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[s, 20 cont.]
Repairs to impermeable material over ground surface.
Saving.
Level of the ground floor to be above level of ground outside.
Buildings.
broken to pass a one inch ring for interior surfaces and one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass a one inch ring for exterior surfaces.
(2) The ground surface of every area, kitchen, latrine, water closet, backyard, courtyard, alleyway or space on which slops may be thrown, shall have a fall of not less than 1 in 40 from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such surface.
(3) This section shall not apply to any existing domestic building, the ground surface of which has been paved to the satisfaction of the Building Authority in accordance with any existing law or bylaw and which is so maintained. [31]
21. Where the ground surface of any building or the floor of any kitchen, bathroom, latrine, or water closet, or the ground surface of any area, backyard, courtyard, alleyway or space on which slops may be thrown or from which foul waters flow, is or has been paved or covered over with impervious material, and such material has been subsequently broken, excavated or otherwise disturbed, or has perished, the landlord or owner shall make good the same to the satisfaction of the Building Authority upon the completion of any work for the execution of which the same has been broken or otherwise disturbed or within 14 days from the receipt by him of written notice from the Building Authority so to do; and in default thereof he shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each offence, and to a further fine of ten dollars for each day after such conviction during which such offence continues. [32]
22. Sections 20 and 21 shall not apply to any domestic building which existed on the 29th day of December, 1894, unless such building is situated within the City of Victoria or at Kowloon, New Kowloon, Quarry Bay, Shaukiwan, or Aberdeen, or within such other districts or places as may be ordered by the Governor in Council by notice in the Gazette. [167]
Floors.
23. The level of the ground floor of every domestic building hereafter erected shall be not less than 6 inches higher than the highest level of the ground outside such
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