195
Balconies
16
52. No balcony shall, except with the consent of forbidden in the Governor in Council, be hereafter projected over any street, whether public or private, which is less than twenty-five feet in width.
streets less
than 25 feet wide;
or when the building exceeds in height the width of the street.
Verandahs forbidden in streets less than 60 feet wide.
Limitation
to height of verandahs in streets less
53. No balcony shall, except with the consent of the Governor in Council, be hereafter projected from any building which exceeds in height the width of the street over which such balcony is intended to project, nor shall any building from which a balcony projects be afterwards increased in height so as to exceed the width of the street over which such balcony projects.
54. No verandah shall, except with the consent of the Governor-in-Council, be hereafter projected from any building which exceeds in height the width of the street on which such building abuts and no verandah shall hereafter be projected over any street whether public or private which is less than sixty feet in width. Provided that in the case of a build- ing from which verandahs projected being re-erected on a street of not less than fifty feet wide verandahs may, with the consent of the Building Authority, be re-erected to a height of not more than two storeys if the building does not exceed in height the width of the street on which it abuts.
55. No verandah shall hereafter be erected, except with the consent of the Governor in Council, of a greater height than two storeys, unless such verandah than 65 feet fronts on a street of not less than sixty-five feet in
width.
wide.
and generally.
Building Authority to determine
width of
street,
Verandahs
not to be
inclosed.
56. No verandah shall hereafter be erected, except with the consent of the Governor-in-Council, to a greater height than four storeys.
57. The width of a street shall be determined by the Building Authority.
Restriction on partitions, obstructions and inclosures in verandahs or balconies.
58. No partition (other than such as may be and balconies necessary for the separation of the verandah or balcony of any 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) or used as a bathroom, urinal, water closet, sleeping apartment, store-room, or kitchen, nor shall any rain or other water be discharged therefrom save in the manner herein before provided:
Kitchen
accommoda-
tion to be provided in domestic buildings.
Provided that, in the case of hotels and blocks of offices, such partitions may be erected as may be necessary for the separation of one room or suite of rooms from any adjacent room.
Kitchens, fireplaces and chimneys.
59. Every domestic building, and every floor of a domestic building which is separately let for dwelling purposes, shall be provided with adequate kitchen accommodation, the internal area of which shall not, except with the permission of the Building Authority, as signified by the approval of the plan required under the provisions of this Ordinance, be less than sixty square feet, and every kitchen shall be pro- vided with a properly constructed fireplace, and every kitchen shall be properly paved or floored with cement-concrete or other non-absorbent material ap- proved by the Building Authority. The internal surface of the walls, of every kitchen shall also be
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