Under the revised Guidelines, the definition of Service Apartment (SA) is refined to mean an establishment held under central management to provide residential accommodation with central air-conditioning.
It is characterized by fully/partly-furnished studio or two-room unit with a small pantry/kitchenette, or a high proportion of such units in the same building or establishment, and provided with communal facilities, such as dining hall, laundry, recreational facilities and housekeeping services.
"In other words, SA refers to the type of residential accommodation that operates like a hotel establishment. Other types of service apartment developments that resemble residential flats will be considered as flats and subject to the provisions for 'Flat' use under the relevant Outline Zoning Plans," a spokesman for the Board said.
The development of "hotel-like" SA will continue to be permitted as of right in "Commercial" and "Commercial/Residential" zones, and may be permitted on application to the TPB in other zones.
To reflect the characteristics of "hotel-like" SA, it is stated in the revised Guidelines that it should normally comprise not less than 75 per cent of relatively small units, i.e. studio or two-room units of reasonable sizes, say, in the region of 40 square meters and 70 square meters respectively.作者: unicorn 時間: 2010-3-5 10:08:36
