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App. III. Pt. II. Byelaws. (June 22, 1893.)

Maintenance
of closets,
&c.

Penalties.

may be the nature or extent of his interest) by whom or on whose behalf such house or part of a house is let in lodgings or for occupation by members of more than one family, or who for the time being receives or is entitled to receive the profits arising from such letting. 'Lodger' in relation to a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, means a person to whom any room or rooms in such house or part of a house may have been let as a lodging or for his use or occupation.

Nothing in this bye-law shall extend to any common lodging-house.

27, The owner of any premises shall maintain in proper condition of repair every watercloset, earthcloset, privy, ashpit, cesspool, and receptacle for dung, and the proper accessories thereof belonging to such premises.

Penalties.

28. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the Sanitary Authority. Provided nevertheless that the Court before whom any complaint may be made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if the Court think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this bye-law.

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App. III.
Pt. II.
Regulations.
(Jan. 1, 1895.)

REGULATIONS AS

TO APPLICATIONS

FOR

SANCTION OR CONSENT UNDER THE
LONDON BUILDING ACT, 1894. (JANUARY 1,
1895.)

I. GENERAL.

ALL applications are to be addressed to the Superintending Architect, County Hall, Spring Gardens, S.W.

All applications must be in writing on foolscap paper, and all drawings (including plans, sections, and elevations) must be on tracing linen of sufficient size to permit of the approval of the Council being endorsed thereon.

The scale to which drawings are made must be drawn thereon and not expressed in words; the north point must be indicated on all plans.

The site must be coloured pink, the proposed building red, existing buildings grey, and any land to be dedicated and left open for the use of the public blue.

The name of the person on whose behalf the application is made must be stated. Reference must be made to the section of the Act under which sanction is sought, and particulars must be furnished as to the nature of the application and the situation of the street, building, or structure.

All drawings must be sent in duplicate.

Note. In addition to the foregoing 'General' regulations, the following regulations have been made by the Building Act Committee, viz.:

'The chairman of the Committee is authorised to refer letters and other documents relating to the business of the Committee to the various officers, with instructions to them to take whatever steps he may think advisable in each case, and to report the same to the Committee.

The officers are to note carefully that the Act in many places-e.g. sects. 10, 11, 15, 16, 22, 24, 32, 35, 42, and 44— imposes a limit of time within which objections must be raised or action taken. This is modified by sect. 174.

'All items affected by such limits are to be marked on the agenda with an asterisk.'

See also the 'General' requirements of the Standing Orders of the Council of January 1, 1895.

App. III.
Pt. II.
Regulations.
(Jan. 1, 1895.)

II.-PARTICULARS AS TO DRAWINGS REQUIRED

IN EACH CASE.

(1) New Streets, &c., sect. 7 and sect. 10.

Plans must be to a scale of 88 feet to the inch, and must be accompanied by longitudinal sections to the same horizontal scale, but to a vertical scale of 11 feet to the inch, showing the natural and intended surface levels of the streets (computed from ordnance or some other fixed datum), and by cross sections to a scale of 22 feet to the inch.

A key plan of the locality showing the surrounding property must also be sent.

The names proposed to be given to the streets must be submitted; they must be such as are not already in use. In the event of the application being sanctioned, two additional copies of the plans will be required.

In the case of the widening of streets under sect. 10 (4), sections will not be required.

Note. See also the Standing Orders of the Council of January 1, 1895, as to the formation and widening of streets, ante, p. 444. And see Regulation II. (5), infra.

(2) Buildings within prescribed distance, lines of frontage, dc., sect. 13, sect. 17, and sect. 22.

Plans must be to a scale of 22 feet to the inch, and must show the situation of the building in relation to others adjacent. The height and precise distance from the centre of the roadway of the proposed building and the width of the street are to be figured.

The names and addresses of the owners and occupiers of the nearest building on each side of the proposed building must also be sent.

In the event of an application being approved, an additional copy of the drawings will be required.

In the case of applications under sect. 13 (5), the extent and height of the old buildings on the site must be shown to the same scale.

Note. See also the Standing Orders of the Council of January 1, 1895, as to Lines of Building Frontage,' ante, P. 445.

App. III.

(3) Space at rear of domestic buildings, sect. 41, and open p space about working class dwellings not on the public Regulations. way. Sect. 42.

Plans and sections must be to the scale of one-eighth of an inch to the foot; they must indicate the height of the proposed buildings in every part; there must also be a block plan to the scale of 22 feet to 1 inch, showing the adjoining premises, with the approximate height of any buildings thereon.

Note. In addition to the foregoing regulation, the following regulation has been made by the Building Act Committee, viz.:— 'Applications under sect. 42 are to be reported upon by the Medical Officer as well as the Architect.'

See also Regulation II. (5), infra.

(4) Open space at rear of domestic buildings on
old sites. Sect. 43.

Plans and sections to the scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot, showing the height and extent of the previously existing buildings and certified by the district surveyor, must be sent, together with plans and sections. of the proposed new buildings to the same scale. The position and approximate height of any adjacent buildings must be indicated on a block plan to the scale of 22 feet to 1 inch.

(5) Laying out new streets on a cleared area. Sect. 44.

In addition to the plans required under Regulation II. (1), and (so far as any relaxation or modification of the rules of Part V. of the Act may be asked for) under II. (3), a plan will be required to the scale of 88 feet to 1 inch, showing the width of all old streets on the area and the extent and approximate height of all old buildings thereon, as well as of the proposed new streets and buildings.

Note. See the note to Regulation II. (1), supra.

(6) Height of Buildings. Sect. 47 and sect. 49.

A block plan to a scale of 22 feet to an inch, showing the position of the proposed building and of any adjacent buildings, and the width of the street.

(Jan. 1, 1895.)

App. III.
Pt. II.

Also a plan and sections to the scale of one-eighth of an inch to the foot, showing the height of the several (Jan. 1, 1895.) parts of the building.

Regulations.

(7) Timber in External Walls, sect. 55; and Furnace

Chimney-shafts, sect. 65.

Plans, sections, and elevations to the scale of oneeighth of an inch to a foot, together with such details to a larger scale as may be necessary to show the construction.

A block plan to the scale of 22 feet to the inch, showing the position of the building.

(8) Projections. Sect. 73.

In addition to the drawings, &c., required by Regulation II. (2), a plan, section, and side elevation to the scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. In the case of the application being approved an additional copy of the drawings will be required.

Note. See also the Standing Orders of January 1, 1895, ante, p. 446.

(9) Additional Cubical Extent, sect. 76; and Buildings for the Supply of Electricity, sect. 203.

A block plan to the scale of 22 feet to the inch showing the position of the building and buildings adjacent.

Plans and sections to the scale of one-eighth of an inch to the foot showing the height of the building in its various parts.

The use to which the various parts of the building are intended to be put are to be indicated, and any points bearing upon the question of liability to fire.

(10) Special and Temporary Buildings and Wooden Structures. Part VII.

Applications must be accompanied by a block plan of the premises, showing the position of the building or structure, and also by a plan, elevation, and section to a scale of one-eighth of an inch to the foot, together with such details to a larger scale as may be necessary to show the construction.

A fee of 5s. must be paid to the cashier of the Council on depositing the application, and a further fee of 58. on obtaining a notification of the order of

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