Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 18A

Site classification

(1) In this Part and the First and Second Schedules— “class A site”
(甲類地盤) means a site, not being a class B site or class C site, that
abuts on one specified street not less than 4.5 m wide or on more than one
such street; “class B site” (乙類地盤) means, subject to paragraph
(2), a corner site that abuts on 2 specified streets neither of which is less
than 4.5 m wide; “class C site” (丙類地盤) means, subject to paragraph
(2), a corner site that abuts on 3 specified streets none of which is less
than 4.5 m wide.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

   (a)  a corner site shall not be regarded as abutting on 2 specified streets
        unless at least 40 per cent of the boundary of the site abuts on the
        streets; and

   (b)  a corner site shall not be regarded as abutting on 3 specified streets
        unless at least 60 per cent of the boundary of the site abuts on the
        streets.

(3) A street is to be regarded as a specified street—

   (a)  if there exists, with respect to the street, any of the following
        circumstances—

        (i)    the street is vested in the Government and is maintained by the
               Highways Department;

        (ii)   the street is a private street on land held under the same
               Government lease as the site and under the terms of the lease
               the lessee has to surrender (when required to do so) the land
               on which the street is situated to the Government;

        (iii)  the street is a street required to be constructed on unleased
               Government land by the lessee of the Government lease under
               which the site is held pursuant to the terms of that lease;

        (iv)   the street is on land over which the owner of the site is
               expressly granted, by or by virtue of an instrument, a right of
               way exercisable at all times;

        (v)    the street is on land held under a Government lease by the
               owner of the site; or

   (b)  if—

        (i)    one or more of the circumstances mentioned in subparagraph

   (a)  (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) exist with respect to different parts
        of the street; and

        (ii)   those parts together constitute the street. (L.N. 110 of 2005)