Volume 1

Glen's law of public health and local government / [William Cunningham Glen].

  • W. Cunningham Glen
Date:
1925
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Glen's law of public health and local government / [William Cunningham Glen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    1460/1480 (page 1190)
    Clause 17. Combined buildings and building units. Erection of of dwelling- houses and residential buildings. Declaration of land units. Calculation of number of building units which may be erected. of limiting the number of building units (as calculated in accordance with Clause 18 (3) ), which may be erected thereon. The erection of a building includes :—(i) The re-erection, wholly or partially, of any building of which an outer wall is pulled down to or within ten feet of the surface of the ground adjoining the lowest storey of the building, and of any frame building so far pulled down as to leave only the framework of the lowest storey; (ii) The conversion of a building of any of the types hereinbefore defined into a building of any other of such types. The site of a building includes all the land within its curtilage. Clause 18.— (1) Where a proposed building is designed for use both as a shop and as a dwelling for a single family, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of the Scheme, as if it were a shop. (2) Subject as aforesaid, where a proposed building is designed for more than one use, the Council may decide wThich is the primary use for which the building is designed, and for the purposes of this Part of the Scheme the building shall be deemed to be designed exclusively for that use. (3) For the purposes of this Part of the Scheme a dwTelling-house shall be reckoned as one building unit, and a building other than a dwelling-house as such number of building units as the Council may decide. (4) The owner of any building or of the site of any proposed building who feels aggrieved by a decision of the Council under this Clause in respect of the building or proposed building may [apply to the Minister for leave to appeal to him.12] PRIMARY ZONING. A. Density of Buildings. Clause 19. No dwelling-house or residential building shall be erected upon land not included in a land unit. Clause 20.— (1) Subject to the following provisions the Council shall, upon application being made to them by any owner of land or jointly by two or more owners of adjoining land, declare that the land in respect of wdiich the application is made or such part thereof as they think fit shall form one or more land units. For this purpose the submission by an owner of a building plan shall be deemed to be an application for the declaration of a land unit in respect of the land included in the plan. (2) The Council may include in a land unit land belonging to the applicant other than that to which the application relates, but shall not, except with the consent of the applicant, so include the site of a building commenced before . . A The Council may also include in the unit any land given by or acquired from the applicant for the purpose of a public open space after . . .x (3) The Council may require the applicant to submit a plan showing the wffiole of his land which is not already included in a land unit or such part thereof as they think fit. (4) Every land unit shall be contained wholly wfithin one density zone. (5) No land unit shall exceed seven acres in extent. (6) The half of the width of any road dedicated to the public upon which any land proposed to be included in a land unit abuts shall be included in the land unit. Clause 21.— (1) In the case of a land unit in respect of which a plot plan is not submitted to and approved by the Council under the next succeeding Clause, the number of building units on the land unit shall not at any time exceed the number which will give the average per acre specified in the Table below. For this purpose all buildings included in the land unit by consent of the owner under Clause 20 (2), shall be taken into account. Table.2 Zone A, coloured on the map, 12.3 Zone B, coloured on the map, 8.3 Zone C, coloured on the map, 6.3 (2) Where it appears to the Council upon representation being made by any owner of land that it would be unreasonable to require compliance with the pro¬ visions of this Clause owing to difficulty in developing the land in accordance with those provisions on account of :—(i) the lay out of any street on or adjoining (12) See footnote (3), post, p. 1199 D. intended to be illustrative only.” (1) See footnote (6), ante, p. 1186. (3) “ Average number of building units per (2) “ The figures given in this Table are acre over a land unit not to exceed.”