Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 20

Permitted site coverage

(1) Subject to regulation 22 and depending on the height of the building-
(L.N. 78 of 1970; L.N. 406 of 1987)

   (a)  the site coverage for a domestic building, or for the domestic part of
        a composite building, on a class A site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the second column of
        the First Schedule;

   (b)  the site coverage for a domestic building, or for the domestic part of
        a composite building, on a class B site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the third column of
        the First Schedule; and

   (c)  the site coverage for a domestic building, or for the domestic part of
        a composite building, on a class C site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the fourth column of
        the First Schedule.

(2) Subject to regulation 22 and paragraph (3) and depending on the height of
the building- (L.N. 78 of 1970; L.N. 406 of 1987)

   (a)  the site coverage for a non-domestic building, or for the non-domestic
        part of a composite building, on a class A site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the eighth column of
        the First Schedule;

   (b)  the site coverage for a non-domestic building, or for the non-domestic
        part of a composite building, on a class B site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the ninth column of
        the First Schedule; and

   (c)  the site coverage for a non-domestic building, or for the non-domestic
        part of a composite building, on a class C site shall not exceed that
        percentage of the area of the site specified in the tenth column of
        the First Schedule.

(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), the site coverage for a
non-domestic building, or for the non-domestic part of a composite building,
on a class A, B or C site may, whatever the height of the building, exceed the
permitted percentage site coverage to a height not exceeding 15 m above ground
level. (L.N. 294 of 1976)

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, where pursuant to
paragraph (3) the permitted percentage site coverage is exceeded-

   (a)  above the level to which the permitted percentage site coverage is
        exceeded, the site coverage for the building or any part thereof shall
        not, subject to regulation 22, exceed the site coverage permitted
        under paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be; and (L.N. 406 of 1987)

   (b)  the plot ratio for the whole building shall not, subject to regulation
        22, exceed the permitted plot ratio. (L.N. 406 of 1987)

(5) In this regulation, the expression "permitted percentage site coverage"
(准許上蓋面積百分率) means the maximum site coverage permitted under
paragraph (2). (G.N.A. 97 of 1962)

"permitted percentage site coverage" (准許上蓋面積百分率)