Height of buildings on corner sites.
Height of buildings on sites abutting on more than one street although not
on corner sites.
Height of buildings not to be regu- lated by width of scavenging lanes, etc.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of
1098
(e) by re-numbering paragraph (5) as paragraph
(6);
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(f) by inserting after the word storey at the end of the paragraph so renumbered as para- graph (6) the words-
"For the purposes of this paragraph only, the term "storey" shall include any space having a clear height of more than five feet ";
(g) by inserting after the paragraph so renum- bered as paragraph (6) the following pro- viso :-
"Provided that :-
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(a) in the event of any building being hereafter erected or re-erected on a corner site so as to abut upon more than one street, or in the event of any building on a corner site being increased in height, the height of such building shall be regulated by the widest or wider of the streets upon which it abuts, so far as it abuts or will abut upon such widest or wider street, and also so far as it abuts or will abut upon the narrower streets or street to a distance of fifty feet from the widest or wider street: (b) in the event of any building being hereafter erected or re-crected so as to abut upon more that one street although not on a corner site, or in the event of any such building being increased in height, the height of the several parts of such building shall be regulated by the widths of the streets upon which they respec- tively abut:
(c) in no case shall the height of a build- ing or of any portion of it be regula- ted by the width of any scavenging lane, or other lane, or open space, upon which such building may abut if such lane or open space is not used or intended to be used as a means of access to a domestic build- ing other than servants quarters."
5. Section 189 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, is repealed, and the following section 1903, s. 189, is substituted therefor:-
and substitu- tion of new section.
Method of determination of height of buildings.
“189.-(1) Whenever it is possible to do so the height of any building shall be deter- mined by measuring on the line of the wall abutting upon the street which regulates the height, from the level of such street, the full vertical height allowed by section 188. Such full vertical height shall also be mea- sured from the level of such street on the line of the nearest main wall of the same building opposite to the wall abutting on the street, except where such opposite wall abuts upon another street. From the points thus determined on the 'wo walls lines shall be drawn at angles of thirty degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wall, or any ornamental tower, turret, or other architec- tural 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 already exceeds in
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