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DESIGNATION OF PURPOSE GROUPS

(By-laws 134 and 138)
Number oJ

Purposes Jbr which building

.Descriptive

or

compartment is intended

.TitLe

purpose

to be used

Sroup

Small residential

Private dwelling house detached or

semidetached (not including a flat or
terrace house.l not comprising more

than-

(l)

agroundstorey;

(2) one upper storeyt and

(3) a basement storey or

basement

storeys.

or other similar
used as living

Hospitals, school

Institutional

establishment
accommodation

for, or for

treatment,

care or maintenance of, Persons

suffering from disabilities due to
illness or old age or other physical
or mental disability or under the age
of 5 years, where such persons sleeP
in the premises

residential

III

Other

IV

Office

Accommodation for residential purpose

other than any premises comprised in
groups I and II

Office, or premises used for office

purposes, meaning therebY

purposes

of

the

administration, clerical

work (including writing,

book-

keeping, sorting papers, filing, typing,

duplicating,

machine-calculating,

drawing and the editorial preparation

of matter for publication), handling

money and telephone and telegraPh
operating

Shop

or shop premises. meaning

thereby premises not being a shoP
but used for the carrying on there of
retail trade or business (including the
sale to members of the public of food

...

Shop,

or drink lor immediate

consumption.

retail sales by auction, the business of

lending books or periodicals for the

purpose of gain, and the business of

a barber or hairdresser) and premises
to which members of the Public are
invited to resort for the purpose of

delivering their goods

for

rePair
themselves
carrying out repairs to or other treatment
of goods

or other

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treatment

or of

Number of
purpose
group

Descriptive Title

for which building or

compartment is intended

Purposes

to be used

Factory means all premises as defined

in section
Machinery

2 of the Factories and

1961 , but excluding

Act

those buildings classified under purpose

group VIII
Storage and general

VII

Place. whether public

Place of assembly

used

for the

attendance

for or in connection with

or
of

private.

persons
their social,

recreational, educational, business or

other activities, and not comprised

within group I to VI
VIII

Storage and general

Place

of

for

storage, deposit

or

pdrking

l. The permit
compartment st
III or IV.

2. In calculan

goods and materials (including

unprotected arEi

vehicles). and any other premises not

(a) *hen

comprised in groups I to

VII.

becar

the a

area (

DIMENSIONS OF BUILDINGS AND COMPARTMENTS

(b) norc
.i

(By-law 136)
Purpose group

Height of building

Limits of dimensions

Floor area of
storey in building

Part

I-

or compartment
(in m'?)

Cubic capacity
of building or
compartment
(in m3)

(3)

(4)

tii

Buildings other than single storey buildings

II

(Institutional)

Any height

2 000

III

(a) (Other residential)

(b) (Other residential)

Not exceeding 28 m
Exceeding 28 m

3 000

8 500

2 000

s 500

(Shop)

Any height

2 000

7 000

VI

(a) (Factory)
(b) (Factory)

Not exceeding 28 m
Exceeding 28 m

Nolimit

VII

(a) (Storage and general)

(b) (Storage and general)

Not exceeding 28 m
Exceeding 28 m

Nolimit

Part 2

2 000

I 000

28 000
5 500
21 000
No limit

Single storey buildings

(Institutional)

Any height

Nolimit

(Other residential)

Any height

Nolimit

Nore: PurposeGroupsl,IVandvllareexcludedastherearenolimitsapplicableunderby-law13g

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