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Town Planning Zoning (No.1) Order, 1956

TOWN PLANNING [CH.255 – 3

CHAPTER 255

TOWN PLANNING

TOWN PLANNING ZONING (No. 1) ORDER, 1956

(SECTION 5)

[Commencement 4th August, 1956]

1. This Order may be cited as the Town Planning

Zoning (No. 1) Order, 1956.

2. It is hereby ordered with effect from the date of the coming into operation of this Order that building upon that area of land described in the First Schedule to this Order will be permitted only for the purposes set out in the Second Schedule to this Order.

FIRST SCHEDULE

All that area, situate in the Eastern District of the Island of New Providence, the boundaries of which commence at the point of intersection of the centre line of East Shirley Street with the centre line of Retirement Road and extend thence southwardly along the centre line of the said Retirement Road to its junction with the centre line of Tedder Street in the subdivision known as Palmdale, thence continuing southwardly along the centre line of the said Tedder Street to its junction with the centre line of Madeira Avenue in the said subdivision known as Palmdale, thence westwardly along the centre line of the said Madeira Avenue to its junction with the centre line of the road which runs westwardly through the subdivision known as Shirley Heights from a point opposite the western end of Madeira Avenue to the eastern end of Sixth Terrace in the subdivision known as Centreville, thence northwardly along the eastern boundary of the said subdivision known as Centreville to the junction of the line of the said eastern boundary of the said Centreville subdivision with the centre line of East Shirley Street, thence eastwardly along the centre line of East Shirley Street back to the point of commencement as shown hatched red on a plan signed by the Chairman of the Town Planning Committee and lodged with the Director of Public Works which plan may be inspected during official office hours.

G.N. 146/1956

G.N. 134/1959

G.N. 131/1960

Title.

Building only for specific purposes.

[Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

CH.255 – 4] TOWN PLANNING

G.N. 131/1960.

G.N. 228/1959

Title.

Building only for residential purposes.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Dwelling houses, apartments (which may or may not include office accommodation), buildings for religious or educational purposes, schools, the expansion of any existing business house on its own or adjoining property, provided that the approval of the Minister for Works is first obtained.

TOWN PLANNING ZONING (No. 2) ORDER, 1959

(SECTION 5)

[Commencement 31st October, 1959]

1. This Order may be cited as the Town Planning

Zoning (No. 2) Order, 1959.

2. It is hereby ordered that building upon that area of land described in the Schedule hereto shall be permitted for residential purposes only.

SCHEDULE

All that area of land bounded as follows:
From the point where the western boundary of the house now known as “Surf Villa” produced northwards meets the line of high water easterly along the high water mark of ordinary tides to the point where the eastern boundary of the property now known as the “Drake Hotel” produced northwards meets the high water mark of ordinary tides, thence southwardly along the centre line of Chippingham Road to its junction with the road leading to Ardastra Gardens, thence westerly along the centre line of this road to a point where the line of the western boundary wall of the Ardastra Gardens produced meets this centre line thence southwardly along this wall for 350 feet, thence due west along an imaginary line to a point 150 feet west of the road leading to the telecommunications station thence northerly along an imaginary fine running parallel to this road to the centre of West Bay Street and thence northerly along the western boundary of “Surf Villa” to high water mark:
Provided that there shall be excluded from this area that land bounded as follows:
From a point where the eastern boundary of the property known as Malcolm’s Garage, produced meets the centre line of West Bay Street thence easterly along this centre line to a point

STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]