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SEcTION: 21 UTILITY SERVICES SEcTION: 21 UTILITY SERVICES
21.4.3 Every exposed roof, canopy or building shall be finished with a
gradient of not more than 2% and not less than 1.4% in order to
direct the rainwater to suitable channels, gutters, and outlets or
down pipes.
21.4.4 All rainwater shall be either drained into a specially constructed
soak away or into the approach road to prevent dispersal of
surface water towards adjacent plots.
21.5 GAS FAcILITIES
21.5.1 Central gas supply and gas cylinder requirements shall comply
with the Authority’s relevant code.
21.5.2 Gas cylinders shall be kept in a covered, well-ventilated area
outside the kitchen or the habitable spaces.
21.5.3 The gas cylinder storage in public buildings shall be well
ventilated, easily accessible to facilitate changing the empty
cylinders and to be isolated, in case of fire.
21.5.4 All gas connections shall be confirmed to the standard
specifications approved by the Authority.
21.6 VENTILATION AND AIR cONDITIONING
21.6.1 Design and installation of all air conditioning and ventilation
systems shall be in accordance with current guidelines of the
Authority’s relevant code.
21.6.2 Architectural features should be introduced in the elevations/
facades in order to conceal the air conditioning equipment
from the public eye. The minimum distance between any air
conditioning unit and the neighbor’s boundary shall be 0.9
meter.
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21.7 ELEcTRIcITY/LIGhTING AND TELEPhONE INSTALLATIONS
21.7.1 Electricity, Lighting & Telephone requirements shall comply with
the Authority’s relevant code.
21.7.2 Electrical rooms in buildings shall satisfy the following
requirements:
a) Proposed location and dimensions of the electrical room
shall be subject to approval by the related Authority.
b) The Electrical transformer room may be situated in the
setback area as such transformer provides a public service
to the buildings in the area.
21.7.3 Telephone requirements:
a) An appropriate area or areas shall be set aside for the
location of termination boxes, distribution frames equipment
etc. This may vary from a vacant wall in a secure room to a
complete room depending on the telephone requirements of
the building.
b) A comprehensive system of horizontal and vertical cable
trays and/ or conduits from the external cable termination
point to telephone points throughout the building shall be
provided.
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