Town Planning Practice: Context, Procedures and Statistics for Hong Kong

14.INDUSTRIAL ZONES

INDUSTRIAL ZONES GENERAL BACKGROUN D The Industrial' (I ) zoning is planned t o provide spac e for industria l activities . Yet, owin g t o th e restructurin g proces s o f th e economy , mos t industria l establishments i n Hon g Kon g hav e bee n relocate d t o mainlan d Chin a an d premises i n factor y building s vacant . Tw o trend s i n industria l zon e development ca n be observed. One is the redevelopment o f industrial building s into offic e o r industrial/offic e buildings . Anothe r i s th e chang e i n us e i n a n existing industrial buildin g into office an d showroo m uses . Up unti l Septembe r 1999 , th e Tow n Plannin g Boar d ha d provide d fou r sets o f guidelines fo r application s unde r 'Industrial ' zoning . They ar e listed a s follows: (a) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Planning Applications for Office and Showroom Uses in Industrial Building within 'Industrial' Zone under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance; (b) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Planning Applications for Office Buildings in 'Industrial' Zone under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance; (c) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Planning Applications for Composite Industrial-Office Building in 'Industrial' Zone (superseded and incorporated in (a) above) under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance; an d (d) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Planning Applications for Commercial Use in Industrial Building within 'Industrial' Zone under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance. 14 An example of Column 1 and Colum n 2 uses is shown in Table 14.1. 146฀ Analysis฀of฀Planning฀Application฀Statistic s฀b y฀Zone:฀1975-199 8฀ Table฀14. 1฀A n฀exampl e฀o f฀Colum n฀1 ฀an d฀Colum n฀2 ฀use s฀withi n฀a n฀Industria l฀zon e฀ (excluding฀remarks )฀ Column฀1 ฀uses฀always฀permitte d฀ Column฀2฀uses฀that฀ma y฀be฀permitted฀wit h฀ or฀without฀condition s฀on฀application฀to฀the฀ Town฀Planning฀Boar d฀ ancillary฀car/lorry฀par k฀ bus฀depo t฀ canteen฀ cooked฀food฀centr e฀ government฀refus e฀collection฀poin t฀ government฀us e฀(not฀elsewhere฀specified )฀ industrial฀us e฀(other฀than฀those฀liste d฀ in฀Column฀2)฀ police฀reportin g฀centr e฀ public฀transport฀terminus฀o r฀statio n฀ service฀trades฀ vehicle฀repai r฀garag e฀ utility฀installatio n฀for฀privat e฀projec t฀ warehouse฀(othe r฀than฀dangerou s฀ goods฀godown )฀ abattoir฀ aircraft฀maintenance฀and฀repair฀plan t฀ ambulance฀depo t฀ bank฀ broadcasting฀and/or฀television฀studi o฀ cement฀manufacturin g฀ clinic/polyclinic฀ concrete฀batching฀plan t฀ container฀freight฀statio n฀ dangerous฀goods฀godow n฀ electric฀powe r฀statio n฀ fast฀food฀sho p฀ funeral฀services฀centre฀ gas฀works฀ hawker฀centr e฀ ice-making฀plan t฀ marine฀fuelling฀statio n฀ mass฀transit฀vent฀shaft฀and/or฀other฀structur e฀ above฀ground฀leve l฀other฀than฀entrance s฀ mining฀and฀quarryin g฀ motor฀vehicle฀assembly฀plan t฀ motor฀vehicle฀showroo m฀ off-course฀bettin g฀centre฀ offensive฀trades฀as฀specified฀i n฀the฀Publi c฀ Health฀and฀Municipal฀Service s฀Ordinanc e฀ office฀not฀ancillary฀to฀the฀industrial฀us e฀ oil฀depot฀oi l฀refinery฀and฀petrochemical฀plan t฀ petrol-filling฀statio n฀ pier฀ place฀of฀recreation,฀sports฀or฀cultur e฀ private฀clu b฀ public฀car/cycle฀par k฀ public฀convenienc e฀ public฀librar y฀ refuse฀disposal฀installatio n฀ restaurant฀ retail฀shop฀ sand฀depot฀ ship-building,฀ship-breaking฀an d฀shiprepairing ฀yard฀ showroom฀(i n฀connection฀with฀the฀mai n฀ industrial฀use )฀ social฀welfare฀facilit y฀ staff฀quarter s฀ Source:฀Note s฀t o฀th e฀draf t฀Cheung ฀Sha ฀Wan ฀Outline ฀Zoning ฀Plan ฀No. ฀S/K5/14 ฀gazetted฀o n฀2 4฀ April฀1998 .฀ Industrial฀Zones฀ 147฀ With referenc e t o Tabl e 14.2 , a tota l o f 172 8 s . 1 6 application s unde r 'Industrial' zonin g wer e recorded . Th e numbe r wa s th e greates t amon g al l zones examine d i n our research. A s regards s . 17(1 ) reviews, 16 4 application s were recorded . Obviously , th e proportio n o f s . 1 6 application s reviewe d wa s very low and th e numbe r o f s. 17...