Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 31A

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✨ Bye-Laws of Christchurch City Council

SUPPLEMENTARY GAZETTE.

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NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1870.

BYE-LAWS OF THE COUNCIL

OF

THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

BYE-LAW NO. 5.

Buildings—Regulation, &c., of Buildings—Ruinous or Dangerous Buildings, &c.—New Buildings.

INDEX.

Regulations for Buildings.
Constructing, &c., Buildings contrary hereto.
Buildings, &c., heretofore unlawfully constructed.
Buildings, &c., heretofore improperly constructed, but without violation of law.
Notice to Owner, &c., of ruinous Building.
Justices may limit time for removal, repair, &c., and in default, &c., Council may do act.
Materials may be sold.
Land may be taken and sold in certain cases.

BUILDINGS.

A Bye-Law of the Council of the City of Christchurch, made under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867.”

In pursuance of the 181st section of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” the Council of the City of Christchurch ordain as follows:—

The provisions contained in part 5 of the 13th Schedule of the said Act, subsections 1 and 2 are hereby adopted for the said City as follows, namely—

Regulation, etc., of Buildings.

It shall be lawful for the Council from time to time to make Regulations for all or any of the purposes following, that is to say—

For prohibiting or restraining the use of combustible materials in the construction, alteration, repair, or renewal of buildings, roofs, or chimneys, flues, smoke vents, or stove pipes hereinafter in this subdivision called in common “chimneys,” or of parts thereof respectively to be specified in the Regulation.

For regulating the distance from any other building at which it shall be lawful to construct any building.

For regulating the height, thickness, construction, or materials of the party walls of buildings adjoining each other, and of the external walls of buildings and of chimneys, and the materials for and mode of enclosing the same.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 31A

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed between 1858 and 1865 and are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence.

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🏘️ Bye-Laws for Buildings in Christchurch

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated11 July 1870
KeywordsBye-Laws, Building Regulations, Christchurch City Council, Municipal Corporations Act
👩‍💼 Officials

Council of the City of Christchurch

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