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any

Timber or

near flue

54. No timber or wood-work shall be placed in wall or chimney-breast nearer than nine inches from the wood-work inside of any flue or chimney-opening, nor under any chimney- or chimney- opening within six inches from the upper surface of the hearth opening of such chimney-opening.

Projections, etc.

prohibited.

jections.

55. No encroachment or projection whatsoever, except- Limitation ing eaves, cornices and mouldings not exceeding eighteen of pro- inches projection, shall extend over any street or unleased crown land unless with the special permission of the Building Authority.

56. Every eaves, cornice moulding or other projection Mouldings whatsoever over any street or unleased crown land shall be shutters and constructed of such material and in such manner as the other

projections. Building Authority may decide and no door, gate, window or shutter opening on any street shall be so hung or placed as to project beyond the building at a height of less than seven and one half feet above the street level.

thorough-

57. Save as by this Ordinance provided, it shall not be Projections lawful for any person to make any door or gate in such into public manner as to open over a public thorougfare, nor to project fares any door-step or landing on, or across any public foot-path, prohibited. nor to extend or affix any sunshade, telegraph wire, signboard, lamp, grating, gutter, or other unauthorised projection from any building, in such manner as shall cause obstruction, danger, or annoyance, in any street or to the passengers thereon, or so as to cause any encroachment on or over any street or unleased Crown land:

Provided that in the case of theatres and other public Proviso in buildings the doors may with the consent of the Building Authority be made to open outwards over a public through- buildings.

fare.

Verandahs, balconies and areas.

case of public

58. No encroachment shall be made on, over or into Encroach- any street whether public or private or into unleased Crown ments over land by any verandah or balcony, or by any area, or by any regulated. structure whatsoever-

(1) unless with the previous consent of the Governor and subject to such conditions as he may see fit to impose: and

(2) until the applicant for leave to make such encroach- ment shall have previously signed an undertaking in the form contained in Schedules E or F; and

(3) unless in accordance with the regulations contained in Schedules G and HI; and

(4) unless the building to which such verandah, balcony, area or structure appertains shall comply in all respects with every provision of this Ordinance.

Streets

Schedules E and F.

Schedules

G and H.

streets less

59. No balcony shall, except with the consent of the Balconies Governor in Council, be hereafter erected or re-erected to forbidden in project over any street, whether public or private, which is than 25 less than twenty-five feet in width.

feet wide;

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