The Law Regulating Streets and Buildings in the Metropolis Under the London Building Act, 1894: And Other Metropolitan Statutes, Together with the Standing Orders, Regulations, Bye-laws, Forms, &c of the London County Council and of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London

Great Britain

Knight, & Company, 1895 - 682 pages

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ix	xxxii

THE METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT	xxxix

ACT 1890	xl

TABLE OF CASES	xli

SECTION	1

THE LONDON BUILDING ACT 1894	2

PLATE	3

SECTION	4

Underpinning	308

Walls exceeding 25 ft and not exceeding 40 ft in height	309

Walls exceeding 60 ft and not exceeding 70 ft in height	310

Walls exceeding 80 ft and not exceeding 90 ft in height	311

Walls exceeding 100 ft and not exceeding 120 ft in height	312

Rule as to buildings not being public buildings or buildings of the warehouse class	313

Walls exceeding 40 ft but not exceeding 50 ft in height	314

Walls exceeding 70 ft but not exceeding 80 ft in height	315

SECTION	6

PART III	21

PART II	25

PART IV	32

Register to be kept of alterations in names of streets	38

FORMATION AND WIDENING OF STREETS	39

Private parties before brauching sewers into main or district sewers	47

Evidence of commencement of street	48

Land may be charged in a less proportion than house property	54

Adaptation of ways for streets	55

Position of new buildings with reference to streets	61

53 54 VICT c 66	66

Penalty on persons placing buildings or encroachments on sewers	68

Notice to comply with preceding section	69

Metropolitan Board may place roadway footpaths c in different	74

Where owners of courts c omit to drain and pave vestry or dis	81

Control by Council of certain temporary buildings	83

Consent not to affect rest of general line	86

Building owner to underpin adjoining owners building	93

SECTION PAGE 41 Space at rear of domestic buildings	96

Power to vestries c to borrow moneys for the improvement of streets	100

Open space to be provided about certain buildings not on the public way	102

Saving for certain domestic buildings on old sites	105

Penalties may be recovered in manner provided by 11 12 Vict c 43	107

Laying out of new streets on cleared area	108

Courts within a building	109

Superintending architect may define front or rear of buildings	110

Procedure where greater height allowed	112

Heights of buildings in certain cases	113

Raising of buildings so as to comply with provisions of Act as to habitable rooms	114

Saving for certain domestic buildings with stables in the rear	115

Rules as to recesses and openings	117

Rules as to timber in external walls	118

Rules as to bressummers	119

Height and thickness of parapets to external walls	121

Height of party walls above roof	122

Rules as to chases in party walls	123

Storeys in roofs	124

Means of escape at top of high buildings	125

Rules as to chimneys and flues	126

Furnace chimney shafts	130

Rules as to close fires and pipes for conveying vapour c	131

Floors above furnaces and ovens	132

Ventilation of staircases	134

Power for Council to appoint superintending architect	136

Rules as to party arches over public ways	139

Rules as to arches under public ways	140

Separation of buildings	145

Consent to larger dimensions	147

Rules as to uniting buildings	148

Construction of public buildings	150

Conversion of houses c into public buildings	152

Application of Act to buildings under railway arches	153

Powers of and appeal from county court	168

Notices to be in writing	175

Power for Council to support decisions of officers before tribunal	181

Security to be given by building owner and adjoining owner	184

Saving for lights in party walls	190

Proceedings to enforce compliance with notice	200

SECTION PAGE 112 Recovery of expenses	202

Power to remove inmates from dangerous structure	203

Supplemental as to Dangerous and Neglected Structures 116 Provision for enforcing repayment of expenses incurred by Council	206

PART X	207

Regulations for building near noxious business	208

Provisions as to certain old noxious businesses	210

Saving for gasworks and distilleries	213

Power to make regulations	216

PART XII	217

District surveyor to act for purposes of this Part of Act	219

Prohibition of future sky signs	220

Renewal of licence	222

Form of certificate	223

Alteration of sky signs to meet surveyors requirements	224

Forfeiture of licence	225

Removal of sky signs	226

Application of this Part of Act within the City	228

Power of surveyor to appoint deputy	234

Council to pay district surveyor in relation to formation of streets c	245

PART XV	254

Proceedings by surveyor	263

Tribunal may state case for opinion of High Court	272

Limitation of time for proceedings where notice not given	278

SECTION PAGE 202 Exemption of Government buildings	298

Exempting lands buildings and property of Inns of Court	299

Additions to and alterations of buildings	300

Buildings in progress	301

Saving powers to local authorities	302

Byelaws c under repealed Acts to remain in force	303

References in Acts or documents to repealed Acts to be read as referring to this Act	304

SCHEDULES THE FIRST SCHEDULE PRELIMINARY RULE 1 Structure of buildings	305

Extra thickness of certain walls	306

Height of external and party walls	307

Walls exceeding 100 ft but not exceeding 120 ft in height	316

Thickness of walls built of materials other than such bricks c as aforesaid	317

THE SECOND SCHEDULE Fireresisting materials	318

On additions alterations or other works	319

Short title	323

Or not repairing	326

Erecting hoards c without licence	328

Power to Metropolitan Board or vestry or district board to branch	338

Vaults and cellars under streets not to be made without the consent	344

THE METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT ACT 1862	345

Or may place a street in different parishes under the management	350

AMENDMENT ACT 1890	356

Orders to be made by committee on appeals against acts of vestries	357

Persons omitting to give notice required by sect 76 of 18 19 Vict	362

Certain powers of railway companies not affected by this part of	366

Exceptions from Metropolis Management Acts extended to this Act	382

THE LONDON COUNCIL GENERAL POWERS ACT	388

SECTION PAGR 1 Short title	393

Penalty for making sewers contrary to plans approved	394

Penalty in case of connections with local sewers	395

Subsoil under a street road passage or way not to be removed with out the consent of the vestry or district board or council	396

Surveyor or other officer to see that conditions are observed	398

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LONDON ACT 1891	399

Sanitary conveniences for manufactories c	401

Byelaws as to waterclosets c	402

Power for sanitary authority to authorise examination of water closets c	403

Penalty on persons improperly making or altering waterclosets c	404

Improper construction or repair of watercloset or drain	406

Underground Rooms 96 Provisions as to the occupation of underground rooms as dwellings	407

Power of County Council to prosecute on default of sanitary authority	408

Short title	409

Notice to be given of legal proceedings	416

Owners of houses to keep privies and ashpits in repair	424

Ruinous or dangerous houses to be taken down or secured	430

Ashpit to include dustbin	436

APPENDIX III	442

Regulation made by the Council under section 122	449

Byelaw as to the formation of new streets in the Metropolis	455

General	460

Repeal of previous byelaws	485

Penalties	491

Byelaws made under the Public Health London Act 1891	511

Regulations as to applications for sanction or consent under the London	523

Formation and widening of streets	524

STANDING ORDERS BYELAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS	533

Form No 1 Notice from the uilder or person causing or directing	541

Form A Notice of contravention of byelaws	547

PART II	553

167	555

Projections from buildings	559

Naming and numbering of streets	563

453	564

Byelaws Mortar	565

PLATE	572

Sch I Part I Buildings not public and not of the warehouse class	572

Ditto Rules 8 to 10	572

320	587

177	588

326	593

84	594

388	595

182	598

457	600

248	601

88	603

426	604

249	607

Special and temporary buildings	608

478	609

190	619

254	620

327	621

276	622

390	623

277	631

433	634

500	637

338	638

263	640

192	641

89	642

365	646

342	649

366	652

443	654

418	657

201	658

370	660

444	667

373	671

420	679

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Pealkiri	The Law Regulating Streets and Buildings in the Metropolis Under the London Building Act, 1894: And Other Metropolitan Statutes, Together with the Standing Orders, Regulations, Bye-laws, Forms, &c of the London County Council and of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London
Autor	Great Britain
Contributor	London County Council
Publisher	Knight, & Company, 1895
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	25 mär. 2008
Length	682 pages

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