The Surveyor and municipal engineer . aper, one side only)should be addressed to The Law Editor, at the Offices of The QUERIES AND REPLIES. Ceilar Opening on Footway. — Barrelway writes:Will you be good enough to inform me if an urban councilhave the power to refuse to allow a barrelway in connectionwith a cellar being bailt in and opening on the footpath. If by a barrelway ie meant soinethin;? comprised within theopening, I do not think the council can object so long as see. 73 of theTowns Improvement Clauses Act. 1847, is complied with, but if itmeans somethins extending over the pavement, I
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . aper, one side only)should be addressed to The Law Editor, at the Offices of The QUERIES AND REPLIES. Ceilar Opening on Footway. — Barrelway writes:Will you be good enough to inform me if an urban councilhave the power to refuse to allow a barrelway in connectionwith a cellar being bailt in and opening on the footpath. If by a barrelway ie meant soinethin;? comprised within theopening, I do not think the council can object so long as see. 73 of theTowns Improvement Clauses Act. 1847, is complied with, but if itmeans somethins extending over the pavement, I think the council canrefuse to allow it. Conversion op Privies into : HouseDrains : Connection with Sewers.— Knmbo writes :Our sanitary inspector has served several owners with noticesto abate a nuisance on their property by converting priviesinto water-closets. Plans have been deposited for the drain-age of the same. I have taken objection to the way theywish to carry out the work, see Plan No. 1, and have recom-. \^k-_- ^ ^ < T-iii A—Water-closets. B—Yard and area ftullies. C—Kitchen sinks. D—Rain-water pipes. E—Syphon traps. -Ventilators. Existing drains. New drains. * sewer. mended them to connect to the existing drains, as per FlanNo. 2, also to have a window built in an external wall, 2 by 1 ft. wide, exclusive of the frame, and to provideconstant means of ventilation by at least one air brick builtin an external wall. The owners object to do the work asrequested. One owner has four houses and intends executingthe drainage as shown on Plan No. 1, contending that wehave no by-laws applicable to old houses, and can connect thedrains as they choose, so long as they abate the nuisance,submit a plan showing the mode of connection and duenotice of their intention to carry out the work. Vou will ob-serve by the dotted lines that each house has a separate con-nection to the public sewer. We have adopted the PublicHealth Acts Amendment Act
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