Town Council of Tampines (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment No. 2) By-laws 2000

No. S 334

Town Councils Act

(Chapter 329A)

Town Council of Tampines
(Common Property and Open Spaces)
(Amendment No. 2) By-laws 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Town Councils Act, the Town Council for the Town of Tampines hereby makes the following By-laws:

Citation and commencement

1. These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Tampines (Common Property and Open Spaces) (Amendment No. 2) By-laws 2000 and shall come into operation on 24th July 2000.

Amendment of by-law 3

2. By-law 3 of the Town Council of Tampines (Common Property and Open Spaces) By-laws (By 35) (referred to in these By-laws as the principal By-laws) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “; or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the words “or with the prior written permission of the Town Council;”;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “except with the prior written permission of the Town Council; or”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b), the following sub-paragraph:

“(c)	repair, paint, spray, test or service or cause or permit to be repaired, painted, sprayed, tested or serviced any vehicle on any common property or in any open space.”; and

(d)

by renumbering the by-law as paragraph (1) of that by-law, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) Paragraph (1)(c) shall not apply to such repairs as may be reasonably necessary to enable the vehicle to be removed from the common property or open space.”.

Amendment of by-law 7

3. By-law 7 of the principal By-laws is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:

“(3) The Town Council shall immediately give a written notice to the owner or occupier of the flat 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, claim possession 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 within 30 days of such removal and detention by the owner or occupier of the flat or person who had lawful possession thereof when it was removed and detained, the Town Council may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of such object, fixture or thing.

(5) The proceeds of the sale or disposal shall be applied firstly to the expenses incurred by the Town Council in the removal and detention and the sale or disposal, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to such owner, occupier or person.”.

Amendment of by-law 9

4. By-law 9 of the principal By-laws is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) No person shall remove, destroy, damage, deface or commit an act that may result in the removal, destruction, damage or defacement of any common property or remove any earth or soil from any common property.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) No person shall permit any dog, cat, pet or other animal belonging to him or in his charge to urinate, defecate or otherwise soil any common property or open space.”.

Amendment of by-law 13

5. By-law 13 of the principal By-laws is amended —

(a)

by deleting the by-law heading and substituting the following by-law heading:

“Unauthorised use of common property”.

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “party” in sub-paragraph (a), the words “or any other activities”; and

(c)

by renumbering the by-law as paragraph (1) of that by-law, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) No person shall use the common property or open space in such a manner that is, in the opinion of the Town Council, likely to endanger the life of any person or cause injury to any person.”.

New by-laws 14A, 14B and 14C

6. The principal By-laws are amended by inserting, immediately after by-law 14, the following by-laws:

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

14A.—(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 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 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 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 or 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 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.

Misuse of lifts

14B. No person shall jam, misuse or obstruct or cause or permit to be jammed, misused or obstructed any lift door in any building in the housing estate with any material, article, object or thing.

Trespassing onto meter rooms, etc.

14C. No person shall, except with the prior written permission of the Town Council, enter any lift motor room, pump room, switch room or any other 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.”.

Deletion of by-law 16

7. By-law 16 of the principal By-laws is deleted.

[G.N. No. S 16/2000]

Made this 21st day of July 2000.

YATIMAN YUSOF

Chairman,
The Town Council for the
Town of Tampines,
Singapore.

[TTC/G-CPOS; AG/LEG/SL/329A/97/22 Vol. 1]

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