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width of any scavenging lane, or other land, or open
space, upon which such building may abut, if such
lane or open space is not to be used as a means of
access to some domestic building (other than servants
quarters).
7.
Paragraph (5) of section 188 of the principal
Ordinance provided that no domestic building should
exceed four storeys in height, including the ground
storey. Storey is defined in section 6 (53) of the
principal Ordinance as meaning a space which has a
height of at least 9 feet. Attempts were sometimes
made to evade section 188 (5) by making a ground floor
of about 8 feet in height.
This floor was not
technically a storey and the practical result was
that the house was five storeys high, using storey
in the non-technical sense. This of course tended
to overcrowding. An attempt is made in this Ordinance
to check this evasion by providing that for the
purpose of the above paragraph a storey shall include
any space having a clear height of more than 5 feet.
This will still allow the provision of a basement.
It may be mentioned that paragraph (5) of section
of the principal Ordinance now becomes paragraph (6).
8. The paragraph repealed by paragraph (b) of
section 4 of this Ordinance has been repealed because
it is spent.
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9.
No representations against the bill were received
by the Government from any quarter.
10.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which