Ordinance No. 6 of 1901.
Obstruction
prohibited.
356
(2) The cost of any works carried out under this section, exclusive of any such compensation as aforesaid, shall be certified by the Building Authority, and the Governor in Council may thereafter impose, in such proportions as he may decide, a special improvement rate upon the owners of such of the ad cining houses as are in the opinion of the Governor in Council benefited by such works; such rate shall not exceed an annuity for such period not exceeding thirty years as may be agreed upon, which shall be calculated at the rate of five per cent. interest, and of which the present value shall be the cost above referred to. Every such rate may be recovered by the Treasurer in the same manner as if it were a rate imposed under the provisions of the Rating Ordinance, 1901. The owners may, however, pay such cost into the Treasury at any time within one month from its being notified to them as certified by the Building Authority, and, further, may at any time pay into the Treasury the present value of the balance of any annuity unexpired.
(3) The Governor in Council may permit any part of any works directed under this section to be carried out by the owner at his own cost, but subject to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and to such conditions and in accordance with such plans and particulars as the Governor in Council may direct.
35. No window of any
tenement house shall be
of windows obstructed by the erection of any structure or fitting
whatsoever, or by any household goods or merchandise.
Conditions under which
cubicles may be erected and main- tained.
Sleeping Accommodation
36.-(1) No cubicle shall be erected, or, if already erected, be maintained in any room unless such room be provided with a sky-light or windows opening either directly or across a verandah or balcony into the external air, aud having a total area equal to at least one-tenth of the floor area of such room and capable of being opened to the extent of one-half at least, and unless the area of such sky-light, window or windows which is clear of any obstruction to the light is equal to one-half at least of the total area of such sky-light, window or windows.
(2) Not more than three cubicles shall be allowed in any room, and, in the event of any room not having a window at the rear opening either directly or across a verandah or balcony into the external air, only one cubicle shall be allowed in such room.
(3) No cubicle shall be erected, or, if already erected, maintained, on the ground floor of any domestic building.
(4) The cubicle or cubicles in a room shall be so placed as to leave at least two-fifths of the width of the window or windows required by this Ordinance without any cubicle partition in front of such two-fifths.
(5) No cubicle shall have a less floor area than sixty- four square feet, nor a less length or width than seven feet.
(6) There shall be a space measured vertically between the top of every portion of the partition of every cubicle and the ceiling or undersides of the supports of the floor above, or of the roof, as the case may be, of not less than four feet.
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