Buildings.
storeys in height unless with the consent of the Governor in Council.
(9) 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 measured from the wider street.
street as
(10) 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.
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78. (1) Whenever it is practicable to do so the overall Method of height of any building hereafter erected or re-erected 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 vertical height allowed by section 77.
(2) Such 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.
(3) 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 day of 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 day of February, 1903, lines shall be drawn at angles of 63 degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wall or any parapet wall not exceeding 3 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 3 feet in height) shall, in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st
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storeys in height unless with the consent of the Governor in Council.
(9) 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 measured from the wider street.
street as
(10) 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.
[87]
[CAP. 123
determining
buildings.
height of
78. (1) Whenever it is practicable to do so the overall Method of height of any building hereafter erected or re-erected 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 vertical height allowed by section 77.
(2) Such 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.
(3) 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 day of 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 day of February, 1903, lines. shall be drawn at angles of 63 degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party wall or any parapet wall not exceeding 3 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 3 feet in height) shall, in the case of buildings on land leased from the Crown prior to the 21st
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