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Guilty of a Nuisance."

Application of Ordinance.

Building when

deemed to be new,

Alterations and Additions to old Buildings.

Re-building old Buildings,

Division of old

by irregular Partitions.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1868.

13. The Expression "Guilty of a Nuisance" shall apply to and denote any Person guilty of committing or continuing any Nuisance whatsoever, and any Person guilty of permitting or suffering any Nuisance whatsoever, and any Person guilty of omitting to take all proper and reasonable means for procuring the abate- ment of a Nuisance committed and continuing within his tenement, or upon or over some way or public place in the immediate neighbourhood of his tenement, for the space of Twelve Hours after the said Nuisance shall have been committed. V. This Ordinance shall apply to all new Buildings, and whenever mention is herein made of any Building, it shall, unless the contrary appears from the context, be deemed to imply a new Building.

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VI. A Building shall be deemed to be new, whenever the enclosing Walls thereof have not been carried higher than the Footings previously to the 1868; any other Building shall be deemed to be an old Building.

VII. Any Alteration, Addition, or other Work made or done for any Purpose except that of necessary Repair not affecting the Construction of any External or Party Wall, in, to, or upon any old Building, or in, to, or upon any new Building after the Roof has been covered in, shall, to the Extent of such Alteration, Addition, or Work, be subject to the Regulations of this Ordinance, and whenever mention is hereinafter made of any Alteration, Addition, or Work, in, to, or upon any Building, it shall, unless the contrary appears from the context, be deemed to imply an Alteration, Addition, or Work to which this Ordinance applies.

VIII. Whenever any old Building has been taken down to an extent exceeding One-half of such Building, such Half to be measured in Cubic Feet, the rebuilding thereof shall be deemed to be the Erection of a new Building; and every Portion of such old Building, that is not in conformity with the Regulations of this Ordinance. shall be forthwith taken down.

IX. Whenever any old Buildings are separated by Timber or other Partitions Buildings separated not in conformity with this Ordinance, then if such Partitions are removed to the extent of One-half thereof, such Building shall, as respects the separation thereof, be deemed to be new Buildings, and be forthwith divided from each other in the manner directed by this Ordinance.

Rules to be observed ne to Works.

Structure of Buildings.

Construction of Walls of Brick, Stone, &c.

As to the Building of Walls of Dwelling Houses.

As to Walls of Public Buildings, &c.

Foundations of Walls of Houses.

Rules as to Recesses and Openings.

X. All Works shall be under the survey and inspection of the Surveyor General, and shall be commenced, resumed, prosecuted, and completed with due observance of this Ordinance and particularly of the Rules next following, that is to say:-

Every Building shall be enclosed with Walls constructed of Brick, Stone or some other hard and incombustible substance to be approved of by the Surveyor General and the Foundations shall rest on solid ground or upon concrete or upon other solid substructure.

Every Wall constructed of Brick, Stone, or other similar substances shall be properly bonded and solidly put together with mortar or cement, and no part of such Wall shall overhang any part underneath it except where specially permitted under this Ordinance and all Return Walls shall be properly bonded together.

The Walls of all Houses shall be solidly built of Brick or Stone throughout and shall be of the thickness of not less than Fourteen Inches at the Upper Story, and shall increase in thickness not less than Four Inches for each Story below the one immediately above. No House shall be built of a greater length than Forty Feet without a Cross Wall.

The Walls of all Public Buildings, Warehouses, Manufactories, Workrooms or Distilleries, and Places for secure Stowage or Custody shall be of the thickness required by the Governor.

The Foundations of every Wall of a House shall be of the depth of not less than twice the thickness of the Wall at the lowest Story of the said Building; and the lowest course of every such Foundation shall be of not less than twice the thickness of the Wall at the said lowest Story; and the height and thickness of the upper courses of such Foundation shall diminish gradually towards the upper surface thereof.

XI. The following Rules shall be observed with respect to Recesses and Openings in Walls. Recesses and Openings may be made in External Walls provided: