213787-1934-Supplementary-Draft-Bill--Buildings — Page 29

Method of

height of buildings.

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(5) No building on land leased from the Crown after the 21st February, 1903, shall be erected to a height exceeding the width of the street upon which it abuts.

(6) No building which does not fall within the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) 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 ar- ranged as to abut upon such street.

(7) No building shall exceed three storeys in height unless such building is constructed of fire resisting materials through- out and no domestic building shall exceed five storeys in height unless with the consent of the Governor in Council.

(8) In the event of any building being hereafter erected or re-erected on a corner site so as to abut upon more than one street, or in the event of any building on a corner site being increased in height, the height of such buildings shall be regulated by the widest or wider of the streets upon which it abuts, so far as it abuts or will abut upon such widest or wider street and also so far as it abuts or will abut upon the narrower streets or street to a distance not exceeding twice the width of such narrower street as measured from the wider street.

(9) In the event of any building being hereafter erected or re-erected so as to abut upon more than one street although not on a corner site, or in the event of any such building being increased in height, the height of the several parts of such building shall be regulated by the widths of the streets upon which they respectively abut.

88.-(1) Whenever it is practicable to do so the height determining 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 87.

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 points thus determined on the two main walls, lines shall, in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st February, 1903, be drawn at angles of 68 degrees with the horizontal, and in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown after the 21st February, 1903, lines shall be drawn at angles of 634 degrees with the horizon- tal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wall or any parapet wall not exceeding three feet in height) falling outside such lines shall be deemed illegal and no part of the building (except any chimney or party wall or any parapet wall not exceeding three feet in height) shall, in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st February, 1903, extend beyond a height measured from the level of the street upon which the building abuts, equal to twice the width of such street and in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown after the 21st February, 1903, no part of the building shall extend beyond a height measured from the level of the street upon which it abuts equal to one and a half times the width of such street.