Volume 1

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

  • W. Cunningham Glen
Date:
1925
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Credit: Glen's law of public health and local government / [William Cunningham Glen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may be used for purposes of agriculture and horticulture or for such other purposes as the Council may permit. Before the date of acquisition or the date fixed, as the case may he, such buildings may be erected and maintained upon any of the lands specified in the Table as are necessary for the purposes for which the lands are permitted to be used, subject to such conditions as the Council may impose as to their removal after such date as aforesaid, or otherwise. (2) In the case of land reserved for use as a private open space, the Council shall give the owner of the land not less than six months’ notice of the date which they have fixed under this Clause. (3) Except as aforesaid no part of the lands specified in the Table shall he used for any purpose other than that indicated in the Table as the purpose for which the land is reserved, and no buildings other than those required for that purpose shall be erected thereon. Column 1. Table.3 Column 2. Indication on map of lands reserved. Coloured Coloured Coloured Coloured Coloured and numbered and numbered and numbered and numbered and numbered Uses for which lands are reserved. Public open spaces. .. Private open spaces. Playing fields. Allotments. .. Sites for elementary schools. Clause 35, Eor the purposes of this Clause land reserved for use as a private open space means land reserved for use as a private ground for sports, play, rest or recreation, or as an ornamental garden or pleasure ground. (4) —(a) The purposes of this Scheme shall include the provision by the Council of public open spaces and playing fields upon lands reserved for those purposes respectively. (b) The Council may at any time acquire by agreement and, if they think fit, convert into a public open space or a playing field any of the lands reserved as private open spaces and numbered on the map. (5) The Council shall have like powers in regard to any lands reserved as public or private open spaces or playing fields, when acquired hy the Council, as if the same were acquired for the purposes of public walks, parks and pleasure grounds under the Public Health Acts or any enactments amending those Acts, and, in addition, the Council shall have power to let for purposes of recreation [and to lay out, equip, and maintain for the purpose of such letting,4] any land reserved as a playing field when acquired by them, or any land reserved as a private open space when acquired by the Council and converted into a playing field, but no such letting shall be for a term of more than seven years without the consent of the Minister. Clause 36. If at any time any land reserved for any purpose under this Part of the Scheme is not required or likely to be required for that purpose, the Minister may, on the application of the Council, by order declare the land no longer to be so reserved, and thereafter the provisions of this Part of the Scheme shall not apply to the land, but the land shall be subject to the remaining provisions of this Scheme as if it were included in such zone or zones as may be specified in the order. Before making an order under this Clause, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, require the Council to serve a notice of their application for the order upon such owners as may, in the Minister s opinion, be affected. Lands no longer required for the purposes for which they are reserved. PART V. GENERAL CONVENIENCE AND AMENITY. Clause 37._(1) If at any time the Council are of opinion that, for the purpose Safety of traffic. of securing the safety of traffic, the height of close fences and walls, the growth of hedges, trees and'shrubs, and the erection of other obstructions upon any land adjoining any street or the site of any proposed street ought to be regulated, he Council may prescribe a line upon the land, and shall thereupon give notice of the line prescribed to the owTner and occupier of the land . Provided that where a building line is shown on the map or has been fixed by the Council under this Scheme in respect of the street or proposed street, an\ line (3) “ This Table is intended to be only an (4) Minor amendment by Supplement No. 1, illustration.” 19M* G.P.H.