To
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1895.
SANITARY BOARD,
HONGKONG.
In the matter of The closed houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance, 1894.
To the Owner, Householder, Actual Tenant or Occupier of
This is to give you notice that the premises specified above are being occupied in
contravention of Ordinance 15 of 1894 and that if such occupation is continued on
and after the.
be instituted.
day of
189
By order of the Sanitary Board,
Secretary.
*Extract from Ordinance 15 of 1894.
a prosecution will
Section 6. On and after the 1st day of April, 1895, it shall not be lawful, without the written permission of the Sanitary Board, to live in, occupy or use, or to let or sublet, or to suffer or permit to be used for habitation or for occupation as a shop, any cellar, vault, underground room, basement or room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil:
Bye-law 14. The condition under which any cellar, vault, underground room, or basement any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil to the full extent of such side or sides may be occupied is that any such place is to be used only for the purpose of a kitchen or outhouse (not intended for human habitation) or for the storage of goods.
Bye-law 15. The condition under which any cellar, vault, underground room, basement or room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil may be occupied as a shop is that any such place fronts ou a street of a clear width of not less than 8 feet, and is not used as a domestic dwelling except by a caretaker or such number of persons as the Sanitary Board may authorize in writing.
In every case where accommodation is provided for persons to spend the night in such shop. such accommodation shall be provided by the erection of a mezzanine floor, which shall have a clear space of at least four feet between it and such side or sides of the cellar, vault, underground room, or basement as abut against the earth or soil.
Bye-law 16. The conditions under which any collar, vault, underground room, basement or room any side of which abuts on or against the earth or soil, may be occupied as domestic building are that the ground against which such cellar, vault, underground room or basement abuts, is not more than 4 feet above the floor level, and that for the remainder of the height of such cellar, vault, underground room or basement the ground is at least 4 feet from the external wall of such cellar, vault, underground room or basement.