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MAY 4, 1923.] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. 827
P11k ROAD DISTRICTS ACT, 1919.
Plantagenet Road Board,
Department of Works and Trading Concerns,
Perth, 19th April, 1923.
Ex. Co. 1073; P.W. 3344/22.
IT is hereby notified, for general information, that His
Excellency the Governor in Council leis approved of the
attached .By-lans of the Plant:ee(net Road Board, in siceordsince
with the provisions Si : "The Road Districts
Act, 1919,"
El W. STANLEY- LOW,
Acting tinder Secretary for Works
and Trading Concerns.
Building By-laws.
WIT kid I.:AS be "The .Road Districts Act, 1919," the
Rom'. Board of any district is empowered to make Byhues
for a11.or any purposes under the Act recited, the
Plantagenet Road Board, in pun-mam) of powers vested
ender the said A:4 and of every ether authority enabling
it in that Both hereby make the following, which
shall be known ;Ind cited as "'Pile Building By- laws ":
1. No person shall lay out a. block of ground for
building unless and until a plan showing clearly tics
number of houses or buildings proposed to be erected
there° n, and the area to be occupied by each house or
b oil ding and the position of every drain and privy, aid
a copy of the specification has been laid before and approved
by the Board, in accordance with Building Regulation
No. 2.
2. No person shall commence to build, alter, add to,
or-do any of the other acts or works mentioned in Building
Regulation No. 3, unless he:
(a.) Shall have made application in the f0111 provided
in Schedule " A," and
(1)) Shall ha we deposited plans and specifications
prepared bi accordance with By-law No. 4,
(c)
and
Shall have paid the appropriate fees as set out
in Schedule "B," tuul
(d) Until there has been issued therefor a Building
License in the form set out in Schedule "C,"
and the plans and specifications have been
duly endorsed as approved by the Board.
Penalty for breach, not exceeding 3n), and £2 per day
for such time as the offence continues.
:3. No person who shall have obtained the approval
of the Board as provided. hereinbefore, in respect of any
building or addition or alteration, shall in the construction
of such building or addition or alteration curtail
or otherwise depart from. the plans and specifications
which have been approved, without the written consent
of the Board first had and obtained, and such alterationS
or departures from approved plans and specifications
shall be \VII, described, and endorsed on and in the
plans and specifications.
Penalty for breach, not exceeding £20, and £2 per day
for such time as the offence continues.
4. All plans shall be neatly made in ink (scale
feet to one inch) on drawing paper, tracing. cloth, or
sunprint of at least 15in. x 20in. in size. The plans
plull show every storey, elevations of external fronts,
and one or more sections, showifig the heights of storeys,
depth of foundations, level of ground, construction of
walls, roofs, floors, etc., all clearly figured and dimensioned
io feet and inches.
There shall also be deposited a locality plan (scale
not less than 16 feet to one inch), showing the position
of the site on the block of the-proposed building, :Ind.
showing. other buildings existing thereon, with all drains,
privies, and other works.
Collies of the locality and ground plans shall be left
permanently with the Board. All plans, drawings, and
specifications must be signed by the building owner or
his duly authorised agent.
All specifications shall be compiled so as to clearly
and fully set forth the materials, workmanship, and
every detail for the due completion of the work it refers
to.
Plans and speci flea tions shall be left with the Board
at least seven (lays before the issue of the Building'
License.
5. 'Whenever requested to do so by the Board, the
holder of a Building License shall produce for inspection
any plan or specification that has been approved by the
Board and referred to in such Building License.
6. The level of the ground flour of any building shall
not be less than three inches above the level of the adjacent
footway or crown of the road, without the written
permission of the Board first had. In eases where the
road or footpath has not been constructed, the level of
the ground door shall be at such height as the Board
shall determine, and for this purpose a cross section
of the indicting site shall be supplied by thin building
owner, showing the relative levels of the site and the
unmade road.
7. The Board may refuse to approve of any plan or
specification which has not by reason of inflammable
material proposed to be used, or for other reason, proper
regard to the safety of persons or other buildings in the
event of fire.
S. The Board may refuse to approve of any plans
or specifications which, in the opinion of the Board, are
by reason of size, or design of construction or architecture,
calculated to have a depreciative effect on adjacent
buildings or on the locality where the proposed buildings
would be erected.
9. No license will be granted for the erection of a
building of wood or iron, or with materials other than
brick, stone, or artificial stone unless the position and
design, or value of such building will not, in the opinion
of the Board, be prejudicial to adjacent buildings, or to
the locality where the proposed building's would be
erected.
10. No part of a building to be used as a dwelling
house shall be placed at a lesser distance than five feet
irom the side boundaries of the block, nor at a lesser
distance than ten feet from the road boundary or any
adjacent building., unless the written authority of the
hoard has been first obtained.
11. No person shall open any footpath or road, or
place any materials upon the same, nor erect any staging
thereon, unless lie first give three days' clear notice thereof
in writing, and deposits the sum of £5, and have
obtained the written consent of the Board, and slain
comply with all conditions as to coverings, railings,
lights, and other requirenients which may be set out in
thin consent herein referred to.
(a) On the completion of the work, the person to
whom the consent has been issued shall,
within three days, fill in and repair all disturbances
in the road or footpath, and shall
remove all materials therefrom. On the work
of repair and removal having been dens to
the satisfaction of the Board, the deposit will
be refunded in due course.
(b) If the work referred to in (a) has not been
done to the satisfaction of the Board or is
unduly delayed, the Board may do the necessary
work at the cost and charge of the
person to whom the aforesaid consent was
given.
12. No person shall erect any verandah (or other
projection) over any public way without first having'
deposited plans and specifications of the proposed erection,
and if approved by the Board, the said plans and
specifieations shall be endorsed as approved, subject,
however, to any conditions which may be attached
thereto.
No advertising, trade, or other signs shall be displayed
on any verandah (or other projection) over any
public way save with the written approval of the Board
first had.
13. A privy in accordance with the Health By-laws
shall be provided before any further work is done (where
such is not already on the premises) for the use of all
workmen employe(li on the job.
14. Any person who does any act contrary to, or
neglects or omits to do any act required to be done
within the meaning of these By-laws shall, where no
specific penalty is otherwise provided, incur a penalty
not exceed'ng and a further penalty of per day
for each the offence continues.