Road Board By-laws




tor may give notice in writing to any owner of such materials
to remove the same from the site, and on failure to comply
with such notice within twenty-four hours after service thereof
the owner shall be deemed to have committed a breach of
these by-laws.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
The Clerk, Mount Roskill Road Board.
I BEG to make application for a permit for the erection of
a building for Mr. on Lot No. of Subdivision
No. of Section No. , having a frontage of
ft. to Road (or Street), by a depth of ft.,
and in accordance with plans now lodged.
The contract price is £

Date : Address : , Builder.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
This permit is granted to Mr. , authorizing him to
erect a building for Mr. on Lot No. of Sub-
division No. of Section No. , having a front-
age of ft. to Road (or Street), by a depth of
ft., in accordance with the plans lodged.
For the Mount Roskill Road Board.
Date : , Clerk.

PART II.
CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ROADS.
Use of Footpaths.
3. No person shall ride or lead any horse or other animal,
or wheel any barrow or other vehicle, or ride any cycle or
other vehicle upon or along any footpath.

Preventing the Dragging of Material.
4. No person shall drag or allow to be dragged on a
road any timber or other heavy material not being wholly
raised above the ground on wheels.

Cattle wandering.
5. No person shall permit any cattle to be at large without
proper guidance, or to wander, or to be herded or grazed
upon any road other than in the ordinary course of driving
stock.

Obstruction by Vehicles, &c.
6. No person shall allow to remain upon any road any
vehicle having no horse or other animal harnessed thereto,
or any plough, harrow, reaping, threshing, or other machine;
and no person shall leave any vehicle with any horse or animal
harnessed thereto on any road unless one of the wheels is
fastened to the vehicle by a chain.

Obstruction by Materials.
7. No person shall leave any timber, bricks, stone, building
or other material upon any road, or upon or over any channel
or surface drain in any road, without the permission in writing
of the Board having been first obtained.

Offensive Drainage.
8. No person shall cause or permit any offensive matter or
offensive liquid to run from any land, manufactory, building,
or place into or upon any road, or any right-of-way, or any
footpath, channel, or ditch.

Rubbish-depots, &c.
9. No person shall throw, leave, or deposit upon any road
or vacant allotment within the district any offensive matter,
or any bottles, earthenware, china, or rubbish of any descrip-
tion; and no person shall allow hedge-clippings to remain on
any road or street within the district for a longer time than
four hours.

Burning Litter, &c.
10. No person shall burn any litter, shavings, straw, or
other materials or matter on any road, or on any open space
near any building, without the consent in writing of the
Board.

Eaves Droppings.
11. No person shall allow any droppings of the eaves of
any house, erection, or veranda to fall upon any road.

Regulation of Bicycles, Motor-cars, &c.
12. No person shall use or permit to be used any bicycle,
tricycle, or motor-car, or any other vehicle not propelled by
a horse or other animal, in or upon any road after sunset and
before sunrise unless, in the case of a bicycle or tricycle, the
same shall be provided with a lamp which shall be lighted
and placed in a conspicuous place in the front of such bicycle
or tricycle, or in the case of a motor-car or any such other
vehicle the same shall be provided with a light on each side
in front of such motor-car or vehicle. And no person shall
at any time use or permit to be used on any road any bicycle,
tricycle, motor-car, or other vehicle as aforesaid unless the
same shall be provided with an alarm bell or horn; and the
rider or driver thereof shall sound such bell or horn when
approaching any vehicle, or any person on horseback, or any
person who may be crossing any road, whether on foot or on
horseback ; and the rider or driver of every such bicycle,
tricycle, motor-car, or other vehicle shall observe the rules
as to keeping the proper side of the road when meeting or
passing vehicles as is prescribed by law for persons driving
vehicles. No person shall drive a motor-car upon any road
or street within the district at a greater speed than fifteen
miles per hour, or, when passing a stationary tram-car, at a
greater rate of speed than four miles per hour.

Carrying Lights.
13. No person shall drive or use any vehicle drawn by one
or more horses in or upon any road between sunset and sun-
rise without carrying a light on each side of such vehicle.

Driving round Corners.
14. No person shall ride or drive any animal or vehicle of
any kind round any corner of any road at other than a walk-
ing pace.

Crossings and Drains on Footpaths.
15. 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
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 accord-
ance 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.
16. No person shall cart any timber, metal, stone, building
or other material across any footpath where there is not a
crossing properly constructed, without the consent in writing
of the Clerk 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 foot-
paths 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 Engi-
neer 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 so to do
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.

Heavy Traffic.
17. The owner of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used
in carting stone, earth, or scoria-ash upon any of the roads
within the boundaries of the Mount Roskill Road District
shall, before using such vehicle upon any such road, apply to
the Mount Roskill Road Board for a license, and shall pay
to the Mount Roskill Road Board the yearly license fee
following, that is to say,—
For vehicles having tires of the width of 4½ in. £
or over . . . . . . . . . . 5
For vehicles having tires under 4½ in. in width .. 10
17A. Provided, nevertheless, that the Board may, in its
discretion, and on application by the owner or driver of any
vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used in carting stone, earth,



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🏗️ Special Order made by the Mount Roskill Road Board, making By-laws (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
30 January 1914
Special Order, Mount Roskill Road Board, By-laws, Road Boards Act, 1908, Public Health Act, 1908, Public Works Act, 1908, Motor Regulation Act, 1908
  • The Clerk, Mount Roskill Road Board