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(5) That the term "warehouse" should be better defined
so as to draw proper distinction as regards limitation
of size, &c., between Warehouses, as generally so
understood (e.g., Warehouses at the Docks), and
Business Premises, such as drapery establishments in
Regent Street, which come within the present
definition.
(c) That party walls should be subject to the rules relating
to party walls to their entire height, notwithstanding
they are carried above the height of an adjoining
building.
(d) That as regards dangerous structures, the law should
be amended so as to prevent freeholders obtaining a
new building at the cost of a lessee, with a few years
only of a lease to run. The Yestry are of opinion
that this might be effected by extending the principle
of the Housing of the Working Classes Act to all
buildings, so that in cases where dangerous buildings
are demolished and rebuilt, the cost thereof should be
borne by the freeholder without adversely affecting
minor interests, if the unexpired term of the lease is
less than (say) twenty-one years.
3. That with regard to other suggestions of the District
Surveyor :—
(a) The Vestry do do not see any necessity for defining
"fire-proof floors," as any definition might possibly
prevent the introduction of improved methods of
construction or new materials from time to time.
(b) The Yestry do not see any need for defining pipes at
"low pressure."
(c) The Vestry are of opinion that the summary jurisdiction
of a police court, constituting the Magistrate the
arbiter upon evidence given before him, is preferable
to a tribunal formed of experts.