6.—Depositing Building Materials Excavations, etc.

Unlawful depositing building materials in street

29.—Every person who throws or lays any building or other materials or building rubbish or puts up constructs or erects any stage scaffolding, hoarding or fence in upon across or over any street footway channel or any public place save in lawful execution of the powers given by this sub-division shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds and a further sum not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which such matter or thing or any of it or any part thereof is suffered to remain in or upon such street footway channel or public place.

Notice of intention to build &c.

30.—Every person intending to build put up or take down any building wall or other structure or any fence or to alter or repair or cause to be built put up or taken down any building wall or other structure or to alter or repair the outward part of any such building or other structure whether in any of such cases over or under ground or to make any hole within ten feet of any street or footway shall give notice in writing of such his intention to the council and in such notice shall describe the intended work and the height depth extent and position thereof and whether or not it be necessary for the execution of the said work that a scaffold or stage be constructed or that building or other materials or building rubbish be deposited upon or in the footway or street adjoining or in front of such structure or hole and for what time it will be necessary that such stage or scaffolding or such materials deposited be so kept or continued or that such hole remain open together with such other particulars touching such intended work as such person shall see fit.

Penalty for commencing &c. work without notice.

31.—No person shall execute or begin or continue to execute any such work as in the last preceding section mentioned without having given to the council such notice as therein provided or until the expiration of forty-eight hours after giving the same and every person offending against the provisions of this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds for every day upon which he shall so offend.

Licence for depositing materials &c. holding etc.

32.—It shall be lawful for the council having received any such notice as aforesaid to grant if it shall seem to them fit to the person having given such notice upon payment by him of the sum of five shillings a license in the appointed form under the hand of the town clerk authorising such person to construct such stage and scaffolding as the proper officer of the council to be appointed in that behalf shall require or permit and to deposit building and other materials and building rubbish upon or across in each of the cases aforesaid so much of the footway adjoining or in front of the site of the intended work and so much of the street adjoining such footway and to keep and continue the said stage scaffolding and materials or rubbish so constructed or deposited respectively for such time respectively as shall seem fit to the said council and be specified in the said licence and the council may if it shall seem fit renew such license or grant a fresh license to such person from time to time and such person may thereupon from time to time do the said acts according to the tenor of such license.

Hoarding and fence.

33.—Every person who shall intend to build or take down or cause to be built or taken down any building or other structure whether over or under ground or to alter or repair or cause to be altered or repaired the outward part of any such structure within in any of the cases aforesaid ten feet of any street or footway or who shall have a license for constructing any stage or scaffolding or depositing any building or other materials or building rubbish upon or across any footway or street shall before beginning to execute such work or to do such act cause to be put up so as to separate from the street and from the remainder (if any) of the footway so much of the premises where the work is to be executed as fronts the site of such work and the area upon which according to the license such stage or scaffolding is to be constructed or such materials or rubbish are to be deposited such sufficient hoards or fences together with such convenient platform or handrail if there be room enough to serve as a footway for passengers outside of such hoard or fence as shall be respectively approved by such officer as the council shall have appointed in that behalf and shall continue such hoard or fence with such platform and handrail as aforesaid standing and in good condition to the satisfaction of such officer during the time limited as aforesaid in the said license or the last renewal thereof and for such longer time as the public safety or convenience requires and shall in all cases in which it is necessary in order to prevent accidents cause the same to be sufficiently lighted from sunset to sunrise and shall remove such hoard fence platform and handrail and make good the footway and street within a reasonable time after the provisions of this section have been fulfilled.

Penalty for not putting up hoarding, etc.

34.—Every person who executes or begins or continues to execute any such work as in the last section mentioned or who being licensed thereto constructs or begins or continues to construct any such stage or scaffolding or deposit or keeps deposited any such material or rubbish upon or across any footway or street without having in any of the cases aforesaid put up such hoard or fence or such platform with such handrail as aforesaid or continuing the same respectively standing and in good condition as aforesaid during the time aforesaid or without keeping the said hoard fence platform or rail and each part thereof respectively while the same are standing sufficiently lighted from sunset to sunrise or without removing the same within such reasonable time as aforesaid or without making good the footway and street after such removal shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds and a further penalty not exceeding forty shillings for every day while such default is continued.

Removal of scaffolding, etc.

35.—Every person licensed as herein mentioned to construct any stage or scaffolding or to deposit any materials or rubbish shall remove within a reasonable time after the time limited as aforesaid.