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Section 149.-Fire escapes must be provided for all new buildings and for existing buildings within three years after the passing of the Ordinance.
Section 151.-The living apartinents of new domestic buildings shall not exceed forty feet in depth unless there is an open space at the side at least thirteen feet wide (see definition of "external air") from which the rooms shall also be lit.
(3.)-Compensation is granted when loss is incurred by this provision.
Section 153.-Cubicles shall not be erected in new domestic buildings unless each cubicle is lit from the external air.
Section 154.-Cubicles in existing buildings must have a window into the external air but the Governor in Council may modify the definition of "external air" in respect to these cubicles.
Section 156 reduces the minimum internal area of privies from 12 square feet to 10 square feet.
Section 158.-The floors of new privies on upper floors shall be of cement concrete or other impervious material.
Section 160.-Water pipes and water taps from the main water service shali not be fixed in latrines or urinals, without the intervention of a cistern.
Section 163 requires separate privy accommodation for the two sexes, in factories, etc.
Section 164.-Blocks of new tenement houses shall be provided with suitable latrine accommodation.
Section 165.-The Board may require the provision of adequate latrine accom- modation for any building, where such appears necessary,
Section 176.-New buildings erected on the hill side shall have a space or area between the wall of the building and the toc of the hill, equal in width to one fourth of the height of the building, and such space shall in no case be less than eight feet in width. Exemption is provided in the case of the basement floors of shops.
Section 179.-Domestic buildings erected on land obtained from the Crown after the passing of this Ordinance shall have an open space in the rear or partly in the rear and partly at the side, equal to one half of the roofed over area of the building (ie., one third of the total building lot); one storey kitchens, latrines and bath-rooms may, however, be erected on not more than one-third of this open space. In addition to this an open space shall be set apart to form a scavenging lane, not less than 6 feet wide.
Section 180.-Domestic buildings hereafter erected on land already sold by the Crown shall have an open space in the rear or partly in the rear and partly at the side equal to one-third of the roofed over area of the building (ie., one-fourth of the total building lot); one-storey kitchens, latrines and bath-rooms may, however, be erected on not more than one-third of this open space. In addition to this an open space shall, where practicable, be set apart to form a scavenging lane, not less than 6 feet wide. Compensation shall be paid for the scavenging lane.
No portion of any street on which a domestic building fronts shall be included in calculating the area of open space in the rear of any other domestic building.
Section 181.-The Building Authority shall require the scavenging lanes to be so constructed as to form a continuous laue opening where possible on to public thoroughfares.
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Section 182-Plans of new private streets shall be subject to the approval of the Building Authority.
Section 183.-New private strects (other than scavenging lanes) shall not be less than thirty feet wide in the City and forty feet wide outside the City.
Section 185.-No building shall be erected or re-erected over any street on which domestic buildings abut, except with the consent of the Governor in Council. Compensation shall be given when this consent is withheld, in regard to re-erections,
Section 188.-No building on land already sold by the Crown shall be erected
or re-crected to a greater height than one and a half times the width of the street on which it fronts, with the exception of buildings in certain short streets which received special consideration in the Insanitary Properties Ordinance of 1894 and which are again specially legislated for. Compensation shall be paid for loss of any storey or storeys in the case of buildings re-erected within ten years of the passing of the Ordinance provided that such storey or storeys were not unfit for human habitation.
Buildings to be erected on land not yet sold by the Crown shall not be exceed in height the width of the street on which they front.
Section 204 requires an authorized architect to certify that the provisions of the law have been complied with before any new building can be occupied.
Section 217.---Nullahs shall not be covered over, except by bridges not exceed ing fifty feet in length, without the consent of the Director of Public Works.
Section 222.-All plans and drawings for building works shall be signed by an authorized architect before submission to the Building Authority. Block plans shall also be submitted, and full information given to the Building Authority. A copy of every plan showing drainage works shall be deposited at the office of the Sani- tary Board. A penalty is provided for material misrepresentations in plaus or drawings and also for divergences in the work from such plans and drawings, and a Magis- trate may order such work to be altered or demolished so as to comply with the provisions of the Ordinance.
Section 225 requires a certificate from an authorized architect, before any alterations shall be made to any existing building, to the effect that such building is structurally capable of bearing the weight and strain of the proposed alterations. Section 226-All plans and drawings are to be referred to the Medical Officer of Health before they are approved by the Building Authority.
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