Bye-Law for Public Nuisances




Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

  1. Placing any placard or other document writing or printing on or otherwise defacing any house or building or any wall fence lamp-post or gate without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof.

  2. Allowing the droppings from the eaves of any house or verandah to fall upon any footway.

  3. Opening any drain or sewer or removing the surface of any footway or carriage road without authority from the Borough Council so to do.

  4. Neglecting to clean any private yard way passage or avenue by which neglect a nuisance by offensive smell is caused.

  5. Rolling any cask beating any carpet breaking in any horse flying any kite using any bows and arrows or playing at any game to the annoyance of any person in any public place or obstructing any footpath or carriage road whether by allowing any cart or animal to remain across such footpath or carriage road or by placing goods thereon or otherwise.

  6. Throwing or discharging any stone or other missile to the damage or danger of any person or property.

  7. Obstructing the footway in any public street or thoroughfare by the supports of any awning or verandah or hanging any goods on or under such awning over the footway.

  8. Blasting any rock stone or timber in or near any public place, without permission of the Borough Council so to do.

  9. Furiously or negligently riding or driving through any public street or thoroughfare.

  10. Exposing in any public street or thoroughfare except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose any horse or other animal for show hire or sale.

  11. Making any cellar door or other opening from the footway of any street or public thoroughfare without consent or not in accordance with the directions of the Borough Council.

  12. Discharging any firearms within the Borough without permission of the Borough Council so to do.

  13. Any person laying out or opening any street or building therein and omitting during the operations necessary for forming such street or for building therein to take all such precautions for guarding against injury to the passengers along such street as may be necessary or as may be directed by the Borough Council.

  14. Any person placing any obstruction upon any street line whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered.

  15. Any person neglecting or omitting to keep in good repair any rail gate fence or cover over or about any area or entrance to any cellar or other place or keeping open more than a reasonable time for taking in or out any article any entrance to any area cellar or other place (such area or entrance opening into or upon or near any public street road thoroughfare or other public place).

  16. Any person throwing any offensive matter or any animal with the intention of drowning it into any watercourse or other place from whence a supply of water for the use of the inhabitants of the Borough is obtained.

  17. Any carter riding on any cart dray or waggon without having and holding proper and sufficient reins and no competent person having charge of the animal or animals drawing the same.

  18. Any person driving any vehicle whatsoever or riding any animal and when meeting any other vehicle or animal not keeping on the left or near side of the road or street or when passing any other vehicle or animal going in the same direction not going or passing or not allowing any person desirous so to do to pass when practicable on the right or off side of such other vehicle or animal.

  19. Any driver of any horse or vehicle injuring any person or property whatever by negligence or by driving on the wrong side of the road or by being away from his horse or cattle so as to be unable to have the full control over them.

  20. Any person who shall act as driver or have the sole charge of more than one vehicle on any public road or street.

  21. Any person turning loose any horse or cattle upon any public street or allowing any animal or animals to wander in any public street or thoroughfare within the Borough.

  22. Any person leaving upon any public street or thoroughfare any plough harrow cart or other vehicle without any horse or animal harnessed thereto unless in consequence of some accident having occurred.

  23. Any person slaughtering or skinning any beast upon any public street or thoroughfare or permitting any slaughtered beast or skin to remain there or leaving any dead beast on such street or thoroughfare.

  24. Any person having any iron timber or boards laid across any vehicle going along any street or thoroughfare so that either end should project more than two feet beyond the wheels or sides of such vehicle without permission of the Borough Council so to do.

  25. Any person destroying damaging polluting or obstructing any aqueduct dam sluice pipe pump watercourse or fountain.

  26. Any person suffering or allowing any waste or impure water or other matter to remain in any cellar or place within any building or premises in the Borough or allowing any waste or impure water or other matter to run or flow from any such building or premises upon or over or be on any carriage or footway or other place whether public or private within the Borough or shall allow the contents of any water closet privy or cesspool to overflow or to soak therefrom so as to be offensive.

  27. Any person being the owner or tenant of any building abutting on any street where the footpath has been formed who by omitting or neglecting to secure and maintain the foundation of such building causes or allows the formed footpath to fall in or be otherwise damaged.

  28. Keeping any disreputable house or house of ill fame or having the control conduct or management of the same of being a reputed occupier or an inmate of any such house.

35B. Permitting any Stallion or Bull to cover within public view of any street or public place.

  1. The occupier of any property abutting on any footpath not keeping clean and in good repair the footpath in front of the property so occupied by him.

  2. Setting or urging or permitting any dog or other animal to attack or worry any person horse or other animal or by ill usage or negligence in driving any cattle causing any mischief to be done by such cattle.

  3. Any person wilfully breaking any pane of glass in the window of any building or wilfully breaking extinguishing or injuring any lamp or wilfully injuring any lamp-post pump gas pipe water pipe fountain fire bell stand or any public property.

  4. Wantonly or maliciously defacing injuring or removing any door plate bell knocker signboard gate or other private property or wantonly or maliciously disturbing any inhabitant by ringing any door bell knocking at any door blowing any horn beating any drum using any other noisy instrument in any street or ringing any firebell.

  5. Wilfully trespassing in any place and neglecting or refusing to leave such place after being warned.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1874, No 26





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⚖️ Bye-Law for Public Nuisances (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
18 September 1874
Bye-Law, Public Nuisances, Fines, Thames