BUILDING BY-LAWS.
(To- the Editor.) Sir,—ln your sub-leader cf last re building by-laws you say. "The n;.i : - ter (of interpreting ihe - by-laws) thoi:!,J bo left discretion of a responsive official." jv You do not rightiv r£-pres< >k the postt&in. When the City Com; li Was consjttfiring the new building by-Is| they era &ndjßKsiftecis. Btfore this codl<l .a given it thought advisable to put tile by-laws 'jftj'force at once to provide for a* posdiWft'emergency. There was so . opinion as to the advisaL t ness of..piling the by-laws in their 50.;.-. what condition. but it was ftnally doiiSy'and to provide against na..jship, thelyity Engineer was instructed to interpret{fhe new building by-laws in a manner until they had b. n revised add amepdeJ. The- builders v. -. agzir. invjjfed to>roint, oat ~~y 2,-ctcli- s and harihtjplaiisds",' with a viev/ of them ara&ded.t? < Since then the City Engineerings retired-one or two clauses to the Council "ftoi their interpretation, and the Council' have shown that their desire is not. to inflict unnecessary restrictions "or harsh regulations. I am, etc., THOS. A. H. FIELD, Mayor.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 6
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