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Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3739
(57.) Tether or otherwise put or place any cattle or any horse, for the purpose of grazing or depasturing the same, in or upon any public place, street, private street, or right-of-way within the district.
(58.) Sweep thereon or deposit any refuse, hedge or lawn clippings, shop-sweepings, house-sweepings, or rubbish on any street or private street within the district.
(59.) Being the owner, lessee, or occupier of any building in the district, use the same or cause, suffer, permit, or allow the same to be used as a theatre, public hall, public concert-room, public ball-room, public lecture-room, or public exhibition-room, or as a public place of assembly for persons admitted thereto by tickets or otherwise, unless the doors of such building shall open outwards.
(60.) Leave standing any horse fastened or tied up to any fence, post, tree, or vehicle in any road or street or on any reserve or beach.
Driving round corner.
- No person shall drive or ride round any street corner at other than a walking pace.
Mischief.
- No person shall wilfully break any pane of glass in the window of any building, or wilfully break or unlawfully light or extinguish or injure any lamp in any street.
Sunday trading.
- No person shall keep open any shop, store, or place of business whatsoever on Sunday for the purpose of trading or dealing; provided always that this clause shall not extend to chemists or refreshment-rooms.
Obstructions on road.
- No person shall put, place, or lay any building or other materials or building-rubbish, or put up, construct, or erect any stage, scaffolding, hoarding, or fence upon, across, or over any road, street, footway, channel, or public place without first obtaining the consent of the Board or the officer appointed by the Board for that purpose.
Crossings.
- No person shall construct any crossing across any channel, drain, or footpath, or make any drain under any footpath. All such crossings and drains shall be constructed by the Board, but at the expense of the person requiring the same, and any such crossing or drain shall consist of such material as the Board shall from time to time approve. No person shall allow anything other than storm-water to pass through any drain laid under any footpath. Any person desiring to have a crossing made or drain laid leading from his property into any road shall make a written application in that behalf to the Clerk of the Board, and shall upon a receipt of a notice from the Clerk of the Board stating the estimated cost of the construction of such crossing or drain, as the case may be, pay the amount of such estimated cost to the Clerk of the Board before the Board shall proceed with such construction. If any such crossing or drain shall be out of repair, the owner or occupier of the premises from which the same leads, or any person for whose use and benefit the same exists, shall, within seven days after notice in writing from the Clerk of the Board to that effect stating the repairs required, properly and completely repair the same in accordance with such notice, failing which the Board may effect such repairs and recover the cost thereof from such owner, occupier, or person. And in case any such owner, occupier, or person shall make default and fail to comply with such notice within the time therein mentioned, he shall be deemed to commit an offence on every day during which he shall be in such default as aforesaid.
Carting over footpaths.
- No person shall cart any metal, stone, building or other material across any footpath where there is not a crossing constructed in accordance with By-law No. 17, without the consent in writing of the Board on written application made in that behalf, and stating the property to or from which the carting is to be done, first obtained; and the applicant for such consent shall, prior to the issue of such consent, deposit with the Clerk of the Board a sum not exceeding £10, as the Engineer, or, if there be no Engineer, the Clerk of the Board, shall direct, as security for the necessary repairs to the footpath or kerbing which may be caused by carting material or otherwise, and shall obtain a receipt for the same; and upon repairs being completed to the satisfaction of the Engineer or Clerk of the Board, as the case may be, the said deposit shall thereupon be returned; and on failing to execute the necessary repairs after forty-eight hours’ notice to do so from the Clerk of the Board, the same shall be done at the cost and risk of the applicant, and the costs thereof deducted from the amount of such deposit.
Wandering cattle.
- Every person having the care, custody, or control of any cattle, or being the owner thereof, shall keep and prevent the same from wandering or being at large and without proper guidance in or upon any road, street, private street, public place, or right-of-way.
Keeping cattle moving.
- Every person having the care or custody of or being in possession of any cattle, and driving the same on any road, public or private street, or public place within the district, shall keep such cattle continuously moving, and shall not permit or suffer or allow such cattle to graze on such road, public or private street, or public place.
Ill-treating cattle.
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No person shall, by ill usage or negligence in driving any cattle along any road or street, cause any mischief to be done by such cattle.
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No person shall wantonly hurt or harass any cattle passing along any road or street.
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No person shall wantonly or cruelly beat, ill-treat, overdrive, overload, abuse, or torture any animal, or omit or neglect to supply any animal with sufficient food and water.
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No person shall work or allow to work any animal incapable, or in any unfit condition to work, by reason of lameness, unhealed sores, shortness of breath, or any other obvious physical infirmity.
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No person shall drive any loose horses, bulls, or bullocks through the district between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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No builder or other person shall place or keep any building-materials, stage, scaffolding, hoarding, or fence, or rubbish on any part of any street in the district after sunset and before sunrise, unless the same be kept well and sufficiently lighted.
Lighting obstructions.
- No person shall cause any building-materials, rubbish, or other matters or things to be laid on, or any hole to be made in any street or footway, whether the same be done by order or authority of the Board or not, unless such materials or other things, or such hole, be sufficiently lighted in a proper place upon or near the same, and such light be continued every night from sunset to sunrise while such materials or things or hole remain; and every such person shall, at his own expense, cause such materials or things, and such hole, to be sufficiently fenced and enclosed until such materials or things are removed, or such hole is filled up, or otherwise made secure.
Fences on road.
- No person shall erect or place any house or other building, or any part thereof, or any wall or fence, or any other erection upon, over, or across any public street, road, footway, or channel.
Overhanging trees.
- No owner or occupier of land shall allow trees or shrubs growing thereon to overhang or encroach on any road, street, private street, or footway; and it shall be lawful for the Board to cause all trees or shrubs so overhanging or encroaching to be lopped, or the encroaching part thereof to be removed, at the discretion of the Board.
Flags, &c., across road.
- No person shall place or permit to be placed any obstruction upon any road, street, footway, private street, or right-of-way, building, portico, or veranda, or suspend or permit to be suspended any flag, calico, or material over or across any road, street, footway, private street, or right-of-way, or part thereof, unless the permission of the Board shall have been first obtained.
Verandas.
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No person shall erect or put up any portico or veranda upon or over any part of any road or street unless the same be constructed in the manner, position, and design approved by the Board.
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No person shall erect, alter, or repair any portico or veranda without the written permit of the Clerk be first obtained, and for every such permit for a new erection there shall be paid a fee of 5s., and for every such permit for alteration or repairs there shall be paid a fee of 1s.
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No person shall erect any balcony over any road, footway, or street.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1913, No 91
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 91
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government15 December 1913
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