BUILDING SITES
SECTIONS FOE DWELLINGS A proposal to increase the minimum size of sections for dwelling houses is engaging the attention of the Nelson City Council. Statistics have been prepared showing the. areas of sections and the frontages required in other towns, as follows: —
Oamaru: No • by-lav.* but , subdivisions must, be approved. Blefiheim: No by-law but never less than 1-8.
"the minimum area of sections in Nelson at present is ]-10t.h of an acre with a frontatre of 40ft.
Area F rontage Dunedin 1-3 acre feet Wanganui ... ... 1-8 acre 44 Napier 1-3 acre 40 New Plymouth (somo ...... 40 vary) .. % 1-8 aero Palmerston North--./. 1-8 aero 40 Invercargill 1-6 aero 42 Timaru 1-8 aero 44 Masterton 1-10 aero 40 Gisborne (about) 1-9 acre for 33 1-3 aero for 33 Hastings 1-8 aero 33 Christchurch 1-7 aero 40 Hamilton (over) ... 1-8 aero 50
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19141, 9 October 1936, Page 2
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141BUILDING SITES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19141, 9 October 1936, Page 2
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