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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26тH NOVEMBER, 1898.
Mezzanine floors and cocklofts.
Open spaces and back lanes.
(f.) No portion of the structure of any cubicle except the necessary corner posts shall be nearer than two inches to the floor of such cubicle, and no structure shall be erected, or if already existing shall be allowed to remain, within any cubicle, which is of a greater height than the maximum height allowed by this section for any portion of the structure of such cubicle or which provides a cover or roof to
the cubicle.
(9.) No partition shall be erected, or if already exist- ing shall be allowed to remain, nearer than four feet to any window the area of which is included in calculating the window area specified in sub-sec- tion (e.).
For the
purposes of this section every sub-division of a domestic building, unless such sub-division has a window or windows opening directly into the external air and having a total area clear of the window frames equal to one-tenth of the floor area of such sub-division, shall be deemed to be a cubicle.
5.--(a.) It shall not be lawful to erect, or if already existing to allow to remain, in any room of any domestic building, any mezzanine floor or cockloft whatsoever, except under such regulations as may be made by the Governor-in-Council and published in the Government Gazette, and the Governor-in-Council shall have full power to vary, alter and repeal any such regulations, and tỏ sub- stitute new regulations therefor.
(b.) Every intermediate floor, platform, or landing of a greater length than six feet and of a greater breadth" than two feet, which does not comply with the clear-space re- quirements of section 23 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1889, and which is not separately provided with a window or windows opening directly into the external air and having a total area clear of the window frames of at least one- tenth of the floor area, shall be deemed to be a mezzanine floor or cockloft.
6.-(a.) Every domestic building in this Colony already erected, or now in process of erection, (except in cases pro- vided for by section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance, 1887, or coming within the terms of Articles of Agreement under the Praya Reclamation Ordinance, 1889) shall be provided at the expense of the owner of such building with an open space in the rear in accordance with the following acale :---
Houses not exceeding 40 feet in depth, for
each foot of width
Houses exceeding 40 feet but not exceed- ing 50 feet in depth, for each foot of width
Houses exceeding 50 feet but not exceed- ing 60 feet in depth, for each foot of width
An open space not less than
4 square feet.
6 square feet.
8 square feet. Houses exceeding 60 feet in depth, for each
foot of width
. 12 square feet.
Every domestic building hereafter erected in this Colony, (except in cases provided for by section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance, 1887, or coming within the terms of Articles of Agreement under the Praya Reclamation Ordi- nance, 1889) shall be provided with an open space in the rear in accordance with the following scale :—
Houses not exceeding 40 feet in depth, for
each foot of width
Houses exceeding 40 feet but not exceed- ing 50 feet in depth, for each foot of width
Houses exceeding 50 feet but not exceed- ing 60 feet in depth, for each foot of width
Houses exceeding 60 feet in depth, for each
foot of width
An open space not less than
8 square feet.
10 square feet.
12 square feet.
14 square feet.
The provisions of every Ordinance or bye-law in force in this Colony as to keeping backyards clear of obstruction shall apply to every such open space as aforesaid.