1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part02 — Page 46

Revocation and replacement of regulation 16.

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4. Regulation 16 of the principal regulations is revoked and replaced by the following-

"Height of buildings adjacent

to street.

16. (1) Where a building abuts, fronts or pro- jects over a street, the height of such building shall be determined by reference to the street shadow area thereof.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the street shadow area of a building shall not exceed the area obtained by applying the formula-

in which-

FX W

F is the length of the frontage of the building; and W is the width of the street upon or over which the building abuts, fronts or projects.

(3) Where a building abuts, fronts or projects over two streets forming a corner, the maximum street shadow areas of the building permitted under para- graph (2) may be increased--

(0) by adding wholly in respect of one side of the building, or partly one side and partly the other, an area obtained by applying the formula

in which-

WIX WA

W] and W2 are the widths of the two streets, respectively, forming the corner; or (6) where the two streets are not of equal width. by adding wholly in respect of the side of the building abutting, fronting or projecting over the narrower of the two streets. ap area obtained by applying the formula-

in which

22.5 (WW WN)

WW and WN are the widths of the wider and the narrower, respectively, of the two streets forming the corner.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation- "corner" means an intersection of two streets where the angle of intersection of lines drawn along the

centre of such streets is less than 140* measured on the side nearer to the building:

"frontage" in relation to a building, means that bound- ary of a site upon which the building is erected which abuts or fronts a street and includes any service lane OI other opening within such boundary:

“street” means a street or service lane at least fifteen

feet wide:

"street shadow area" in relation to a building, means

an area on the surface of a street contained by- (a) a line formed by the projection from every part of the side of the building abutting. frooting or projecting over such street of planes at an angle of 76° from the horizontal from the highest point on such building, or on any projection therefrom of a permanent nature, from which such planes could be drawn uninterrupted by any other part of that building:

(b) a line formed by the frontage of the building:

and

(c) lines drawn from each extremity of the front- age of the building at right angles to the centre line of the street.".

5. Regulations 17 and 18 of the principal regulations are revoked.

6.

Regulation 23 of the principal regulations is amended-

(a) by deleting "regulations 20, 21 and 22" wherever it occurs

and substituting therefor the following-

"regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22';

(b) in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) by deleting "scavenging lane" and substituting therefor the follow-

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"service lane".

Revocation of regulatiops 17

and 18.

Amendment of regulation 23.

Amendment of

Regulation 28 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "scavenging lane" wherever it occurs and substituting regulation 28. therefor the following-

"service lape".