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Definition of New House.

5. The erection of a house upon vacant land or upon a site previously occupied by any building, or the re-erection of any house pulled down to within five feet of the ground floor, or the conversion into a house of any building not originally constructed for human habitation, or the conversion into more than one house of a building originally constructed as one house only, or an addition or raising of a house (so far as such addition or raising is concerned), or the procuring of an existing house or of any other building, or part of a building, intended to be re-erected, and used as a house or part of a house, and re-erection of the same upon the site, shall be deemed to be the erection of a new house within the meaning of these by-laws.

Definition of Site.

6. The ground upon which any house is erected, together with the whole curtilage thereof enclosed within the boundary fences, walls, or lines of the premises, shall be deemed to be the site of such house within the meaning of these by-laws.

Erection of New Buildings.

7. The erection of a new shop or house shall not be commenced or proceeded with until the person who purposes to carry out such work shall have received a permit for such erection as hereinafter mentioned. Such person shall at the same time lodge with the Clerk complete plans showing the block-plan and the sections of the said building (which shall be retained by the Board), and the measurements of the height and distance from the boundaries of such shop or house as required by the provisions of this by-law; provided always that if the work proposed to be done is of such a trivial nature as in the opinion of the Board not to require the preparation of such plans and sections, it may dispense with their production. When the Board is satisfied that all conditions required by this by-law are or can be fulfilled by the proposed works as described in such plans, and after the payment of the fee of one pound, or in the case of any addition or alteration a fee of five shillings, a permit for the erection of the house or shop, or addition or alteration, shall be issued by the Clerk.

8. The ground on which any new dwellinghouse is erected, and the ground immediately adjoining any such new dwelling-house, shall be so formed and graded that no water can lodge thereon or under such house or run under such house, and no person shall commence the erection of any building upon any site having matter thereon which might prove deleterious to the health of the occupants of such building, until such matter has been removed to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Inspector of the Board.

9. In any foundation wall, either of concrete or bricks or stone, either separate or conjoined, a proper damp-proof course of sheet 4 lb. lead, asphalt, or slates laid in cement, or other durable material impervious to moisture, shall be laid beneath the level of the lowest timbers, and at a height of not less than six inches above the surface of the ground adjoining such wall.

10. No part of any plate or joist of any house shall be at a less distance in the case of a plate than twelve inches, and in the case of a joist than fifteen inches, from any portion of the ground below or immediately adjoining such plate. The space between the lowest joist and the ground shall in all cases have sufficient and proper communication with the external air for the purpose of ventilation.

11. No room in any house (other than a bath-room, closet, or storeroom) shall have a less average height than nine feet between the floor and the ceiling throughout an area equal to at least two-thirds of the floor-space.

12. Every room other than a bath-room or closet or storeroom shall be provided with at least one window, other than a skylight, opening direct to the external air. At least one-half of such window shall be movable or made to open, and the opening must extend to the top of the window, and the total glazed surface of such window or windows provided shall be equal in area to at least one-tenth of the floor-space of such room. At least a portion of one wall of every bath-room or water-closet shall be in contact with the external air.

13. No person shall use any materials in the erection, re-erection, or repair of any dwellinghouse which are unsound, insanitary, or improper to be used for their intended purpose, and any such materials shall, within twenty-four hours of their condemnation by the Sanitary Inspector, be removed from the site of the proposed house, and shall not again be brought thereon until the house has been completed. No kahikatea shall be allowed in the construction or repair of any office, shop, or dwelling, or the fittings therein.

14. No room used or intended to be used as a bedroom in any hotel or boardinghouse hereafter erected or renewed in any part of the district shall contain less than seven hundred cubic feet of clear air-space, and every such room shall have a window other than a skylight communicating directly with the external air, and shall be provided with sufficient ventilation.

15. If any dwellinghouse or part of a dwellinghouse be re-erected, altered, or repaired contrary in any particular to the provisions of this by-law, it shall be lawful for the Board to give notice in writing to the owner of such dwellinghouse, within a time to be mentioned in such notice, to take down, remove, or alter such dwellinghouse or part of such dwelling-house in such a manner that the provisions of this by-law shall be accurately fulfilled. Non-compliance with any such notice shall be deemed an offence.

16. No person shall use any materials in the construction, alteration, or repairs to any one-story building within the district of less dimensions than the following:

(a.) Blocks, sawn or split: Heart of totara or puriri eight inches by five inches, and such blocks shall be spaced at a distance of not more than four feet apart.

(b.) Bottom plates and sleepers: Four inches by three inches heart of totara, kauri, or rimu.

(c.) Jack studs: Four inches by three inches heart of totara, kauri, or rimu. In every case where the height of jack studs exceeds six feet the same shall be braced as hereinafter specified for external walls.

(d.) Ground-floor joists: Six inches by two inches heart of totara, kauri, rimu, or Oregon, spaced not more than twenty-inch centres.

(e.) Vermin-plates: External walls, four by two inches; partition walls, three by two inches.

(f.) Top plates: Four by two inches, external walls; three by two inches, partitions.

(g.) Studs for external walls: Four by two inches, spaced out not more than twenty-inch centres; kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(h.) Studs for partition walls: Three by two inches, spaced not more than twenty-inch centres; kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(i.) Braces on studding: Four by one inch kauri, rimu, totara, or Oregon; not less than two braces for each external wall.

(j.) Ceiling-joists: Four by two inches, spaced twenty-inch centres; kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(k.) Rafters: Four by two inches, spaced not more than three feet apart; kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(l.) Collar-ties: Six by one inch ordinary building kauri or rimu.

(m.) Purlins: Three by two inches kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(n.) Hips, valleys, and ridges: Nine by one inch kauri, rimu, totara, Oregon, or matai.

(o.) Weatherboarding and all external timber: Heart of kauri, rimu, totara, or matai; all weatherboarding to be not less than three-quarters of an inch in thickness.

(p.) Flooring: Not less than one inch in thickness, tongued and grooved, medium kauri, ordinary building rimu, matai, or totara.

(q.) Rough lining: Not less than half an inch in thickness, all close-jointed from floor to ceiling.

(r.) Two-story buildings: In the construction of a two-story building the studs for the ground-floor walls and partitions shall not be less than four by three inches; first-floor plates not less than four by three inches.

(s.) Bridging: Joists for a span not exceeding twelve feet, nine by two inches; joists for a span exceeding twelve feet, twelve by two inches; upper floors having a span exceeding fourteen feet shall be strengthened by a herring-boning of two by two.

(t.) Any timber not otherwise specified shall be at least ordinary building rimu, matai, totara, or medium kauri.

PART IV.—SANITARY.

Burial of Nightsoil.

1. No person shall bury, or cause or suffer or allow to be buried, nightsoil within the curtilage of any premises which shall be less than one-quarter of an acre in extent, or within the curtilage of any premises used as an hotel or boarding-house, and then not within thirty-three feet of any road or any house or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business within the district.

Nightsoil in Infectious Cases.

2. No person shall bury upon any private property the nightsoil produced upon any premises from which a case of infectious disease has been duly notified to the Board, and