Content Page: Model Building By Laws

  • Temporary Walkways

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    (1) Where a portion of a street or public place is to be used for, or in connexion with, building work and the space on the sidewalk available to the public will, in consequence, be less than 1,5 metres in width, or if there will in any case be, in the opinion of the local…

  • Building Work Which Affects Or Which May Affect Any Street Or Public Place : General And Specific Requirements

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    (1) A builder or plumber who intends to undertake any building or sewerage work in, over or under any street or public place, or any portion thereof vested in or under the control of the local authority, or which is so suited that its performance is calculated, on reasonable grounds, to endanger the safety of,…

  • Projecting Lamps

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    Every lamp which projects from a building, or which hangs under a veranda over a street, shall be affixed and maintained at a height of not less than 2,5 meters above ground-level.

  • Sun-Blinds Projecting Over Streets

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    (1) A sun-blind may be erected and maintained provided that— a) If it is of the canopy-type, no part of such sun-blind is erected— i) At a height of less than 2,5 meters above the level of the sidewalk; ii) So as to project more than 2,5 meters from the face of the building to…

  • Windows Opening Over Pavements

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    No window, shutter or similar attachment shall open over a pavement, sidewalk, square or other public place so as to have less than 2,5 meters clear below the bottom of such attachment when open.

  • Ramps

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    (1) Where ramps are used in buildings for the transfer of motor vehicles from one floor to another, those which meet the ground-level shall do so at a distance of not less than 6 meters from any exit from the building to a street or courtyard. The gradient of such ramps shall not exceed one…

  • Storm-Water Discharged From Premises

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    (1) Where required to do so in writing by the local authority the owner of any premises which discharges storm water on to a street shall either— a) Construct channels or conduits or lay pipes to conduct such water to channels or conduits vested in the local authority, so as to prevent any discharge of…

  • Rain-Water Not to Discharge Over Footway Or Sidewalk

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    All buildings, the roofs of which are liable to discharge rain-water over any footway or sidewalk, shall have gutters and drain-pipes installed and maintained by the owner of the building in such a manner and to such an extent as may be necessary to prevent any discharge of rain-water over any footway or sidewalk.

  • Constructional Requirements For Encroaching Projections

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    Encroaching projections, including, amongst others, veranda roofs, balconies, landings, stairways, flagpoles and gantries for cranes, the erection of which is permitted by the local authority, shall— a) Not be supported by encroaching columns; b) Be constructed of non-combustible material or be provided with protection having a fire-resistance rating, determined according to the provisions of Chapter…

  • Buildings At Corners Of Streets

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    At street corners where the building-line is splayed, buildings shall not project beyond such splay, unless permitted by the local authority, and then not farther than the continuation of the unsplayed building-lines and not nearer than 450 millimeters to a vertical line through the edge of the kerb: Provided that, in such a case, a…