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*188 A. In the event of any building being here- Height of
after erected or re-erected on a corner site so buildings on as to abut upon more than one street the height corner sites. of such building shall be regulated by the wider of such streets so far as it abuts or will abut upon such wider street and also so far as it abuts or will alt upon the narrower of such streets to a distance of forty feet from the wider street.
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189-(1) Wherever it is possible to do so the height Method of
of any building shall be determined by measur- ing on the line of the wall abutting upon a street, from the level of such street, the full vertical height allowed by the foregoing sec- tions. Such full vertical height shall also be measured from the level of such street on the line of the nearest main wall opposite to the wall abutting on the street. From the points thus determined on the two walls lines shall be drawn at angles of thirty degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wali, or any ornamental tower, turret, or other architectural feature or decoration, or any parapet not exceeding three feet in height) falling outside such lines shall be deemed illegal. Provided always that in the case of any existing building which exceeds in height one and a halt times the width of the street upon which it abuts, the structure of the roof, or any part thereof, shall not be so altered or added to that any portion of such structure will fall outside lines drawn at angles of thirty degrees with the horizontal from points determined by measuring a full vertical height equal to one and a half times the width of such street on the lines of the main walls in the manner described in this sub-section,
(2.) In the event of the street on which a build- ing abuts not being level throughout the extent of such building, the height shall be measured from the central point of the external face of the wall abutting on such street.
(3.) In any case which does not fall within the foregoing provisions the height of the build- ing shall be determined in such manner as the Building Authority may direct."
Objects and Reasons,
Clause 2 is introduced in order more effectually to carry out the intention of the Legislature which was to confine the electors of the two elected members of the Sauitary Board to those who are special or common jurors and to those who would be jurors but for the nature of their avocations or for age or infirmity. In the clause as now drafted this intention is carried out save that persons holding offices of emolument under the Crown and Military officers are omitted as they and their views are amply represented by the official and appointed members of the Board.
Clauses 3 and 4 are intended to remove doubts which have arisen in consequence of the use of the word “fronts" in section 188 and of the word "abuts in section 189 and also to make it clear how the height of a corner building abutting on streets of different widths is to be determined."
C. G. ALABASTER, Attorney General,