Rescission
and replace-
ment of
regulation 7,
Rescission of regulation 12.
Rescission
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4. Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is rescinded and replaced by the following-
"Eaves, cornices and mouldings.
5.
7. (1) Eaves, cornices and mouldings may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), project over a street.
(2) No eaves, cornices or mouldings shall so project i for a distance of more than two feet six inches or at a height of less than eight feet above the level of the ground.".
Regulation 12 of the principal regulations is rescinded.
6. Regulation 17 of the principal regulations is rescinded and and replace- replaced by the following-
tent of
regulation 17. "Height of
17. (1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) walls abutting and regulation 17A- or frooling
ou streely.
(a) the height of a wall abutting on a street sball not be more than twice the width of that street:
(b) a wall fronting but not abutting on a street shall not project through a line drawn at an angle of 76" with the horizontal from the centre line of the street.
(2) The height of any wall may exceed the permitted height so however that the area of the wall does not exceed the length of the frontage times the permitted height.
(3) (a) In the case of a building on a site abutting on two streets, whether or not of the same width, which form a corner, the height of the walls fronting or abutting on such streets may, to the extent provided in sub-paragraph (5), exceed the permitted height for a distance from the corner equal to the width of the streets or, where the streets are of different widths, equal to the width of the wider street.
(8) No such excess shall increase the sum of the areas of such walls by more than the product of the widths of the two streets.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation--
(a) "frontage" means the whole length of the sita abutting or fronting on the street, including any scavenging lane or other opening within the site;
"permitted height" means the height permitted
under paragraph (1):
Alternative provisions as La height of
walls where sight abuts
on streets of different
widths Exom- log & corner.
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"street" shall not include a street or scavenging
lane, less than fifteen feet wide:
"wall" means the wall of a building and includes
all windows and openings therein; and (b) the height of a wall shall be measured from the mean level of the street on which it fronts or abuts to the top of the coping. parapet or caves. 174. (1) The provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) shall apply, in the case of a building on a site abutting on twe streets of different widths which form a corner, as an alter- native to the provisions of paragraph (3) of regulation 17.
(2) The height of that wall of the building fronting or abutting on the narrower of such streets may, for a distance from the corner-
(a) of forty-five feet; or
(b) equal to the width of the narrower street, which-
ever is the greater,
be twice the width of the wider of such streets.
(3) (a) The height of such wall may, to the extent provided in sub-paragraph (b), exceed the permit- ted height, for a distance equal to three times the width of the narrower street, measured from the
corner:
Provided that the Building Authority may, where he thinks fit, permit such wall to exceed, to the same extent, the permitted height, along the whole length of the wall facing the narrower street.
(b) No such excess shall increase the area of such wall by more than the additional area permitted under paragraph (2).
(4) For the purposes of this regulation...
(a) "permitted height" means the height permitted
under paragraph (1) of regulation 17: "street" shall not include a street or scavenging
Jane, less than fifteen feet wide; "wall" means the wall of a building and includes
all windows and openings therein; and
(b) the height of a wall shall be measured from the mean level of the street on which it fronts or abuts to the top of the coping, parapet or caves.".