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exempt from the operation of any other of these Regulations:—
Fowlhouses
Privies
Verandahs
Porches
Greenhouses
Conservatories
Coal Sheds, in area not exceeding 6 feet by 6 feet.

Modifications.

42. If in the opinion of the City Council a full compliance with these Regulations, or any of them, would needlessly affect with injury the course and operations of business, or be attended with great loss and inconvenience to any persons, without a corresponding benefit to the community, the City Council will, on special application relax the strict observance of any Regulation, or modify the same, provided that such other terms as they may impose be complied with by the applicant.

Disputes.

43. If any dispute shall arise between the Building Surveyor and any persons respecting the meaning or operation of any of these Regulations, the question at issue shall be referred by the Building Surveyor to the City Council for their adjudication.

The following Regulations shall apply exclusively to and be enforced within the limits of the said Inner Area of the said City:—

Non-Combustible Materials.

44. It shall not be lawful to erect, alter, add to, renew, or repair the external walls, party walls, and chimneys of any building with metal, wood, or other combustible material, except as allowed for repairs in section 46 of these Regulations.

Ovens, Furnaces, &c.

45. It shall not be lawful to erect any bakers' or confectioners' oven, sugar boilers' or soap boilers' furnace, or any other oven, close fire furnace, or forge, unless the buildings within which they may be erected, or as an addition to which they may be erected are wholly constructed of brick or stone.

Repairs.

46. The external walls composed of wood or iron of any building already erected may be repaired with the same materials as they are composed, provided that such repairs extend only to the outer or inner lining of the walls and not to the studding.

Eaves.

47. The external wall of any building hereafter erected may be finished with projecting eaves instead of a parapet provided that such external wall be distant at least 15 feet from any building detached from that of which it forms a part.

Cesspools.

48. Every cesspool to a privy, and every cesspool for the reception of drainage sunk, must be built all round with brick or stone walls in mortar at least 8 1/2 inches thick; but no cesspool for the reception of drainage shall be constructed unless there shall be existing, or shall be built, a good and sufficient air-tight drain leading from such drainage cesspool to a common sewer.

Privies.

49. Every privy hereafter erected in the yard or area of any building may be erected with walls of wood or iron, but must be roofed with iron or slates, or other incombustible material. All privies must have a door, be properly enclosed, screened, and fenced from public view, and be erected not less than 10 feet distant from any adjacent dwelling house.

The following Regulations shall exclusively apply to and be enforced within the limits of the said Outer Area of the said city:—

Non-combustible material.

50. It shall not be lawful to erect, alter, add to, or renew the external walls, party walls, and chimneys of any building with metal, wood or other combustible material, except such building comply with each and all of the requirements contained in Section 51 of these Regulations, in which case the external walls (but not the party walls and chimneys) may be erected of wood or iron.

Exceptions.

51. Any building hereafter erected having one on more of the external walls composed of wood or iron must be erected at least 8 feet from any other building, but such building so constructed of wood or iron if erected at any less distance than 8 feet, provided that any wall erected nearer than 8 feet to any other building be built of brick or stone, of the thickness required by the Schedule attached to Section 6 of these Regulations, and project at least 9 inches beyond the front line of any verandah or balcony forming a part of such building.

Additions.

52. Should any building hereafter erected constitute an addition to a building then already erected, such addition may be built with walls composed of wood or iron, provided that the foregoing requirements are complied with; although the original building to which the addition is made may not be standing 8 feet from any other building.

Repairs.

53. The external walls and party walls of any building already erected of wood or iron, and standing nearer than 8 feet to any other building, may be repaired with the same materials of which they are composed. Provided that such repairs extend only to the outer or inner lining of the walls, and not to the studding.

Eaves.

54. The external wall of any building hereafter erected may be finished with projecting eaves instead of a parapet, provided that such external wall be distant at least 4 feet from any building detached from that of which it forms a part.

Privies.

55. Any privy hereafter erected may have walls of wood or iron, but the roof must be covered with iron, slates, or other incombustible material. All privies must be provided with a door, and be erected not less than 10 feet distant from any adjacent dwelling house.

The following is the Schedule of those portions of the City of Dunedin included within the "Inner Area," referred to in these Regulations.

Block VI. The whole of the sections.
Block VII. Sections 55 to 76, both inclusive.
Block IX. Sections 25 to 32, both inclusive. Sections 35 to 43, both inclusive. Sections 48, 53, 54, 55, and the whole of the Reserves.
Block XIV. Sections 10 to 16 both inclusive. Sections 25 to 46, both inclusive.
Block XV. The whole of the Sections. The whole of the Reserves.
Block XVI. Sections 1 to 20 both inclusive. Sections 48, 49, 50, 51, 76 and 77.
Block XVII. Sections 24 to 37, both inclusive. Sections 44 to 49, both inclusive.
Block XX. Sections 55 to 72, both inclusive.
Block XXI. Sections 1 to 10, both inclusive.
Block XXIII. Sections 1 to 10, both inclusive.
Block XXVIII. The whole of the sections and the Reserves.
Block XXXIX. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.
Block XL. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.
Block XLI. The whole of the Section and the Reserves.
Block XLIII. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.
Block XLIV. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.
Block XLV. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.
Block XLVI. The whole of the Sections and the Reserves.

All land now or that may be hereafter reclaimed from the Dunedin Harbour, and that may lie between the Stuart-street Jetty or the production of its Southern line, and the Anderson's Bay Road.