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existing building.
Regulation of open spaces
in rear of new buildings.
No. 6 of 1889,
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1901]
of the entire space intervening between the principal room or rooms and the main wall at the back of such building as well as the corresponding portion of roof, unless such building is already provided with an open and unobstructed backyard of at least fifty square feet in area, and the building must be provided on every floor with a window of at least ten square feet superficial area opening into such open space. The area of such window shall not be included in calculating the window area required by section 69.
(2.) For the purposes of this section, any domestic building (other than a corner house) having two main frontages in different streets shall be regarded as two domestic buildings, if the entire depth from frontage to frontage exceeds fifty feet
(3.) The Board, with the consent of the Governor-in-Council, shall have power, in any special case, to modify the foregoing requirements of this section, where such modification may appear necessary.
(4.) In no case shall any obstruction whatever be placed or erected in any such open space,
open space, with the exception of a bridge or covered way on each story, not exceeding three feet six inches in width, when such bridge is necessary as a means of access to any part of the domestic building.
56.—(1.) Every domestic building hereafter erected (except in cases provided for by section 54 or coming within the terms of Articles of Agreement under the Praya Reclamation Ordinance, 1889,) shall be provided by the owner with an open space in the rear in accordance with the following scale:
An open space not less than square feet
A house not exceeding 40 feet in depth, for each foot of width 8
A house exceeding 40 feet but not exceeding 50 feet in depth,
for each foot of width
A house exceeding 50 feet but not exceeding 60 feet in depth,
for each foot of width....
10 square feet.
.12 square feet A house exceeding 60 feet in depth, for each foot of width ...14 square feet.
(2.) In no case shall any obstruction whatever be placed or erected in any such open space, with the exception of a bridge or covered way on each story when such bridge is necessary as a means of access to any part of the domestic building; such bridge shall not exceed three feet six inches in width, unless the building exceeds twenty-five feet in width, in which case the bridge may be of a width not exceeding five feet. building must also be provided on every floor with a window of at least ten square feet superficial area opening into such open space, and the area of such window shall not be included in calculating the window area required by section 69.
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