1964_BUILDING_(PLANNING)_REGULATIONS — Page 12

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[Subsidiary]

Permitted site coverage and plot ratio may be exceeded in certain cases. G.N.A. 97/62. L.N. 294/76.

L.N.57

(Cap. 124.)

CAP.123]

Building (Planning) Regulations

[1984 Ed.

22.5) Where, between ground level and a height of not less than 5m or, where the Building Authority is satisfied that there will be no obstruction to vehicular traffic using the street, 3.3 m 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 a street, and, with the consent of the Government, the part 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 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 1,500 and the area of the lot so dedicated to the public by the product of the area of the site and the height of the building; and

(b) 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 building or for that part of the building, as the case may be, by more than 20 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 dividing the product of 5 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 C 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 1,500 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

(b) 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 building or for that part of the building, as the case may be, by more than 20 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...