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Open Spaces to
Buildings.
(d) "That in any Amendment Bill which
may be introduced, provision should be made
for definitely restricting the operation of the exempting
proviso in clause 18, sub-clause 2, of the draft Consolidation
Bill, as regards the erection of buildings on
a site previously occupied in whole or in part by a
building, so that adequate open space may be secured
for each building."
Ditto.
(e) "That the attention of the Local
Government Board be called to the desirability
of the present provisions of the Bill being amended,
to secure an adequate extent of open space at the
front and rear of all buildings, and that it be suggested
that provision should in all cases be made for rooms
used as living rooms to look out upon an open space."
Ditto.
(f) "That the importance of securing
adequate open space should more especially be
insisted upon in respect of the large blocks of Mansions,
Hotels, and other large residential buildings; and that
the need also of securing fresh air inlets to all wellholes
constructed for ventilating purposes, be pointed
out."
Width of
Streets.
(g) "That in any Amendment Bill which
may be introduced, the provision in the
Metropolis Local Management Act regulating the
width of streets should be altered, and that in future
no street, whether intended for vehicular or pedestrian
traffic, should be laid out of a less width than 40 feet."
Height of
Buildings.
(h) "That provision should also be made
in any amendment Bill, for placing a further