CO129-554-9 Buildings Ordinance 1935 15-4-1935 - 15-4-1935 — Page 53

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New private streets to be

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Private streets.

89. No new street on land held under lease from the Crown shall be constructed for the purpose of the erection of new buildings fronting thereon until a block plan of the whole approved by of the property concerned drawn to a scale of not less than

Building Authority.

Width of new private streets.

Space in front of new buildings in private

lanes

Obstruction of street by buildings

prohibited.

Compensa- tion in

case of

refusal to

allow re- erection.

Penalty.

Construction maintenance

of private

streets.

one-twentieth of an inch to the foot, showing such proposed street, and its connexions with neighbouring streets together with the proposed levels and any scavenging lanes as well as the proposed method of construction and surface drainage, shall have been submitted to and approved by the Building Authority.

90. No new street on land held under lease from the Crown within the City of Victoria, on which domestic buildings front, shall be of a less width throughout than thirty feet, and no such street outside the City of Victoria shall be of a less width throughout than forty feet. Every such street shall open, at one end at least, upon some existing or projected public street.

91. Every person who shall erect fronting a private lane any new domestic building shall so place the said building that along its entire frontage there shall be an open space of at least seven and a half feet in width, measured from the centre line of such lane.

92. (1) No building shall hereafter be erected or re- erected over any entrance to or over or upon any portion of any street on land held under lease from the Crown nor shall any other obstruction of any kind be maintained or placed in, over, or upon any portion of any such street, unless with the consent of the Governor in Council.

(2) In the event of the refusal of the Governor in Council to consent to the re-erection of any building to which this section applies, compensation shall be paid by the Government to the owner of such building, the amount of such compensa- tion to be determined by arbitration as hereinafter provided.

(3) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

93. (1) Every street or lane on land held under lease and lighting from the Crown on which buildings front, adjoin, or abut, shall be concreted or otherwise surfaced, channelled, sewered and drained to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and shall be maintained in good order to his satisfaction at the expense of the owners of the lands and premises fronting, adjoining or abutting on the street or lane.

In the event of the owner of any lands or premises so fronting, adjoining or abutting on such street or lane failing to concrete or otherwise surface, channel, sewer, drain or main- tain such street or lane to the satisfaction of the Building Au- thority, Government may carry out such work and the Build- ing Authority may apportion the cost thereof between the several owners in proportion to the width of their land at the place where it fronts, adjoins or abuts on such street or land; and the Building Authority may recover such apportioned cost together with interest thereon at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of demand for payment thereof made by the Building Authority, by action in the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court against the person who at the time when the apportionment is made is the owner of the premises or