Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 49B

Cinemas

(1) Notwithstanding regulation 49A but subject to paragraphs (2),

(3), (4) and (5), a cinema may be situated in a building which is used for any
purposes other than those of such cinema.

(2) A cinema shall be situated in a non-domestic building or the non-domestic
part of a composite building.

(3) Where a cinema or cinemas is or are situated in a building which is used
for any purposes other than those of such cinema or cinemas, the accommodation
provided shall not-

   (a)  in case there is only 1 cinema so situated, be more than that required
        to accommodate 2000 persons;

   (b)  in case there are 2 or more cinemas so situated, be in the aggregate
        more than that required to accommodate 2000 persons.

(4) (a) A cinema shall not be situated in a building in, or in any part of,
which any of the operations mentioned in subparagraph (c) is for the time
being carried on.

   (b)  Any of the operations mentioned in subparagraph (c) shall not be
        carried on in a building or in any part of a building in which a
        cinema is for the time being situated.

   (c)  The operations referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are-

        (i)    a motor vehicle repair workshop;

        (ii)   a petrol filling station;

        (iii)  a godown or warehouse;

        (iv)   a factory or an industrial undertaking;

        (v)    a school;

        (vi)   a child care centre; or

        (vii)  a residential care home for elderly persons.

(5) (a) A cinema may share all or any of the facilities mentioned in
subparagraph (b) with any other cinema or other place of public entertainment
situated in the same building if, and only if, each such facility which is so
shared is provided to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.

   (b)  The facilities referred to in subparagraph (a) are a means of escape,
        an entrance, a foyer and a waiting space. (Part VIA added L.N. 194 of
        1996)