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CONSULTATION PAPER ON PROPOSED PRINCIPLES ON ALLOCATION OF BUILDING NUMBERS AND GUIDELINES FOR DISPLAYING BUILDING NUMBERS, STREET NAMES, SHOP DESIGNATIONS AND SIGNAGES Rating and Valuation Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3 June 2005 CONSULTATION PAPER ON PROPOSED POLICIES ON ALLOCATION OF BUILDING NUMBERS AND GUIDELINES FOR DISPLAYING BUILDING NUMBERS, STREET NAMES AND SHOP DESIGNATIONS Table of Contents Page 1. Purpose 1 2. Background 1 3. Allocation of Building Numbers 3 3.1 Buildings with Street-Fronting Shops (Example 1) 3 3.2 Buildings fronting More than One Street (Examples 2 3) 4 3.3 Shopping Arcades (Example 4) 7 3.4 Inadequate Building Numbers (Example 5) 7 4. Display of Building Numbers, Street Names, Shop Designations and Signages 9 4.1 Street-fronting Shops, Main Entrance to Upper Floors or Arcade 9 4.2 Signage Showing the Location of the Main Entrance to Upper Floors 9 4.3 Size of Building Number and Building Number Plate (Example 6) 10 5. Invitation to Comment on the Consultation Paper 11 Consultation Paper on Proposed Principles on Allocation of Building Numbers and Guidelines for Displaying Building Numbers, Street Names, Shop Designations and Signages 1. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consult and solicit the views of the relevant professional associations, institutes, and Government Departments on the proposed principles on allocation of building numbers and guidelines for displaying building numbers, street names, shop designations and signages. The views are collected for establishing comprehensive practice notes to regularize the building numbering activities in Hong Kong for the convenience of tourists, visiting public, postal delivery and emergency services. 2. Background 2.1 Under Section 32(2) of the Buildings Ordinance (Chapter 123), the Commissioner of Rating and Valuation (CRV) is authorized to allocate building numbers and enforce the display of building numbers. Non-compliance of