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

15. COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL ZONES

15COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL ZONES GENERAL BACKGROUN D Within the 'Commercial/Residential' (C/R ) zones, residential an d commercia l uses suc h a s retai l shops , restaurants an d office s ar e permitte d a s o f right . The planning intentio n o f this zon e is to allo w flexibility fo r redevelopmen t into eithe r commercia l o r residentia l uses , o r a combinatio n o f commercia l and residential uses. An example of Column 1 and Column 2 uses is shown in Table 15.1. Table฀15. 1฀A n฀exampl e฀o f฀Colum n฀1฀ Residential฀zone s฀(excludin g฀remarks )฀ and฀Colum n฀2 ฀use s฀withi n฀Commercial /฀ Column฀1 ฀uses฀always฀permitte d฀ Column฀2฀uses฀that฀ma y฀be฀permitted฀with฀o r฀ without฀condition s฀on฀application฀to฀the฀Town฀ Planning฀Board฀ ambulance฀depo t฀ ancillary฀car฀par k฀ bank฀ barber฀sho p฀ beauty฀parlou r฀ canteen฀ clinic/polyclinic฀ exhibition฀o r฀convention฀hal l฀ fast฀food฀sho p฀ flat฀ government฀staff฀quarter s฀ government฀us e฀(not฀elsewhere฀specified )฀ hotel฀ house฀ broadcasting฀and/or฀television฀studi o฀ commercial฀bathhous e฀ cooked฀food฀centre฀ educational฀institutio n฀ government฀refus e฀collection฀poin t฀ hawker฀centr e฀ hospital฀ mass฀transit฀vent฀shaft฀and/or฀othe r฀ structure฀above฀ground฀leve l฀other฀than฀ entrances฀ massage฀establishmen t฀ motor฀vehicle฀showroo m฀ petrol-filling฀statio n฀ place฀of฀recreation,฀sports฀or฀cultur e฀ 152฀ Analysis฀of฀Planning฀Application฀Statistic s฀by฀Zone:฀1975-199 8฀ market฀ money฀exchang e฀ off-course฀bettin g฀centr e฀ office฀ pawn฀sho p฀ photographic฀studi o฀ place฀of฀public฀entertainmen t฀ police฀reportin g฀centr e฀ post฀offic e฀ private฀clu b฀ private฀swimming฀poo l฀ public฀car฀park฀ public฀librar y฀ public฀utilit y฀installatio n฀ residential฀institutio n฀ restaurant฀ retail฀sho p฀ school฀(in฀freestanding฀purpose-designe d฀ school฀building ,฀in฀a฀commercial฀building ,฀ or฀in฀the฀non-domesti c฀par t฀of฀a฀commercial฀ residential฀buildin g฀only )฀ service฀apartmen t฀ service฀trades฀ showroom฀excludin g฀moto r฀vehicle฀showroo m฀ social฀welfare฀facilit y฀ staff฀quarter s฀ utility฀installation฀for฀privat e฀projec t฀ Source:฀Note s฀to฀the฀Sheung฀Wan ฀and฀Sai ฀Ying฀Pun฀Outline฀Zoning ฀Plan ฀No.฀S/H3/10฀approved฀ on฀8฀October฀1996 .฀ As man y Colum n 1 uses ar e o f very hig h value , i t i s therefor e expecte d tha t planning application s i n C/ R zone s would be rare. Applications fo r uses unde r Column 2 ca n onl y b e explaine d b y specifi c need s o f o r constraint s fo r th e applicants. A tota l o f 30 5 case s o f s . 1 6 application s wer e recorded . Th e proportion o f s . 1 6 application s reviewe d wa s ver y low . Onl y 1 3 s . 17(1 ) reviews wer e conducte d b y th e Tow n Plannin g Board . Meanwhile , ther e wa s no s. 17(B ) appeal fo r this zoning . Details ar e show n in Table 15.2 . Table฀15. 2฀Numbe r฀o f฀application s฀b y฀status฀b y฀area฀(C/ R฀zones )฀ Status฀ s.฀1 6฀applicatio n฀ s.฀17(1 )฀applicatio n฀ s.฀17(B )฀applicatio n฀ Hong฀Kon g฀ 178฀ 7฀ 0฀ Kowloon฀ 75฀ 3฀ 0฀ New฀ Town฀ 52฀ 3฀ 0฀ Total฀ 305฀ 13฀ 0฀ The proportio n o f application s i n C/ R zone s t o al l application s fro m 199 0 t o 1997 can be found i n Table 15.3 . The percentages were alway s very low. To be printing,฀publishing฀and฀allied฀industrie s฀ public฀convenienc e฀ public฀transport฀terminus฀or฀statio n฀ religious฀institutio n฀ school฀(not฀elsewhere฀specified )฀ service฀reservoi r฀ Commercial/Residential฀Zone s฀ 153฀ more specific , al l of them were below 2.5%. On average, nine s . 1 6 application s were receive d eac h year . Th e reaso n fo r th e lo w proportio n o f application s under thi s zonin g i s simple . A s explaine d above , Colum n 1 use s ar e muc h more valuable an d the y need no...