418 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.
Application of Ordinance.
within his Tenement, or upon or over some way or public Place in the immediate neighbourhood of his Tenement, for the Space of Twelve Hours after the said Nuisance shall have been committed.
VI. This Ordinance shall apply to all new Buildings, and when- ever Mention is herein made of any Building, it shall, unless the contrary appears from the context, be deemed to imply a Build- ing commenced after the Passing of this Ordinance: any other Building shall be deemed to be an old Building.
Building when VII. A Building shall be deemed to be new, whenever the deemed to be enclosing Walls thereof have not been carried higher than the
Footings previously to the
Day of
18 ; any other Building shall be deemed to be an old Building.
new.
Alterations
and Additions
to old Buildings.
VIII. Any Alteration, Addition, or other Work made or done for any Purpose except that of necessary Repair not affecting injuriously the Construction of any External or Party Wall, in, to, or upon any old Building, or in, to, or upon any new Building after the Roof has been covered in, shall, to the Extent of such Alteration, Addi- tion, or Work, be subject to the Regulations of this Ordinance, and whenever Mention is hereinafter made of any Alteration, Addition, or Work, in, to, or upon any Building, it shall, unless the contrary appears from the Context, be deemed to imply an Alteration, Addition, or Work to which this Ordinance applies.
IX. All Works shall be under the Survey and Inspection of the observed as to Surveyor General, and shall be commenced, resumed, prosecuted, and completed with due Observance of this Ordinance and parti- cularly of the Rules next following, that is to say :-
Rules to be
Works.
Structure of Buildings.
Construction of Walls of Brick, Stone,
&c.
As to the Building of Walls of Dwelling Houses.
As to Walls of Public Buildings, &c.
Foundations of Walls of Houses.
1. Every Building shall be enclosed with Walls constructed of Brick, Stone or some other hard and incombustible Substance to be approved of by the Surveyor General and the Founda- tions shall rest on solid Ground or upon Concrete or upon other solid Substructure.
2. Every Wall constructed of Brick, Stone, or other similar Substances shall be properly bonded and solidly put together with Mortar or Cement, and no Part of such Wall shall over- hang any part underneath it except where specially permitted under this Ordinance and a Return Walls shall be pro- perly bonded together.
3. The Walls of all Houses, Partitions not included, shall be solidly built of Brick or Stone throughout and shall be of the Thickness of not less than Thirteen Inches for the Two Upper Stories, and shall increase in Thickness not less than Four Inches for each Story below the one immediately above. No House shall be built of greater Length than Fifty Feet without a Cross Wall unless satisfactory Reasons be adduced and the approval of the Surveyor General be obtained.
4. The Walls of all Public Buildings, Warehouses, Manu- factories, Workrooms or Distilleries, and Places for secure Stowage or Custody shall be of the Thickness required by the Surveyor General.
5. The Foundations of every Wall of a House shall be of the Depth required by the Nature of the Ground subject to the Approval of the Surveyor General.
Rules as to
X. The following Rules shall be observed with respect to Bres- Bressummers. summers or Lintels :
As to Floors of Houses.
As to Space of Floors, &c.
Height of Story.
As to Doors between Houses.
1. Every Bressummer or Lintel must have a Bearing, in the Direction of its Length, of Four Inches at the least at each End, upon a sufficient Pier of Brick or Stone, or upon a Timber or Iron Story Post fixed on a solid Foundation, in Addition to its Bearing upon any Party Wall; and the ends of such Bressummer or Lintel shall have a Bearing on the Party Walls of not less than Four and-a-half Inches;
2. Every Bressummer or Lintel bearing upon any Party Wall must be borne by a Templet or Corbel of Stone or Iron, tailed through at least Half the Thickness of such Wall, and of the full Breadth of the Bressummer, and over every Bressummer or Lintel a relieving Arch must be built. XI. The Floors of any one House shall not approach nearer than Nine Inches in Length towards the Floors of any other House separated by a Party Wall from the House first mentioned; and the Space intervening between the said Two Floors shall be properly and substantially built up with Brick or Stone, as the Case may be.
XII. A clear Space of at least Nine Feet shall be left between any Two Floors of such Houses.
XIII. The Height of every Topmost Story of such Houses shall be measured from the Level of its Floor up to the under Side of the Tie of the Roof, or up to half the vertical Height of the Rafters or Purlins when the Roof has no Tie.
XIV. No Doors or Openings of any Sort shall be made be tween any Two such Houses without previous Notice to the Sur- veyor General.