Table 12.4: Distribution of Housing by Types, 2000
c) Housing along major roads
i. Existing situation
553. In certain areas of the City where housing has been built facing major roads, there is pressure to change the usage from residential to commercial. This kind of ribbon development is undesirable as it leads to uncontrolled commercial development that can adversely affect the City’s planned intentions.
ii. Issue
• Pressures for commercial development on housing areas facing major roads.
d) Housing density
i. Existing situation
554. Comprehensive Development Plan 1040 and the Density Rules of 1985 determine housing densities. The density range used by the plan is between 4 persons per hectare (pph) to 162 pph and an average density of 24 pph is applied to all areas outside the original 93 square kilometre area of Kuala Lumpur.
555. Although they are now as ubiquitous as conventional housing, condominiums were a relatively new concept at the time that the original housing densities were determined. As a consequence of the growth in the number of condominium development, densities in housing areas have increased and are no longer consistent.