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876 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 23RD JULY, 1887.
Appeal to Governor in Council.
Buildings on
new Crown. Lots.
Overcrowding.
300 cubic feet of space to be given each inmate of houses.
Notices to Householder.
Common kitchen not to be used as sleeping TOOMS,
Children of fourteen years.
Lodging- Houses.
a covered bridge not more than three feet wide laid across such back-yard leading into the kitchen or outhouse at the level of each upper floor when the house is of more than one story. But in respect of such domestic buildings as may already in accordance with Section 64 of this Ordinance have left a clear area of four feet between the external wall of such building and a scarp or retaining wall, it shall be optional with the owner of such building to erect a kitchen or outhouse immediately abutting against the back of such building provided such kitchen or outhouse does not extend the full width of the building but stops within five feet of such width, and in such case the depth of the back-yard between the external wall of the building and scarp or retaining wall shall not be less than ten feet.
79. When however the provisions of the two preceding Sections cannot be adhered to without undue sacrifice of property, such provisions may be modified at the discretion of the Governor in Council.
70. Every person who shall erect a domestic building upon land obtained from the Crown after the passing of this Ordinance shall provide along the entire back of such building if one storied a clear space forming a back-yard of at least ten feet in width, if such building be two storied he shall cause the width of such back-yard to be at least fifteen feet, and if such building be three storied he shall cause the width of such back-yard to be at least twenty feet.
PART VIII.
71. Every domestic building or portion thereof found to be inhabited in excess of a proportion of one adult to every three hundred cubic feet of clear internal space shall be considered to be in an overcrowded condition and shall be deemed a Nuisance. This Section shall apply only to such districts or portions of districts as may from time to time be designated by an Order of the Governor in Council.
72. It shall not be lawful for any householder or tenant to let or sub-let for occupation any Tenement-House or any floor, compartment, or portion thereof to so large a number of persons or families as shall leave less than three hundred cubic feet of clear space for every adult inmate of such Tene- ment-House or portion thereof, including the family of such householder or tenant if resident on the premises, and the presence of any number of persons in excess of this proportion, between the hours of 9 P.M. and 4 A.M. shall be taken as prima facie evidence that such Tenement- House, floor, compartment, or portion thereof, has been let in contravention of this section.
73. If any Tenement-House or other domestic building or portion thereof shall be found to be in an overcrowded condition, the Board shall require the tenant of the same, or any portion thereof, and also if requisite the householder, each and severally, by means of a written Notice to abate such overcrowding within a period of one calendar month (or in the case of a second or subsequent notice, within three days) after the receipt of the Notice by such house- holder or tenant, and such Notice shall specify the cubic capacity available for habitation, in such Tenement-House . or other domestic building and the number of persons which may legally be accommodated therein in the pro- portion of one adult for every three hundred cubic feet of clear space.
74. Any room of a Tenement-House used as a common kitchen, shall not be used as a sleeping room, and the house- holder or tenant thereof shall be responsible that such common kitchen is not so used, nor shall any passage, lobby, or other place partitioned off from any sleeping room to the height of the ceiling be included in the calculation of the cubic capacity, available for human habitation.
75. In the calculation of cubic space for the purposes of the four preceding' Sections two children fourteen years or under fourteen years of age, shall be counted as one person, and every person over fourteen years of age shall be con- sidered as an adult.
76. No person shall open or keep open a Common Lodging-House unless the house is registered and the keeper thereof is licensed by the Registrar General.
To be relegated to the
Building Ordinance.