The Town Planning Board today (March 19) announced amendments to the approved Kwun Tong (South) Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
The amendments mainly involve the rezoning of various sites to the south and southwest of the junction of Hoi Yuen Road and Wai Yip Street. These include rezoning of a piece of land from "Government, Institution or Community (1)" ("G/IC(1)"), "Open Space" ("O") and areas shown as 'Road' to "Commercial (2)" with stipulation of building height restrictions for commercial development; rezoning of parcels of land from "G/IC(1)" and areas shown as 'Road' to "O" and "O(1)" for public open spaces; and rezoning of a waterfront site from "G/IC(1)" to "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Drainage Facility and At-grade Public Open Space" for a proposed drainage facility, with underground storm water storage tank and ancillary aboveground structures, and with provision of at-grade public open space. Also, three strips of land are rezoned from "G/IC(1)" to areas shown as 'Road' for a proposed new public road, and to reflect as-built road status of Kei Yip Lane. Opportunity is also taken to amend the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP to reflect the above amendments and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning area, where appropriate.
The draft Kwun Tong (South) OZP No. S/K14S/23, incorporating the amendments, is now available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Kowloon District Planning Office and (iv) the Kwun Tong District Office.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Board on or before May 20. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the revised Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29B on "Submission and Publication of Representations, Comments on Representations and Further Representations under the Town Planning Ordinance" (TPB PG-No. 29B).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29B. In particular, the representer should take note of the following:
* If the representer fails to provide his or her full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of his or her Hong Kong identity card or passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29B, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and
* The Secretariat of the Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification.
The Guidelines and the submission form are available at locations (i) and (ii) above and the Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
Copies of the draft Kwun Tong (South) OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed at the Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
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