1858 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2x» DECEMBER, 1899.
must be provided on every floor with a window of at least ten square feet superficial area opening into such open space. The area of such window shall not be included in calculating the window area required by sub-section (a) of section 8 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 :
Provided always that when the owners of a block of buildings agree to make and do make a lane opening at both ends upon a public thoroughfare and free froni obstruc- tion throughout both vertically and horizontally, the foregoing requirements shall be modified as follows:- Houses not exceeding 40 feet in depth a
lane not less than Houses exceeding 40 feet but not exceeding
6 feet wide.
50 feet in depth: a lane not less than...... 8 feet wide. Houses exceeding 50 feet but not exceeding
60 feet in depth: a lane not less than......11 feet wide. Houses exceeding 60 feet in depth: a lane
not less than
13 feet wide.
And must be provided on every floor with a window of at least ten square feet superficial area opening into such open space. The area of such window shall not be in- cluded in calculating the window area required by sub- section (a) of section 8 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.
(b.) In computing the depth of a domestic building for the purposes of this section the depth of the kitchen shall be included in the computation of such depth in every case except when such kitchen is separated from the principal room or rooms of such building by an open backyard of at least six feet in depth extending the entire width of the back of such building and unobstructed except by a bridge on each floor not more than three feet six inches wide.
Maintenance 9. Every street on private land, in the rear of domestic and lighting buildings, shall be and shall be kept concreted, chan- of private borarets, nelled, drained, and may if the Director of Public Works thinks fit be provided with lighting apparatus by the Government, at the expense of the owners of the land abutting on such street, and the several owners of such land shall bear the cost of such concreting, channel- ling, draining and providing of such apparatus in pro- portion to the width of their respective land at the place where it abuts on such street, and the Government may recover such proportionate cost, together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from the date of demand for payment of such proportionate cost nade by the Director of Public Works from any such owner, by a suit in the name of the Director of Public Works in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The cost of the illumination of such street shall, however, be borne by the Government.
Private
lanes.
All household refuse shall be regularly removed by the Government from every such street.
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10. Every street on private land, upon which domestic streets.and buildings front shall, if it does not fall within the pro- visions of the immediately preceding section of this Ordinance, be and be kept surfaced, channelled, drained, and may if the Director of Public Works thinks fit be provided with lighting apparatus by the Government, at the expense of the owners of the land abutting on such street, and the several owners of such land shall bear the cost of such surfacing, channelling, draining, and providing of lighting apparatus, in proportion to the width of their respective land at the place where it abuts on such street, and the Government may recover such proportionate cost, together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. per annum from the date of demand for payment of such proportionate cost made by the Director of Public Works, from any such owner by a suit in the name of the Director of Public Works in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The cost of the illumination of such street shall, however, be borne by the Government.
Time within
ations, &c. are to be made.
11.--(a.) In the case of any alterations to existing which alter buildings being required for the purpose of complying with the provisions of section 7 of this Ordinauce, a period of six months from the date of the coming into force of this Ordinance shall be allowed to the owner or owners of such buildings within which to make such alterations, and, in the event of any of such alterations not being made and completed within the said period of six months, such owner, or if there be more than one such owner, every such owner shall be liable upon summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine of not exceeding