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Town Planning Zoning (No.2) Order, 1959

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]

TOWN PLANNING [CH.255 – 5
where the eastern boundary of the property known as Caribbean Motors meets this centre line, thence 300 feet southwardly along this boundary line, thence along an imaginary line westwardly to a point on the western boundary of the Malcolm Court property which is 300 feet from the centre of Bay Street thence in a northerly direction along this boundary to West Bay Street.

TOWN PLANNING ZONING ORDER, 1963

(SECTION 5)

[Commencement 27th April, 1963]

1. This Order may be cited as the Town Planning

Zoning Order, 1963.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE

(a) Dwelling houses. (b) Apartments.

(c) Hotels.

(d) Retail stores and filling stations. (e) Schools and churches.

(f) Community centres, banks and offices. (g) Docks and marinas.

(h) Other uses normally located in residential areas, each such use being approved by the Town Planning Committee for this purpose.

G.N. 95/1963

Title.

Building only for specific purposes

[Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS