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being drained by gravitation into an existing sewer of the Council shall
first make a written application for a licence. Such application shall be
addressed to the Clerk of the Council.
"Such application shall contain a statement as to the nature and
extent of the interest of the applicant in the building or building proposed
to be erected or adapted, and be accompanied by a plan and
section of the lowest floor of such building or buildings and the curtilage
thereof to a scale of 1/8th of an inch to a foot, and by a block plan
to a scale of not less than (which may he on a sheet or sheets of
the Ordinance Survey, or may be drawn on tracing linen), showing the
position of such building or buildings and the local sewer into which it
is proposed to drain such building or buildings, and the connection of
such local sewer with an existing sewer of the Council.
" Such plans and sections shall be accompanied by a description of
the materials to be used in the construction of such building or buildings,
and shall be coloured in accordance therewith. The points of the
compass be marked on the block plan.
"The position and course of the drainage system proposed to be
adopted for the disposal of sewage and rain water, and its connection
with the local sewer or an existing sewer of the Council, shall be clearly
shown on the plans and sections, and the diameter and inclination of
the drain pipes shall be figured thereon.
"The plan and section shall also indicate in figures the level above
or below ordinance datum at which it is proposed to construct the floor
of the lowest rooms.
"The decision given by the Chief Engineer of the Council upon
such application shall be reported to the Main Drainage Committee, and
the Committee shall report it to the Council, and thereupon, if it is to the
effect that the erection or adaptation may not be permitted, the Clerk of
the Council shall by letter inform the applicant that the Council, acting
upon the decision of the Engineer, has refused permission. If it is to
the effect that the erection or adaptation may be permitted, a license
under the seal of the Council embodying the conditions of the Engineer's
decision shall be issued to the applicant.
"It shall not be lawful to place the underside of the lowest floor of
any permitted building at such a level as will render it liable to flooding,