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

Town Councils Act

(Chapter 329A, Section 24(1))

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

By 2

REVISED EDITION 1998

(15th June 1998)

[15th June 1998]

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 wait 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 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 common property or in any open space within the Town except in any place designated by the Town Council for that purpose; or
(c)	erect or install any fixture, structure, object or material on common property or in any open space within the Town other than with the prior written permission of the Town Council.

Town Council may 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 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 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 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, 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 by the owner or person having lawful possession thereof within 30 days of such removal and detention, the Town Council may dispose of it by public auction or otherwise and apply the proceeds of 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 rubbish 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 a 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 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, 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.

[S 328/2000 wef 01/08/2000]

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 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 common property or in any open space within the Town.

Diversion of water supply

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

Display of signs

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

Unauthorised CATV attachments

12.—(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 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.

Damage to property

13.—(1) No person shall remove, destroy or damage any property under the control and management of the Town Council or remove earth or soil from any land under the control or management of the Town Council.

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

Trespassing onto meter rooms, etc.

13A. 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.

[S 328/2000 wef 01/08/2000]

Penalty

14. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these By-laws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

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