213787-1934-Supplementary-Draft-Bill--Buildings — Page 46

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134. The building owner shall have the rights in relation to party structures and

structures-

following Rights of

building adjoining

owner in relation to party structures,

(1) to make good, underpin, or repair any party etc. structure which is defective or out of repair;

(2) to pull down and rebuild any party structure which is so far defective or out of repair as to make it necessary or desirable to pull it down;

(3) to pull down any timber or other partition which divides any buildings, and is not conformable with the provi- sions of this Ordinance, and to build instead thereof a party wall conformable thereto;

(4) in the case of buildings having rooms or storeys the property of different owners intermixed, to pull down such of the said rooms or storeys, or any part thereof as are not built in conformity with this Ordinance, and to rebuild the same in conformity therewith;

(5) in the case of buildings connected by arches or com- munications over streets belonging to other persons,-to pull down such of the said buildings, arches or communications or such parts thereof as are not built in conformity with this Ordinance, and to rebuild the same in conformity therewith;

(6) to raise and underpin any party structure permitted by this Ordinance to be raised or underpinned or any external wall built against such party structure, upon condition of making good all damage occasioned thereby to the adjoining premises or to the internal finishings and decorations thereof, and of carrying up to the requisite height all flues and chimney stacks belonging to the adjoining owner on or against such party structure or external wall;

(7) to pull down any party structure which is of insuffi- cient strength for any building intended to be built, and to rebuild the same of sufficient strength for the above purposes, upon condition of making good all damage occasioned thereby to the adjoining premises or to the internal finishings and decorations thereof;

(8) to cut into any party structure upon condition of making good all damage occasioned to the adjoining premises by such operation;

(9) to cut away any footing or any chimney-breast, jamb or flue projecting, or other projection from any party wall or external wall in order to erect an external wall against such party wall, or for any other purpose, upon condition of making good all damage occasioned to the adjoining premises by such operation;

(10) to cut away or take down such parts of any wall or building of an adjoining owner as may be necessary in conse- quence of such wall or building overhanging the ground of the building owner, in order to erect an upright wall against the same, on condition of making good any damage sustained by the wall or building by such operation;

(11) to raise a party fence wall, or to pull the same down and rebuild it as a party wall;

(12) to perform any other necessary works incident to the connexion of a party structure with the premises adjoining thereto :