PQSL Talk

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PQSL Talk

• Site Classifications
• GFA Exemption
• In the context of current practice
  interpretation under the Buildings Ordinance,
  mainly based on B(P)R enacted on 1.6.1956

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Site Classifications

• Definition under the Buildings Ordinance
• Backgrounds/ main points
• Discussion (more interactive)

GFA Exemptions

• Definition under the Buildings Ordinance
• Backgrounds/ main points
• Discussion (more interactive)

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Site Classifications

• Definition
• Interpretation under B(P)R 2
• Site/Adjoining sites/ lots
• Backgrounds/ Main points
• Abutting a street (4.5m)
• Intensity g Serviceability Accessibility
• g Health Safety
• Class A, B, C g4.5m street / 40 / 60
• How many site classifications ?

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Site Classification
Site Classification
Class A site
Class B site
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Site Classification
Site Classification
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Site Classification
Site Classification

• Discussions
• B(P)R 19(1)gA, B, C
• B(P)R 19(2)g non A, non B, non C (i.e. the 4th
  type)
• B(P)R 5(1)g proper access from a street
• B(P)R 5(2)g provide access lane/ road
• PNAP 263 Street for Site Classification
• PNAP 118 Streets in relation to Site Area-
  B(P)R 23(2)(a)

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GFA - Exemptions

• Definition Gross Floor Area
• B(P)R 2 external wall floor etc
• B(P)R 23(1) Building height
• B(P)R 23(2) Site Area
• B(P)R 23(3)(a)
• GFA shall be the area contained .. within
  external walls each floor level including
  floor below the level of the ground) balcony ..
  the thickness of external walls.

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GFA Exemptions

• Definition Gross Floor Area
• B(P)R 23(3)(b)
• may disregard parkingloading or unloading,
  material recovery chambers refuse storage
  other facilities provided to the satisfaction
  of the Building Authority TBE machinery or
  equipment lift, air-conditioning similar
  services.
• B(P)R 23A Genuine Hotel
• Non-domestic P.R. S.C.
• Consisting some supporting facilities (i.e. BOH
  areas)

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GFA Exemptions

• Backgrounds/ Main points

• Control the building bulk g Health Safety

• Previously mainly controlled by volume of a
  building, now by GFA in term of P.R S.C., and
  others

• Nowadays, most sites are controlled in potential
  by lease and/or OZP

• Still, you can see GFA is being somehow used to
  determine some safety standards (like MOE
  provisions) under the Buildings Ordinance. (e.g.
  230m2 in Fire Safety (Commercial Premises)
  Ordinance)

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GFA Exemptions

• Backgrounds/ Main points

• More direct control by Fire Safety Codes (MOE,
  MOA, FRC etc)
  GFA g indirect control g Safety/ Health g
  seems fading out

• However, values of GFA still exist, like what?
• P.R. S.C. to be determined by BA on B(P)R 19(2)
  cases, e.g. existing bulk
• Rating Valuation
• Implication on lease/ OZP

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Discussions

• Exemptions on GFA calculations

• Why BA could discount some items from GFA?

• What to consider?

• What items would normally be accepted for GFA
  exemption ?

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Other Relevant PNAPs

• PNAP 13 - Calculation of Gross Floor Area
  and Non-Accountable Gross Floor Area -
  Building (Planning) Regulation 23(3)(a) and
  (b)
• PNAP 68 - Projections in relation to Site
  Coverage and Plot Ratio - Building
  (Planning) Regulations 20 and 21
• PNAP 111 - Hotel Development
• PNAP 116 - Amenity Features

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Other Relevant PNAPs

• PNAP 207 - Provision of Better Lift Service
• PNAP 236 - Design of Car Parks and Loading/
  Unloading Facilities
• PNAP 258 - Provision of Sky Garden in Refuge
  Floor
• JPN 1 - Green and Innovative Buildings
• JPN 2 - Second Package of Incentives to
  Promote Green and Innovative Buildings

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