TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE

TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF
BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON
AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE


CHAPTER 404

REVISED EDITION 1989
printed and published by the Government printer
Hong Kong




CHAPTER 404

TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING
DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON)

To control temporarily the density of building development in certain areas of
Kowloon and New Kowloon.

[14 July 1989]

Originally 34 of 1989

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the Temporary Control of Density of
Building Development (Kowloon and New Kowloon) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
,,area' ( ) means an area shown on the deposited plans;
'Building Authority' means the Director of Buildings and
Lands;
'building' ( ) and 'building works' ( ) shall have the same
meaning as in the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123);
'deposited plans' ( ) means the plans numbered 14-88-10, 14-88-11,
14-88-12 and 14-88-13 respectively, signed by the Clerk of Councils,
deposited in the Land Office and available for inspection by the public at
the Land Office;
'maximum plot ratio'( ), in relation to an area, means the plot
ratio permissible under regulation 21 for a building of the notional
maximum height in metres shown on the deposited plans for that area;
'Plot ratio' ( ) means the plot ratio obtained in the manner specified in
regulation 21(3);
'regulation' ( ) refers to a regulation of the Building (Planning) Regulations
(Cap. 123 sub. leg.).
(2) The duty imposed on the Building Authority under this Ordinance
may be carried out by any officer of the Buildings and Lands Department
authorized by the Building Authority either generally or in any particular case
and subject to his instructions.




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3. Building Authority to refuse approval
of certain plans of building works

(1) The Building Authority shall refuse to give his approval under sec-
tion 14 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) of any plans of building works
intended to be carried out in an area where the carrying out of the building
works would result in the construction on any plot of a building or buildings
which would exceed the maximum plot ratio for that plot.
(2) Regulation 22 shall apply in relation to the maximum plot rat io
determined under this section as it does to the maximum plot ratio as
determined under regulation 21.

4. Expiry of Ordinance

This Ordinance shall expire on 31 December 1990 unless the Legislative
Council by resolution otherwise determines.




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