✨ Building Regulations and Fees
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The Surveyor of the Council may at any time give notice (in writing) to any person building, or about to build, or causing to be built any building situate within the said district that such building, or part thereof as may be specified in such notice, is, or will be contrary to this Regulation; or by reason of the construction, workmanship, or material thereof dangerous to life or property.
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No person shall renew any roof of any building situate within the said district otherwise than with slates, tiles, metal, or other incombustible material, notwithstanding such roof may have been upon such building at the time of the making of this Regulation.
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A Privy shall not be deemed to be a new building within the meaning of this Regulation, nor shall any other building be so deemed provided that the same shall be erected at a distance at the front thereof of not less than 40 feet from the street frontage or frontages, and provided the same shall have the whole of the roof and external walls covered with galvanized iron, or other incombustible material.
Passed by the Council this Sixteenth day of May, 1870.
ANDREW DUNCAN,
Mayor.
[ L.s. ]
GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.
SCHEDULE A.
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All that block of land within the said City bounded on the south by that portion of Lichfield street which commences on the west bank of the river Avon, and terminates at the west side of Manchester street; on the east by that portion of Manchester street aforesaid which commences at its said junction with Lichfield street, and terminates northward thereof at the river Avon; and on the north and west by the east and south banks of the said river from its intersection with Manchester street aforesaid to its intersection with Lichfield street aforesaid.
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All those blocks of land situated within the N.W. quarter of the said City, and numbered respectively 6, 7, 11, 12, and 15 on the Map of the City Surveyor, and bounded respectively as follows, that is to say:—As to Block 6: bounded on the north by Peterborough street, on the west by Montreal street, on the south by Kilmore street, and on the east by the Whately road. As to Block 7: bounded on the north by Peterborough street, on the east by Durham street, on the south, south-west, and west by Kilmore street and the Whately road. As to Block 11: bounded on the north-east by the Whately road, on the east by Market place, on the south by Chester street, and on the west by Durham street. As to Block 12: bounded on the north by Kilmore street, on the east by Colombo street, on the south by Market place, and on the west by the Whately road. As to Block 15: bounded on the north by Chester street, on the east by the Market place, on the south by Armagh street, and on the west by Durham street.
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All those blocks of land situated within the S.E. quarter of the said City, and numbered respectively 13, and 17, and 18 on the Map of the City Surveyor, and also part of block No. 14 on the said map, and bounded respectively as follows, that is to say: As to Block 13: bounded on the north, north-east, and east by High street, on the south by Tuam street, and on the west by Manchester street. As to Block 17: bounded on the north by Tuam street, on the east by High street, on the south by St. Asaph street, and on the west by Manchester street. As to Block 18: bounded on the north by Tuam street, on the east by Madras street, and on the west by High street. As to Block 14: so much thereof as is bounded on the north by Lichfield street, on the south by Tuam street, on the west by High street, and on the east by a line drawn within the said block from Lichfield street to Tuam street, parallel to and 100 feet distant from Tuam street.
SCHEDULE B.
SCALE OF FEES FOR EXAMINATION OF BUILDING.
For the examination of stoves, chimneys, flues, and other new fireplaces ... 5s.
New buildings under the value of £100 ... 10s.
Over £100 and under £200 ... 15s.
,, £200 ,, £300 ... 20s.
,, £300 ,, £400 ... 25s.
,, £400 ,, £500 ... 30s.
,, £500 ,, £600 ... 35s.
,, £600 ... 40s.
For the examination of any new building built contrary to the provisions of these Regulations, or without due notice ... 40s.
Passed by the Council this the Sixteenth day of May, 1870.
ANDREW DUNCAN,
Mayor.
[ L.s. ]
GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.
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Regulation No. 1 for New Buildings in Christchurch
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government16 May 1870
Regulation, New Buildings, Municipal Corporations Act, Christchurch City Council, Construction Standards
- Andrew Duncan, Mayor
- George Gordon, Town Clerk
🏘️ Schedule A: Boundaries of Land Blocks in Christchurch
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government16 May 1870
Land Blocks, Boundaries, City Surveyor, Christchurch
- Andrew Duncan, Mayor
- George Gordon, Town Clerk
🏘️ Schedule B: Scale of Fees for Examination of Building
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government16 May 1870
Fees, Building Examination, Construction, Christchurch
- Andrew Duncan, Mayor
- George Gordon, Town Clerk
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 31A