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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910.
adjoining house No.... Lot No.
on...........
1. That supplied, signed by the Building Authority.
2. That..
will keep the whole of the said works in good repair, and not permit the accumulation of rubbish therein or the use thereof for storage purposes, or as a smoke- hole or in any way other than as a channel for the admission of light and air.
3. That...
will always give free ingress to the Building Anthority or any. Officer authorized by such Authority, to enter the premises for the purpose of inspection.
4. That should the land occupied by such works be at any time required by the Government for any public work, improvement or other public purpose... hereby undertake, on receipt of a notice in writing from the Building Authority, to remove own expense the whole of such works within a period of three months from the date of such notice and without making any claim for compensation on the Government for such removal.
will in no way deviate from the plans and drawings of such works ...and deposited in the office of
at ......
5. That.........
relating to Areas.
will always comply with all Regulations from time to time in force
6. And that this Agreement shall be binding on.......... and assigns.
executors, administrators
Dated the.......
....day of...
Witness to Signature.
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Signature of Owner of Lot No...
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Schedule G.
Verandah and Balcony Regulations.
1. Except as hereinafter mentioned any Verandah projected over any street from the ground storey of any building shall not be less than 7 feet 9 inches wide, between the face of the wall from which it is projected and the inside face of the base of the piers or columns upon which it is supported.
As far as practicable, unless the Building Authority shall otherwise direct, the external face of the base of the piers or columns shall align with the face of the kerb of the side walk
2. Any such Verandah shall not be less than 12 feet high measured from the top of the kerb-stone or, if there is no kerb-stone, from the level of the centre of the street to the underside of the bressummers or lintels, or, if arches are used, to the soffit of the archways in the centre of the opening of the archway.
3. Any Balcony projected over any street shall have a clear height underneath every part thereof of at least 12 feet measured from the top of the kerb-stone or, if there is no kerb-stone, from the level of the centre of such street.
4. Any such Verandah, Balcony, or part thereof, projected over any street from any storey higher than the ground storey of any building, shall not be less than eleven feet high. Such height shall be measured from the floor of the Verandah, or Falcony, to the underside of the bressummers or lintels, or, if arches are used, to the soffits in the centres of the openings of the archways.
5. The ends of all such Verandahs or Balconies, which do not abut on any Verandah or Balcony existing at the date of their construction, shall be left open and shall be finished in all respects in a similar manner to the front elevation thereof.
6. Special plans and drawings of any such Verandah or Balcony shall be submitted to the Building Authority and shall be on tracing cloth, and such plans and drawings shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one-tenth of an inch to the foot, and the details of ali brackets, mouldings, caps, cornices, balustrades, and similar parts of the proposed struc- ture, shall be drawn to an uniform scale of 1 inch to the foot. Such plans and drawings shall clearly show the lines and levels of existing kerbs and any proposed alterations to such lines or levels, figured dimensions being given of such proposed alterations.
7. Any such Verandah or Balcony shall be constructed of iron, stone or brick, except that, within any urban district, the piers of every Verandah shall, on the ground storey of any building be made of iron or of cut stone worked straight, the exposed faces of which shall be extra fine punched.
8. All bressummers or lintels, in connection with any such Verandah or Balcony, shall be constructed of granite (fine punched on the exposed face) or of iron.
9. The roof and floors of any such Verandah or Balcony shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, with gutters laid to a proper fall and with down- pipes to carry off water.
10. In the case of Balconies any bracket which is not built into any party or cross wall or main wall other than the wall from which it projects, shall have its top member extended for a length of at least 3 feet underneath the floor joists.
11. The footpath or roadway underneath any Verandah or Balcony over Crown land or projecting beyond any such verandah or balcony out to the kerb-stone shall be paved with fine cement concrete at least four inches thick, or finely dressed granite stones, not more than 18 inches square closely jointed and laid on a bed of lime concrete, or with such other materials as may be approved by the Building Authority, by the owner for the time being of the property from which such Verandah or Balcony projects, who shall maintain the same in good order, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority: provided that wherever the Building Authority may consider it expedient to do so he may lay or repair any such footpath or roadway at the expense of the owner, as aforesaid, who shall pay into the Colonial Treasury, within 7 days of the date of notice, the amount certified by the Building Authority as being due in respect of the work done, and in default of such payment the Building Authority may recover such amount by an action in the Supreme Court in its Summary Jurisdiction.