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Height of storeyn.
Space about domestic buildings.
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(b) is built above the roof level-
() parapet walls not exceeding 4 feet in height;
(f) lift machinery rooms;
(iii) water tanks;
(iv) chimneys and ventilating shafts;
(v) stairheads; and
(vi) any other similar functional parts of a building.
(5) Where a building is intended partly for domestic and partly for other purposes, the potential volume of the whole may be calculated using a factor appropriate for a non-domestic building. The volume to be used for domestic purposes shall not exceed the product of the difference between the volume used for non-domestic purposes and the potential volume of the whole and the factor for domestic buildings divided by the factor for non-domestic buildings.
21. (0) Every room used or intended to be used for the purpose of an office or for habitation in any building shall have a height of
(a) not less than 9 feet measured from floor to ceiling:
(b) in the case of detached or semi-detached buildings not
less than 8 feet measured as aforesaid: Provided that there shall be not less than 7 feet 6 inches measured from the floor to the underside of any beam.
(2) In any such room having a sloping ceiling, the height shall be measured to the mean height of such ceiling above floor level:
Provided that no portion of any room shall have a height of less than 6 feet 6 inches.
(3) Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries, water-closets and latrines forming part of any building may be erected with a height of 8 feet measured as described in sub-regulations (1) and (2).
22. (0) (a) Every domestic building shall have within the site an open space at the rear, or partly at the rear and partly at the side, at a level of not less than 6 inches below the floor of the lowermost storey in accordance with Table II.
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TABLE II.
Location of site
Abutting on one street of on two streets but not forming a corner site.
Abutting on two streels forming a corner site.
Abutting on three streets not forming an island site.
Opened space required
Not less than one half of the roofed Over Arca of such building.
Not less than one quarter of the roofed over area of such building.
Not less than one eighth of the roofed over area of such building.
Provided that where the Building Authority con- siders it necessary for the proper and equitable development or re-development of an adjacent site, he may require the provision of more open space than that specified in this Table.
(b) Where the site of a domestic building abuts on four streets each of which is not less than 15 feet in width, the open space so provided on each frontage shall be deemed to be sufficient for the purposes of this regulation.
(2) Except as provided under this regulation no part of any domestic building shall be erected within 5 feel of the rear boundary of the site. The open space so provided shall be counted as part of the open space required under this regulation.
(3) No existing domestic building which has an open space of equal or less area than that required by this regulation shall be altered in such manner as to reduce the existing amount of open
space.
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(4) No existing domestic building which has a greater area open space than that required by this regulation shall be altered in such a manner as to reduce the area of open space to less than that required by this regulation.
(5) Where any open space or area is at a level more than a feet below an adjoining open space, safe parapet walls, railings or fences shall be provided by the person creating the difference in levels,
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