Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Balconies and canopies over streets

(1) Every canopy erected within 600 mm of the outer edge of a footpath, or
projecting over a road, shall have a clear space of not less than 5.5 m
beneath every part thereof.

(2) Every canopy erected over a footpath shall have a clear space of not less
than 3.3 m beneath every part thereof.

(3) Every canopy shall be provided with adequate surface water drainage. (L.N.
79 of 1992)

(4) The maximum projection of any canopy (including cornices, mouldings or
other features) erected over any street shall be-

   (a)  one-tenth of the width of the street; or

   (b)  3 m, whichever is the less: Provided that no portion of any such
        canopy shall be within 4.5 m, measured horizontally, of a line drawn
        vertically from a point in the centre line of the street nearest to
        such portion of the canopy. (L.N. 33 of 1966)

(5) (Repealed L.N. 79 of 1992) (L.N. 54 of 1969; L.N 294 of 1976; L.N. 79 of
1992)