CITY BY=LAWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 4

CITY BY=LAWS.

TWO YEARS' WORK COMPLETED. ; ; CONDITIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS. Tho Wellington. City. Corporation By-Laws, which had. grown, by occasional accretions • oxtonding over several, years, into a somewhat chaotic collection, havo now beei) thoroughly revised and compacted 1 into .one' complete 'aud- consistent whole. ■ |Tho last, formality in' tho 'matter, was transacted fat' last night's meeting of''tho City Council, ; and. was made the occasion of an interesting dis- ; cussioit, ' ;' ' Councillor Godbor, . chairman of the By-', Laws' Committee, moved tho confirmation of. tho resolution of a previous meeting adopting tho consolidation and Revision of tho city ;by-laivs. "He congratulated the Council ontlio completion of two years'hard work. Councillor Ballinger seconded tho motion. 'Councillor Carniichael regretted that-tlio provision for a committee to deal with disputes in regard to building plans had been: eliminated from tlio'by-laws, ; Councillor "Fisher suggested that a conferenco: should bo hold''-between. tho City. Engineers of tho four chief centres with'a vjew to- securing uniformity -iri 'tho "rules for permits for building. . This city had an excellent engineer, in whom tho Council 1 had tho' fullost confidence, 'but. lie was; told 'that architects could get' plans passed in Christchurch or-Auckland'tfiat would not'bo passed here..-.Plans for an, eight-story.building had been passed, for Auckland,, which,, if. submitted here, would havo-to; bo altered in, such a way that tho ''erection 1 would, cost one-' third more. • -It was a hardship on larjjo firms to bo unable to-uso tho -same plans an different cities. , ,

.-Councillor.!Si'Larbrt suggested that aicommittee of ladies' could give building experts some points ' on - sanitary facilities and domostic requirements., -■Councillor Luke, who was presiding in tho absence' of tho Mayor, said that Councillor Fisher could take it fbi" granted that; as soon as these by-laws wero published-' they would become the model, by-laws for tho Dominion. Other places were waiting for them to como out. Tho carpenters, builders, architects, aiid plumbers had been -consulted, and tho committoo had put in a great deal of careful work. To : its chairman (Councillor Godbor) moro.than a mocd of praise was due, and tho work of Mr. Dovine, Mr. J. O'Shea (City Solicitor), Mr. Morton (City Engineer), and Mr. Richardson (City Electrical Engineer) had been very valuable. Councillor Godbor also thanked the civic officials, tho comniitteo,' and others who had assisted in tho work.

Tho rosolution was carried. The by-laws will como into for.ee on April 1,