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Town Councils Act

(Chapter 329A, Sections 24(1) and 49)

Town Council of Potong Pasir
(Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws

By 2

REVISED EDITION 2001

(31st January 2001)

[31st January 2001]

Citation

1. These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Potong Pasir (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129);

“flat” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of human habitation or business, and includes any stall in any market or food centre of the Board;

“park” means to bring a vehicle to a stationary position and cause it to remain for any purpose;

“parking place” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214);

“sign” includes all signals, warning sign posts, direction posts, banners and advertisements;

“vehicle” means a vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or not, intended or adapted for use on the road.

(2) Nothing in these By-laws shall prohibit officers or employees of the Town Council or any person authorised by the Town Council from doing any act that is reasonably necessary or expedient in the enforcement of these By-laws.

No parking, dumping and erection of fixtures

3. No person shall —

(a)	park any vehicle on any common property or in any open space within the Town except in a parking place;
(b)	place, deposit, keep or leave, or cause or permit to be placed, deposited, kept or left any material, article, object or thing on any common property or in any open space within the Town except in such common property or open space designated by the Town Council for that purpose; or
(c)	erect or install any fixture, structure, object or material on any common property or in any open space within the Town except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.

Power to require removal of abandoned vehicles

4.—(1) Where it appears to the secretary or an authorised officer of the Town Council that any vehicle, which has broken down or has been permitted to remain at rest on any common property or in any open space within the Town, has been abandoned without lawful authority, an officer authorised by the Town Council may by notice in writing require the owner or person having lawful possession of the vehicle to remove the vehicle and the owner or the person having lawful possession of the vehicle shall pay all the expenses so incurred.

(2) Where the owner or person having lawful possession of the vehicle fails to comply with the notice mentioned in paragraph (1), the Town Council may remove the vehicle to a place of safety and the owner or person having lawful possession of the vehicle shall pay all expenses incurred by the Town Council.

(3) Where it appears to an officer authorised by the Town Council that a vehicle is causing an obstruction or is likely to cause imminent danger to residents or other persons within the Town, the Town Council may cause the vehicle to be removed to a place of safety without giving the notice mentioned in paragraph (1) and the owner or person having lawful possession of the vehicle shall pay all the expenses incurred by the Town Council.

Repairing, painting, etc., of vehicles

5. No person shall repair, paint, spray, test or service or permit to be repaired, painted, sprayed, tested or serviced any vehicle on any common property or in any open space within the Town except such repairs as may be reasonably necessary to enable the vehicle to be removed from the common property or open space.

Obstruction of common property

6.—(1) No person shall obstruct or cause or permit the obstruction of the lawful use of any common property with any object, fixture or thing.

(2) The Town Council may remove and detain any object, fixture or thing obstructing the lawful use of any common property.

(3) The Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or person having lawful possession of the object, fixture or thing removed and detained by the Town Council that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention, claim possession of it from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.

(4) If the object, fixture or thing removed and detained by the Town Council is not claimed by the owner or person having lawful possession thereof within 30 days of such removal and detention, the Town Council may —

(a)	dispose of it by public auction or otherwise; and
(b)	apply the proceeds of the sale to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner or person having lawful possession thereof.

Obstruction of refuse chutes

7. No person shall throw or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown or deposited into any refuse chute in a building in any housing estate in the Town any object, material, thing, article or substance which will or is likely to choke, clog or obstruct the free fall of refuse in the chute or cause any nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to other occupiers of the building.

Throwing objects, etc., from buildings and dangerously positioned objects

8.—(1) No person shall endanger life or property or cause any nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to any person within the Town by throwing, or allowing to fall, from his flat or any part of the building in a housing estate within the Town, any object, material, thing, article or substance.

(2) No person shall place any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance on or at any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property within the Town in such manner which, in the opinion of the Town Council, is likely to endanger the life or cause injury to any person or cause damage to any common property within the Town or the property of any other person.

(3) The Town Council may, by notice in writing, direct any owner or occupier of a flat within the Town to remove, within 7 days of the date of such notice, any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on or at any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property outside the flat in contravention of paragraph (2).

(4) Where the owner or occupier of a flat fails to comply with the notice of the Town Council under paragraph (3), the Town Council may remove and detain the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance, as the case may be, and the amount of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention shall be recoverable from that owner or occupier.

(5) Where, in the opinion of the Town Council, any pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance placed on or at any window-sill, corridor or other part of the common property within the Town in contravention of paragraph (2) is an imminent danger to life or person, the Town Council may remove and detain such pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance without any notice under paragraph (3).

(6) The Town Council shall immediately give written notice to the owner or occupier of the flat or other person having lawful possession of the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (4) or (5) that he may, on payment of the expenses incurred by the Town Council in such removal and detention, claim possession of it from the Town Council within 30 days of such removal and detention.

(7) If the pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance removed and detained by the Town Council under paragraph (4) or (5) is not claimed within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or occupier of the flat or other person who had lawful possession thereof when it was removed and detained, the Town Council may —

(a)	dispose of such pot, plant, ornament, article, object or substance by public auction or otherwise; and
(b)	apply the proceeds of the sale to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner, occupier or other person.

Damage to soil, turf, plant, shrub or tree

9.—(1) No person shall remove, cut, damage or dispose of any soil, turf, plant, shrub or tree or part thereof situated on any common property or in any open space within the Town.

(2) No person shall pick a shrub or plant or a part thereof situated on any common property or in any open space within the Town.

Damage to common property

10.—(1) No person shall remove, destroy or damage or remove any earth or soil from any common property.

(2) The costs and expenses including administrative costs incurred by the Town Council in restoring any damaged common property to its condition before such removal, destruction or damage or in replacing earth or soil or any other property that has been removed shall constitute a debt due to the Town Council and shall be recoverable as such.

Diversion of water supply

11. No person shall draw, divert or take any water from any water supply situated on any common property except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.

Display of signs

12. No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign on any common property or in any open space except with the prior written permission of the Town Council.

Unauthorised CATV attachments

13.—(1) No person shall attach, connect or join any wire, cable or other apparatus, other than an approved coaxial cable, to any CATV cable, socket or installation belonging to, or under the management and control of, the Town Council such that the attachment, connection or joint may cause any damage or interference to any common property or cause any nuisance, interference or annoyance to other residents of the Town.

(2) Any person responsible for the attachment or connection of unauthorised apparatus shall, if requested in writing by the Town Council, reinstate the CATV cables, sockets or installations and any other damage at his own expense, in default of which the Town Council may undertake the reinstatement works and recover the full cost thereof from the person responsible.

Trespassing onto lift motor rooms, etc.

14. No person shall, except with the prior written permission of the Town Council, enter any lift motor room, pump room, switch room or any common property, being a fenced enclosure, building or room, in which any installation for the use or supply of water or electricity may be situated.

Composition of offences

15. Every offence under these By-laws shall be a compoundable offence in accordance with section 49 of the Act.

[G.N. Nos. S 328/2000; S529/2000]