CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934 — Page 265

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Limitation

of height of buildings.

Method of

determining height of buildings.

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in the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The cost of the illumination of such street shall, however, be borne by the Government.

Height of buildings.

95. The height of every building shall hereafter be regulated in accordance with the following rules, unless the Governor in Council shall otherwise permit:

(1) No building existing on the 26th February, 1903, which does not exceed in height one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts shall hereafter be raised to a height exceeding one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts.

(2) No building existing on the 26th February, 1903, which exceeds in height one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts, shall here- after be increased in height.

(3) No building on land leased from the Crown before the 26th February, 1903, shall hereafter be erected or re-erected to a height exceeding one and a quarter times the width of the street upon which it abuts.

(4) No building on land leased from the Crown after the 26th February, 1903, shall be erected to a height exceeding the width of the street upon which it abuts.

(5) No building which does not fall within the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section shall be erected or re-erected or raised to a height exceeding such height as the Building Authority may authorise, but in the case of a building on land abutting upon a street the Building Authority shall have no power to require such building to be of a less height than that specified in such of the fore- going paragraphs as would apply if such building had been so arranged as to abut upon such street.

(6) No building shall exceed eighty feet in height above the level of the street, and no domestic building hereafter erected shall, except by permission of the Governor in Council and unless the building is of fire resisting construction throughout, exceed four storeys in height including the ground storey. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the term "storey" shall include any space having a clear height of more than five feet.

96.-(1) Whenever it is practicable to do so the height of any building shall be determined by measuring on the line of the wall abutting upon the street which regulates the height, from the level of such street, the full vertical height allowed by section 95.

Such full vertical height shall also be measured from the level of such street on the line of the nearest main wall of the same building opposite to the wall abutting on the street.

From the point thus determined on the two main walls lines shall be drawn at angles of 60 degrees with the horizontal and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wall or any ornamental tower, turret or other architectural feature or decora- tion, or any parapet not exceeding three feet in height) falling outside such lines shall be deemed illegal.