Rules to bo observed
as to works,
1. Walls of Houses.
2. Brick Walls of Houses.
3. Stone Walls of Houses.
4. Foundations of Walls of Houses.
5. Floors in general.
6. Floors of outside Houses.
Days Notice to be
every
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
II. All works henceforward shall be under the survey and inspection of the Surveyor General, and shall be commenced, resumed, prosecuted and completed with due observance of this Ordinance and particularly of the Rules next following, that is to say:—
1. The Walls of all Houses shall be built of Bricks or Stones.
2. The Brick walls of Houses shall be of the thickness of not less than one Brick at the upper Story, one Brick and a half at the Story immediately below the upper Story, and two Bricks at the Story (if any) immediately below the said two Stories.
3. The Stone walls of Houses shall be of the thickness of not less than Ten inches at the upper Story, one foot two inches at the Story next immediately below the upper Story, and one foot and a half at the Story (if any) next immediately below the said Two Stories.
4. The Foundations of every wall of a House shall be of the depth of not less than twice the thick- ness of the Wall at the lowest Story of the said Building; and the lowest course of every such Foundation shall be of not less than twice the Thickness of the wall at the said lowest Story; and the height and thickness of the upper courses of such Foundation shall diminish gradually towards the upper surface thereof.
5. The Floors of any one House shall not approach nearer than one Brick's length towards the Floors of any other House separated by a party Wall from the House firstmentioned; And the space intervening between the said two Floors shall be properly and substantially built up with Bricks or Stones as the case may be.
6. In the case of two or more Houses separated from each other, or others by one or more party Walls the external ends of the Floors of the first and last of the said Houses shall be carried to and terminate at the Space of not less than nine inches from the Outside of the external Walls of the said first and last Houses respectively.
III. It shall not be lawful for any person to commence or (in the case of any works-the progress given before commenc- whereof shall have been for a period exceeding three months suspended) to resume any works until days ing or (in the case of works suspended for
written notice of the intention to commence or resume the same shall have been given unto the Surveyor above 3 months) re- General at his Office by the person by or for whom such works are intended to be commenced, and every suming works. such notice shall specify the material particulars of the said intended Works, and any person commencing Penalty for or resuming any works without having first given such notice as aforesaid to the Surveyor General or before the expiration of days from the giving thereof, shall for every such default forfeit and pay to Her Majesty Except in case of a sum not exceeding Dollars nor less than Dollars; except where any inevitable accident or emergency shall have occurred to make it necessary to commence or resume any works immediately, in In which case notice which case only it shall be lawful to commence or resume the same, yet so as that written notice to be given within Two Days after commen- thereof and of the material particulars of such works shall within Two Days after commencing or resuming cing or resuming the the same be given by the person by or for whom the same were so commenced or resumed unto the said
Surveyor General at his Office aforesaid,
default.
inevitable necessity.
works.
Works to be liable IV. In cases where any penalty shall have been incurred under the provisions of the Section next in certain cases to be immediately preceding, or where the Surveyor General shall be refused admittance to any tenement for the abated as a Nuisance. purpose of surveying or inspecting any works thereon or therein commenced, resumed, or in progress, the
said works shall be liable to be abated as a Nuisance.
Contracts to be made V. All contracts hereafter to be made for works contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be or executed to the con- null and void, and it shall not be lawful to execute in contravention of the said Provisions any contracts trary of this Ordinance. heretofore made for works and in force at the passing of this Ordinance.
Double Police Rates VI. Over and above all other penalties and liabilities by this Ordinance imposed, the owner of every to be paid for Buildings Building constructed, reconstructed, or altered in contravention of this Ordinance shall pay in respect of illegally constructed, the same a periodical Police Rate of double the amount to which, but for such contravention he would have been liable in respect of the said Building, yet so as that if the same shall be abated, diminished, or removed under the provisions of this Ordinance, the said owner shall cease to be liable to pay any such Police Rate in respect thereof.
&c., until abatement,
Saving of Crown re- medies.
Every House to have
Privy.
VII. No remedies for breaches of contract committed by Crown lessees or others now vested in the Crown or its officers shall be prejudiced by this Ordinance.
VIII. It shall not be lawful to construct, reconstruct, or (if now in the course of construction or re- a Cooking Place and construction) to complete any House without a sufficient and safe Place for lighting of fires and cooking of
Food; and also a sufficient Watercloset or Privy, and a sufficient Ashpit furnished with proper Doors and Coverings; All which shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, and every Person offending against any of the enactments in this Section contained shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to the Crown a penalty not exceeding 100 Dollars nor less than 50 Dollars.
Penalty,
any House to make
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The Surveyor Gen- IX. The Surveyor General shall in case any House whether now existing or hereafter to be constructed eral shall require the or reconstructed shall not be provided or shall be imperfectly provided with any of the works in the last owner or occupier of immediately preceding section specified, give written notice of every such deficiency to the owner or occu- good all deficiencies in pier of the said House, thereby requiring him or her to provide for and make good the said deficiency forth- works of that kind and with or within some specified and reasonable term to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General: and in case cause them to be made the said owner or occupier shall not obey or comply with the said requirement, the said Surveyor General good.
Public and common
shall cause the said works to be executed, and may recover the charges and expenses thereof together with his costs of procedure by summary application to any two Justices, who shall, in case of default in payment thereof, levy the amount so recovered by warrant of distress and sale upon the goods and chattels of such owner or occupier.
X. The Surveyor General may provide and maintain in properand suitable situations common waterclosets, privies sewage places privies, urinals, and other like conveniencies for public accommodation; And also proper Buildings, Pits, Places, etc., may be provided. Boxes or other conveniences for the temporary reception and collection of Sewage, Dung, Soil, Filth, Dust,
Ashes and Rubbish, yet so as not to occasion Annoyance or Nuisance, and all such matters sore- . ceived or collected therein shall be vested in and may be disposed of at the discretion of and by the. Sur- veyor General; And all the proceeds (if any) of such as shall in any wise be so disposed of shall be Works contravening this Ordinance to be applied in aid of the Funds to be provided for carrying into effect this Ordinance.
deemed a Nuisance. XI. Every work whatsoever hereafter to be commenced resumed prosecuted or finished in contraven-
Ruinous Buildings to tion of this Ordinance shall be deemed a Nuisance.
be deemed Nuisances. XII. Every Building, or Part of a Building being in a ruinous or dangerous condition shall be deemed
Buildings erected of a Nuisance.
inflammable Materials
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to be deemed Nui- XIII. Every Building erected or to be hereafter erected of any inflammable material, in such wise as to
endanger any neighbouring Building, shall be deemed a Nuisance.
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