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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1889.
Roofs to rest
upon brick- work or stone- work.
Bond-timber or wood-plate.
Timber of wood-work Hear flue or chimney- opening.
Arches.
Coping, cornice, &c.
Eaves-guttera,.
&c.
Encroach. ments on or over Crown
Laud.
Construction
of kitchens or
cook-houses.
30. The roofs of all buildings including verandalis, shall in all cases rest upon, and abut against, at least nine inches of solid brick-work or stone-work, and in all cases where the walls supporting such roof are of a less thickness than eighteen inches, such walls shall be corbelled out in briek or stone-work immediately below the rafters of the roof.
Wood-Work.
31. No bond timber or wood-plate shall be built into the thickness of any party or external wall.
32. No timber or wood-work shall be placed in any wall or chimney-breast nearer than twelve inches from the inside of any flac or chimney-opening, nor under any chimney-opening, within eighteen inches from the upper surface of the hearth of such chimney-opening; nor shall any wooden plugs be driven nearer than six inches to the inside of any flue or chimney-opening.
Arches.
33. Every arch under any public or private way used as a thoroughfare shall be formed of brick, stone, or other, incombustible materials. If an arch of brick or stone is used. it shall, in cases where its span does not exceed ten feet, be of a least thickness of twelve inches; where its span does not exceed fifteen feet, it shall be of a least thickness of fifteen inches; and where its span exceeds fifteen feet, it shall be of such thickness and built of such materials as may be approved by the Surveyor General. If an arch bridge or platform of iron, concrete, or other incombustible material not being brick or stone is used, it shall be deemed to be an exceptional structure, and shall be constructed in such manner as may be approved by the Surveyor General.
Projections.
34. Every coping, cornice, facia, window dressing, portico, balcony, verandah, and balustrade, and every architectural projection and architectural decoration what- soever, and also the eaves or cornices to any overhanging roof, except the cornices and dressings to the window fronts of shops, and except the eaves and cornices to detached or semi-detached dwelling-houses distant at least thirty feet from any other building or from the land of any adjoining owner, shall be of brick, tile, stone, artificial stone, slate, cement, or other incombustible material.
35. The roof of every building, or verandah, shall be so arranged and constructed, and so supplied with eaves- gutters and rain-water down-pipes properly connected with the side channels so as to prevent the roof waters being discharged upon or over any foot-path or roadway.
Encroachments on or over Crown Land.
36. No encroachment shall be made upon or over Crown Land by any verandal or balcony projected from any build-. ing, or by any other structure or part thereof whatsoever, (1.) Without the previons consent of the Governor
and
(2.) Until the applicant for leave to make such cncroachment shall have previously signed an undertaking in the form contained in Schedules B. or C. and
(3.) Unless subject to such Rules and Regulations as may be made by the Governor, in Council under this Ordinance, and
(4.) Unless the building from which such verandah or other structure is intended to project, shall comply in all respects with every provision of this Ordinance and of Ordinance 24 of 1887 aud of Bye-Laws inade thereunder, and
(5.) Unless the street, lane, or alley into which such verandah is intended to project is twenty or over twenty feet in width from house-wall to house- wall.
Kitchens and Cook-Houses.
37. Every kitchen or cook-house shall be provided with a properly constructed brick fire-place, and smoke flue. Every fire-place adapted for the use of charcoal, shall be provided with a hood of sheet metal or of lath and plaster of sufficient size connecting with a chimney shaft carried up above the level of the roof. The interior surfaces of every flue shall be smoothly rendered with mortar, and no flue shall have less than eighty-one square inches of scc- tional area.