Buildings.
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forbidden in
than 25 feet
49. No balcony shall, except with the consent of the Balconies Governor in Council, be hereafter erected or re-erected to project over any street, whether public or private, which is less than 25 feet in width.
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or balconies when the building height exceeds the width of the street.
50. No verandah or balcony shall, except with the Verandahs consent of the Governor in Council, be hereafter erected forbidden or re-erected to project from any building which exceeds in height the width of the street over which such verandah or balcony is intended to project, nor shall any building from which a verandah or balcony projects be afterwards increased in height so as to exceed the width of the street over which such verandah or balcony projects.
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width of projection of verandahs and balconies.
51. The number of storeys and the projection of Height and verandahs or balconies projecting over any street shall be determined by measuring on the line of the wall abutting on such street a vertical height equal to the width of the street over which the verandahs or balconies are intended to project and from the point thus determined a line at an angle of 75 degrees with the horizontal shall be drawn and any part of a verandah or balcony except the balustrade, falling outside such line shall be deemed illegal, and no portion of any verandah or balcony shall project beyond the line of kerb of the footpath underneath such verandah or balcony provided that in no case shall the projection exceed 11 feet 6 inches from the lot boundary adjoining such verandah or balcony and if there be no footpath the projection of the verandah or balcony shall be determined by the Building Authority.
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52. The width of a street shall be determined for the purpose of this Part by the Building Authority.
Building Authority [62] to determine
Restriction on partitions, obstructions and inclosures in verandahs or balconies.
width of street.
and balconies inclosed.
53. No partition (other than such as may be necessary Verandahs for the separation of the verandah or balcony of any not to be building from the verandah or balcony of any adjacent building) shall be erected in any verandah or balcony over unleased Crown land or over any street, nor shall any such verandah or balcony be obstructed or inclosed wholly or in part (except by a balustrade not exceeding 3 feet in height)
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