WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Western Star, 23 April 1920, Page 4

WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE HOOKS TOWNSHIP BUILDING BY-LAW. ... fN PURSUANCE of the powers', proA visions ami authorities contained iu “ The Counties Act, 1908,” “ The Public Health Act, 1908,” “The Land Laws Act, 1908,” and all amendments of such Acts and all other enabling powers, provisions and authorities contained in any other Acts or otherwise vested in it, the Wallace County Council doth hereby by this Special Order make and ordain the following By-law such By-law to com© into operation on the 10th day of May, 1920. 1. This By-law may be cited or referred to as “ The Rocks Township Building By-law.” ■ 2. In this By-law-fa) “ the Council ” means “ The Wallace County Council. (B) “the township” means and includes the area or parcel of land described in the schedule hereto. (o) “Frontage” means ‘the actual frontage of a piece of land to 1 any road or street or to any land used as a road or street provided that any such road or street or land used as a road or street shall have a width of not less than sixty-six feet. 3. No person shall erect in the township any building intended to be used wholly or in part for residential purposes or alter any existing building in the township in order to fit the same for use wholly or in part for residential purposes without first- obtaining the consent in writing of the Council to such erection or alteration and any person proposing to erect or alter any building us aforesaid shall for the purpose of obtaining such consent give notice in wwiting to the Council of his intention to erect- or alter any building as aforesaid ancli in such notice shall describe the building or altered building add shall forward to the Council a correct plan in duplicate drawn to scale and signed by such person showing the area boundaries and frontage of the parcel of land to be used or occupied in connection with such building, the position of the building and the open space or spaces provided for, such plan to become the property of the Council. I. No person shall in the township make any drains or alter any existing drains or make any closets, urinals, sinks, septic tanks or other appliances used or to be used in connection with drains without first obtaining the consent in writing of the Council in that behalf and any person intending to. make or alter any su«h drains or make any works of the nature aforesaid for the purpose Of obtaining such consent shall forward to the Council notice of his intention with a- correct plan iu duplicate drawn to scale ami, signed by such person showing the methods of construction, positions, levels and grades of all such drains and the methods of construction and position of all such works such, plan to become the property of the Council. 5. The fees payable to the Council on applications for its consent under Sections 3 and 4 of this By-law shall be ten shillings in each case and no application shall be considered until such fee is paid. Where an application is made under Section 3 wkh reference to a building and an application is made at the same time under Section 4 with reference to drains or drainage works to be used in connection with such building one fee of ton shillings only shall be payable. (i. Every person who shall hereafter in the township desire to erect any building to bo used wholly or in part for residential purposes, or who shall hereafter in the township desire to alter any existing building in order to fit it for use wholly or in part for residential purposes Shall, in cither such case, provide that the parcel of land intended to be used for such building or altered building shall with such building or altered building be and. be used as a separate holding and shall have an area of not less than 25 poles a frontage of not less than 50 feet and an open space or open spaces not less than 10 poles AND no person owning or having control of any building which has been erected cr altered in contravention of this Bylaw shall permit the same to be used wholly or in part for residential purposes. 7. No person shall in the township erect any building or structure for any purpose whatever on any la mil on which a building bus already been erected for residential purposes so as to reduce the open space or open spaces thereon to an area less than required by Section 0 of this By-law. 8. This By-law shall not apply to any allotment of land shown on plan of .subdivision deposited iu the Lands or Deeds Registration Office at Invercargill or approved by the Council prior to the 3rd day of December, 1910, being the date of the passing of “ The Public Health Amendment Act, 1910.” 9. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this By-law or failing to cbm ply with any condition

therein or being guilty of any omission or neglect respecting anything contained therein shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the .Bylaw and shall be guilty of an offence and shall for every such breach or offence be liable to a fine not exceeding £5 and in the case of continued breach or offence an additional fine not exceeding £1 for every day on which the breach or offence is continued alter the first day. SCHEDULE. ALL THAT parcel of land situated in the County of Wallace bounded as follows: Commencing at the Northwestern corner of Section 6. Block 11, Jacob’s River Hundred, and thence towards the-North-east by a roadline along the sea coast to the North-east comer of Section 9 of said Block II thence -towards the >South-east by part of Section 10A of the said Block II for a distance of fifteen chains thence towards the South-west in a line at a bearing of 315 degrees by parts of Sections 9,8, 7 and 6 of the- said Block to'the North-west boundary of the said Section 6 and thence on tlie North-west by part Section 5B of the said Block II to . the commencing point. The Common Seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Wallace SEAL County was hereunto affixed this 16th day of April, 1920, in the presence of — JOHN HORRELL, Chairman. T. A. BUCKINGHAM, Member.. GEORGE KELLY, Clerk.