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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

structured, so far as affects all matters coming within the scope of this or any other Part of these by-laws, with dimensions, materials to be used, and all other particulars necessary to enable the Resident Officer readily to judge whether the work is in accordance with these by-laws; and

(2.) A notice stating the full name of the person on whose behalf the proposed work is to be done, the locality of such proposed work, the position of each building within 40 ft. of the proposed building, and an address within the town to which all notices to be given under these by-laws in respect of the proposed work can be sent.

3. Fuller Plans and Specifications may be required.—If any plan or specification so deposited shall insufficiently or inaccurately describe the work in any particular affected by these by-laws, the Resident Officer may within seven days after such deposit thereof, by notice in writing, to be sent to the person on whose behalf the proposed work is to be done, at the address so stated, require a fuller or more accurate plan or specification to be deposited in lieu thereof.

4. Resident Officer to give Certificate.—The Resident Officer shall inspect every such original and substituted plan and specification as aforesaid, and shall within seven days after all the documents and substituted documents mentioned in the last two preceding clauses shall have been deposited as aforesaid, send a certificate in writing under his hand to the person on whose behalf the proposed work is to be done, to the address aforesaid, stating that such proposed work as described in the said plan and specifications is in accordance with these by-laws, or a notice stating wherein such work departs therefrom.

5. Amendment of Plans and Specifications.—(1.) If the Resident Officer shall notify such person as aforesaid that the proposed work departs from these by-laws in any particular, such person shall forthwith amend the said deposited plans and specifications accordingly, so as to conform with these by-laws, and the Resident Officer shall, within three days after such amendments shall have been duly made and deposited at his office, send such certificate of the work being in accordance with these by-laws as aforesaid.

(2.) Deviation after Certificate.—No deviation affecting any matter coming within the scope of these by-laws shall be made by any person from any plan or specification that shall have been deposited as aforesaid, after the Resident Officer shall have given his certificate, unless a notice in writing clearly specifying the intended deviation shall have been deposited at his office, and he shall have notified in writing under his hand that such deviation is in accordance with these by-laws.

6. Commencement of Work.—In no case shall any person commence any work affected by these by-laws before the Resident Officer shall have certified in writing under his hand that the work is in accordance therewith.

7. Plans and Specifications to be produced after Removal.—(1.) Plans and specifications deposited as aforesaid may be removed from the Engineer’s office after he shall have certified as aforesaid that the work referred to therein is in accordance with these by-laws, but pending and within six calendar months after the completion of the work the person on whose behalf the work is being or has been done shall from time to time, upon twenty-four hours’ notice in writing from the Resident Officer so to do, produce or cause to be produced to him at his office aforesaid any plan or specification so removed, for inspection for the purposes of these by-laws.

(2.) Without prejudice to the liability of such person as aforesaid under paragraph (1) of this by-law, every person having for the time being pending (or within six calendar months after) the completion of the work any such removal plan or specification in his custody or power (whether as architect, builder, mortgagee, or otherwise) shall, from time to time, upon reasonable notice in writing from the Resident Officer so to do, produce or cause such plan or specification to be produced to him at his said office for the purposes aforesaid.

Frontages.

8. Frontage of Dwellinghouses.—No person shall erect any building intended wholly or principally for residential purposes, or alter any building not erected therefor so as to make the same fit therefor, unless in each case such building shall have a frontage for its full width to some public or private street.

9. Frontage not to be interfered with.—No person shall erect any building whereby any dwellinghouse or other building used wholly or principally for residential purposes shall be deprived (for the whole or any part of its width) of its frontage to any public or private street.

Roofs.

10. Roof-materials.—No person shall cover or repair the whole or any part of the exterior of the roof or flat, or gutter of any building, or any erection on the roof or flat of any building with boarding, shingles, or other combustible materials.

11. Gutters and Pipes.—(1.) No person shall construct any roof or flat of any building, or any projection therefrom, unless the same be so arranged and so supplied with gutters and pipes as to prevent the water from dropping on to or running over any public or private street.

(2.) All such gutters shall be made of metal or other incombustible material.

Chimneys, Stoves, Hearths, &c.

12. Regulations as to Chimneys, &c.—No person shall construct, erect, build, put up, or alter or renew any chimney, chimney-stack, smoke-pipe, or funnel, except in the following manner and in compliance with the following conditions, to wit:—

(a.) Materials, no Corbelling-over.—Every chimney and chimney-stack must be built wholly of brick or stone, with lime or cement mortar, or of concrete, and every such chimney and chimney-stack must be built from the foundation (and from the corbels if corbelled out according to the provisions of these by-laws) to the top thereof without any corbelling-over whereby any upper part of such chimney or chimney-stack shall overhang any lower part thereof.

(b.) Angle Chimneys.—The breast of any angle chimney built in the internal angle of any building above the ceiling of any lower story shall not exceed 8 ft. in width, and the jambs, breast, and flue must be properly supported on iron girders or brick arches, or on strong stone landings at least 7 in. thick, and tailed at least 9 in. into each of the two walls forming such angle.

(c.) Single or Double Chimneys.—The jambs, breast, and flue of any single or double chimney may be built upon stone or iron corbels above the ceiling of any lower story, but the projection both of such jambs and breast must not in any case exceed 14 in. before the face of the wall or stack to which the same shall join, and the brickwork must be arched or corbelled over the whole width of the chimney-opening up to the line of the face of the jambs, in order to provide a solid bed for the back hearth.

(d.) Jambs, Breasts, &c.—The jambs of every chimney must not be less than 8½ in. wide on each side of such opening. The breast of every chimney and the front, back, or withe of every flue must be at least 4 in. in thickness, and the joints of the work must be filled in with hydraulic lime or cement mortar, and all the inside thereof must be rendered or pargetted: Provided that the back of any chimney against the internal wall of another apartment shall be at least 8 in. thick.

(e.) Support of Breast.—Prohibition of Timber.—No timber must be placed over any opening for supporting the breast of any chimney, but there must be an arch of brick, stone, or concrete over the opening of every such chimney to support the breast thereof, with an iron bar or bars built into the jambs at least 9 in. on each side to tie to the abutments. And no timber or woodwork must be placed or laid under, or in any wall under, any chimney-opening within 10 in. at the least of the surface of the hearth of the fireplace of such chimney-opening, and no timber or woodwork must be nearer than 1 in. to the opening of any chimney, and no trimmer must be placed nearer than 15 in. to the front face of any chimney; neither shall it be lawful to build or insert the end of any joists, rafters, beams, or other timber whatever in any part of any chimney or flue.

(f.) Height of Chimneys.—Every chimney, or shaft, or flue hereafter built, raised, or renewed must be carried up in brick or stone with lime or cement mortar, or concrete all round, at least 4½ in. thick to a height not less than 36 in. above the roof, flat, or gutter adjoining thereto, measured at the highest point in the line of junction with such roof, flat, or gutter, but not more than 8 ft. (irrespective of the chimney-pot) above the highest point in the line of such junction; unless such chimney, or shaft, or flue shall be built of increased thickness to the satisfaction of the Resident Officer or be built with or bonded to another chimney-shaft, or be otherwise rendered secure to the like satisfaction: Provided always that the chimney-shaft for the boiler-furnace or manufactory may be erected of any height so that it is built in such manner and of such strength and dimensions as shall be approved by the Resident Officer upon special application in each case.

(g.) Stoves.—Every detached stove or fixed stove in any building shall be provided with a brick, stone, or concrete bed at least 4 in. thick and extending 18 in. on either side of the stove, and with a substantial metal flue at least 6 in. in diameter, which shall be so placed, supported, and fixed that no timber or inflammable material shall be within a distance of 18 in. of such flue for the first 6 ft. of its length (measured from the furnace or stove) or within 9 in. for the remainder of its length. The portion of such flue outside the building