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Limitation
of height of buildings.
Buildings.
Vertical Height of buildings to Main Wall-head.
77. (1) The height of every building shall hereafter be regulated in accordance with this section unless the Governor in Council shall otherwise permit.
(2) No existing building on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st day of February, 1903, which does not exceed in height one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts shall hereafter be raised to a height exceeding one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts.
(3) No existing building on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st day of February, 1903, which exceeds in height one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts, shall hereafter be increased in height.
(4) No building on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st day of February, 1903, shall hereafter be erected or re-erected to a height exceeding one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts.
(5) No existing building which has verandahs or balconies projecting over a street and which exceeds in height the width of the street upon which such building abuts shall hereafter be increased in height.
(6) No building on land leased from the Crown after the 21st day of February, 1903, shall be erected to a height exceeding the width of the street upon which it abuts.
(7) No building which does not fall within the provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be erected or re-erected or raised to a height exceeding such height as the Building Authority may authorize, but in the case of a building on land abutting upon a street the Building Authority shall have no power to require such building to be of a less height than that specified in such of the foregoing paragraphs as would apply if such building had been so arranged as to abut upon such street.
(8) No building shall exceed three storeys in height unless such building is constructed of fire-resisting materials throughout and no domestic building shall exceed five
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