Parks and Trees (Planting Areas) (Exemption) Order 2019

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No. S 117

Parks and Trees Act

(CHAPTER 216)

Parks and Trees
(Planting Areas)
(Exemption) Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Parks and Trees Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Parks and Trees (Planting Areas) (Exemption) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 8 March 2019.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“landed housing development” means premises on which building works are or are to be carried out in relation to one or more of the following types of houses:

(a)	a good class bungalow;
(b)	a detached house or bungalow (other than a good class bungalow), semi‑detached house or terrace house;

“Master Plan” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Planning Act (Cap. 232);

“specified industrial development” means any immovable property used for industrial or warehouse purposes which is zoned, or situated on land which is zoned, for any of the following purposes under the Master Plan:

(a)	“Business 1 (B1)”;
(b)	“Business 1 — White”;
(c)	“Business 2 (B2)”;
(d)	“Business 2 — White”;

“specified premises” means any premises that are specified in the Schedule.

Exempt landed housing development

3. A landed housing development is exempted from the requirements under —

(a)	section 23(1) of the Act read with regulation 20B(a) of the Parks and Trees Regulations (Rg 1); and
(b)	section 23(1) of the Act read with regulation 20B(b) of the Parks and Trees Regulations, if the side of that landed housing development adjoins a road classified by the road authority as a category 5 road.

Exempt industrial development

4. A side of a specified industrial development is exempted from the requirements under section 23(1) of the Act read with regulation 20B(a) of the Parks and Trees Regulations, if that side of the specified industrial development adjoins another specified industrial development which is zoned, or situated on land which is zoned, under the Master Plan for the same purpose as the firstmentioned specified industrial development.

Exempt open air parking area

5. An open air parking area at street level or part of that parking area is exempted from the requirements under —

(a)	section 23(1) of the Act read with regulation 20B of the Parks and Trees Regulations; and
(b)	section 23(3) of the Act read with paragraph 3 of the Parks and Trees (Planting Areas) Notification (N 3),

if the open air parking area at street level or part of that parking area (as the case may be) is used as a loading and unloading bay in accordance with the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214) and any rules made under that Act.

Exempt specified premises

6. A specified premises is exempted from the requirements under section 23(1) of the Act read with regulation 20B of the Parks and Trees Regulations.

Made on 21 February 2019.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND C202/01-037; AG/LEGIS/SL/216/2015/9 Vol. 1]

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