentage site coverage, so, however, that the site coverage therefor does not exceed that percentage of the area of the site equal to the sum of the permitted percentage site coverage for the building or for that part of the building, as the case may be, and the figure obtained by dividing the product of five thousand and the area of the part of the lot so acquired by the Crown by the product of the area of the site and the height of the building; and

(6) the permitted plot ratio for the building or, if the building is a composite building, for the domestic part of the building to exceed the permitted plot ratio, so, however, that the plot ratio therefor is not greater than the permitted plot ratio for the