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( 15 or 1889. ) BUILDINGS .


Undermin .
ing, &c. ,
63. It shall not be lawful for any person to dig out the
Government foundation of any building, or to excavate any site, for any
drain .
purpose whatsoever, in such manner as shall cut into, open out,
divert, undermine, obstruct, dam , or otherwise interfere with
any Government drain , nullah, catch -water or other water-chan
nel situated on Crown Land or within private land , unless such
person shall at his sole cost have made previous provision , to
the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General , for the escape
of any waters flowing through such drain , nullah , catch -water
or other channel.
Boundary 64. No person shal), after the passing of this ordinance,
wall, &c.
construct or reconstruct any boundary wall or enclosure wall
of stone, fronting any public road or thoroughfare within the
City of Victoria , unless such wall is solid throughout its entire
thickness and built of brick or stone properly bedded and bonded
together, and surmounted by a coping of dressed stone or
properly moulded bricks set in cement-mortar .
Retaining 65. No person shall after the commencement of this ordi
wall, &c.
nance , construct or reconstruct, any stone surcharged retaining
wall or scarp -wall whether of rubble masonry built dry or in
mortar, exceeding twelve feet in height, unless such wall is
provided with one ormore adequate foundation -courses of footing
stones cut to flat beds, and bedded on a layer of lime concrete
at least six inches thick laid on the solid ground , and such
footing stones shall project at least six inches beyond the face
of such wall, and shall extend back the full thickness of the
wall , and every such retaining -wall or scarp -wall shall be
provided at every square yard of surface -area of such wall with
a header or bondstone, at least one foot square, extending back
through the full thickness of the masonry .
Doors not to
open over
66. Save as by this ordinance provided , and except in the
public
thorough
case of public buildings, all the doors of which shall open out
fares. wards and in the direction of exit, it shall not be lawful for any
person to make any door or gate in such manner as to open
over a public thoroughfare, nor to project any door step or
landing on, to , or across any public foot-path, nor to extend or
affix any sun-shade, telegraph-wire, sign -board, lamp, grating,
gutter or other unauthorized projection from any building, in
such manner as shall cause obstruction, danger, or annoyance
to any way or to the passengers thereon, or as shall make any
encroachment on Crown Land .
IVells .
Wells. 67. It shall not be lawful for the owner of any building to
sink any well upon his premises, except by the leave of the
Surveyor General who may grant the same on a written applica