Malaysia legislation
Section 64
Section 64
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely—
(a)
regulating the development of land in relation to proper planning;
(b)
the classes of use of land and buildings or parts thereof;
(c)
the control of residential density, floor area, plot ratio, plinth area, and uses of buildings or land;
(d)
regulating the height, design, appearance and siting of buildings, provision of car parking, set back and open
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spaces;
(e)
the control of means of access to land or buildings;
(f)
the protection of ancient monuments and land and buildings of historic or architectural interest;
(g)
the details of the forms and contents of the structure plan and local plan, the procedure to be followed in the preparation, submission, and approval thereof, the form and manner in which they shall be published, and the form of the notices relating thereto;
(h)
the qualifications of persons who may prepare or submit plans for the purposes of this Act;
(i)
regulating the dimension, appearance and position of advertisements which may be displayed, the sites on which advertisements may be displayed, the manner in which they may be affixed to the land or building, the issue of licences for the display of advertisements and to prevent or remove advertisements which are not licensed;
(j)
the prescribing of such fees as may be required to be paid under this Act;
(k)
the rate of development charges and the method of calculation of development charges;
(l)
the form in which any application for planning permission for development shall be made, the particulars to be furnished in such application and the documents and plans which shall accompany such application;
(m)
the form and contents of a tree preservation order;
(n)
the form and contents of an action area order;
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(o)
the form of registration of application and the particulars to be contained in such register;
(p)
the manner of filing, and the fees to be paid for, and the procedure to be followed in, appeals to the Appeal Board;
(q)
regulating the conduct of negotiations for the purchase of lands in a development area and the terms of purchase;
(r)
regulating the making and the terms of any arrangement for sharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint venture, or reciprocal concession with any person, company or body under section 49;
(s)
securing a just and equitable implementation of section 51;
(t)
to provide for the offences under this Act and any by-laws which may be compounded by the Commissioner, the persons who may compound, the limit of the sum of money to be collected by the Commissioner for compounding such offences and the procedure and forms to be complied with in compounding; and
(u)
any other matters for the smooth execution of the development plan.
Repeal and saving