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1984 Ed.]

Building (Planning) Regulations

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for that part of the building, as the case may be, and the fig- ure obtained by dividing the product of 5 and the area of the part of the lot so acquired by the Crown by the area of the site on which the building is erected, whichever is the less. (3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that-

(a) where under paragraph (1) or (2) the permitted percentage site coverage is exceeded in relation to a part of a building. the site coverage for any other part of the building shall not exceed the permitted percentage site coverage;

(b) nothing in this regulation shall be taken or construed as derogating from the provisions of regulation 25 as to the amount of open space to be provided about a domestic building.

(4) In this regulation, the expression "permitted percentage site coverage" means the maximum site coverage permitted under paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be, of regulation 20.

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23. (1) For the purposes of regulations 19. 20, 21 and 22– (a) the height of a building shall be measured from the mean level of the street or streets on which it fronts or abuts or, where the building fronts or abuts on streets having different levels, from the mean level of the lower or lowest of the streets to the mean height of the roof over the highest usable floor space in the building;

(b) the gross floor area of a building shall be the area con- tained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with the area of each balcony in the building, which shall be calculated from the overall dimen- sions of the balcony (including the thickness of the sides thereof), and the thickness of the external walls of the building; and

(c) a street that is less than 4.5 m shall be deemed not to be a

street.

(2) In determining for the purposes of regulation 20, 21 or 22 the area of the site on which a building is erected-

(a) no account shall be taken of any part of any street or

service lane; and

(b) there shall be included any area dedicated to the public for

the purposes of passage.

(3) In determining for the purposes of regualtion 20, 21 or 22 the gross floor area of a building, the Building Authority may take no account of any floor space that he is satisfied is constructed or intended to be used solely for the parking, or for the loading or unloading, of motor vehicles or occupied solely by machinery or equipment for any lift, air-conditioning or heating system or any similar service.

[Subsidiary]

Provision supplementary to regulations 19. 20. 21 and 22. G.NA. 97/62. L.N. 54/69.

L.N. 294/76.

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