Town Councils (Use of Common Property) Rules 1997

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Jan 1997

No. S 34

Town Councils Act

(Chapter 329A)

Town Councils (Use of Common Property) Rules 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1)(c) and 52 of the Town Councils Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Town Councils (Use of Common Property) Rules 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1997.

Charges

2. A Town Council may impose charges only for the following uses of the following parts of common property in its Town:

(1) Commercial Operations

(a)	Installation of telecommunications equipment on roof tops.
(b)	Setting up temporary site offices and temporary stores in void decks and open spaces.
(c)	Display of advertisements, banners or signs on any common property with or without the erection of any awnings.
(d)	Installation of “transit mail delivery pouches” on any common property.
(e)	Installation and operation of machines called “kiddie riders” on any common property.
(f)	Installation of weighing machines and vending machines on any common property.
(g)	Distribution of telephone directories in void decks and open spaces.
(h)	Use of open spaces as “traffic gardens”.

(2) Social or Communal functions

(a)	Holding weddings and funerals in void decks and open spaces.
(b)	Holding religious functions such as “wayang”, puppetry, nightly “terawih prayers”, hari raya aidil fitri or hari raya aidil adha prayers in void decks and open spaces.
(c)	Holding variety shows, mini fairs, carnivals, book fairs by grassroot or trading organisations in void decks and open spaces.
(d)	Conduct of national campaigns or community development activities such as block parties and Community Day activities by grassroot organisations in void decks and open spaces.

(3) Incidental Use for Business

(a)	Placing refrigerators, grinding machines and bottled drinks in common areas in the markets and hawker centres.
(b)	Use of common areas in the markets and eating houses for storage purposes.
(c)	Installation of air-condition condensing units and cooling towers in the common areas.
(d)	Placing generators in the common areas.
(e)	Installation of awnings outside shops or eating houses.
(f)	Installation of close circuit television cameras on the corridor ceilings.
(g)	Display of goods in the common areas.
(h)	Installation of window grilles on the recessed window ledges.

(4) Miscellaneous purposes

(a)	Operation of public toilets in market and hawker centres.
(b)	Use of utility rooms at void decks for the operation of essential maintenance and lift rescue services.
(c)	Setting up of marked pitches on any common property for service vendors such as cobblers, locksmiths and newspaper vendors.
(d)	Setting up of temporary post offices in the common areas.
(e)	Use of common areas or open spaces for filming by the Television Corporation of Singapore or any other broadcasting licensee under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act (Cap. 297).
(f)	Setting up of time-keeper kiosks in the common areas by bus companies.
(g)	Installation of public warning system on roof tops by the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
(h)	Installation of other radio communication equipment on roof tops by government departments or statutory bodies.
(i)	Installation of amateur radio antennae on roof tops by the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society.

Made this 24th day of January 1997.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 311/4-146 Pt. 66 Vol. 9; AG/LEG/SL/329A/96/1]

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