Parks and Trees (planting areas) Notification 2005

NO. S 521 First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 1st August 2005 at 5:00 pm. PARKS AND TREES ACT 2005 (ACT 4 OF 2005) PARKS AND TREES (PLANTING AREAS) NOTIFICATION 2005 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation and commencement 2. Application 3. Planting areas for premises with open air parking area In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23 (3) of the Parks and Trees Act 2005, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Notification: Citation and commencement 1. This Notification may be cited as the Parks and Trees (Planting Areas) Notification 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2005. Application 2. This Notification shall apply to — (a) any premises referred to in section 22 of the Act; and (b) any premises in respect of which an application for planning permission is made on or after 1st August 2005, being premises which comprise an open air parking area at street level. 1 S 521/2005 Planting areas for premises with open air parking area 3. All premises referred to in paragraph 2 shall have the following planting areas: (a) where the parking area does not adjoin or abut any other planting area, green verge or any building within the premises, a planting area of not less than 2 metres wide along the length of the parking area; (b) where the parking area has 2 or more parallel rows of parking lots, a planting area of not less than 4metres wide in the centre divider separating the parallel rows of parking lots; and (c) where the parking area is adjacent to any building within the premises, a planting area of not less than 4 metres wide between the parking area and the building. Made this 15th day of July 2005. TAN TEE HOW Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Singapore. [ND 202/1-58 Pt. 1 V4; AG/LEG/SL/216/2005/4 Vol. 1] 2S 521/2005