PART V.—Applications for Approval of sites for, and for permission to erect or re-erect, masonry buildings.

Application for approval of site for erection or re-erection of masonry buildings.

19. (1) Every notice under section 237 of the Bengal Municipal Act for the erection or re-erection of a house not being a hut must be in writing and should state the boundaries of the site, the number assigned to it in the assessment book, and its dimensions.

(2) The site plan sent with such an application must be drawn to a scale of not less than 1
30th of an inch to a foot, must be sent in duplicate, and must show—

(a) the boundaries of the site;

(b) the position of the site in relation to neighbouring roads;

(d) the position of the building in relation to its own site, the proposed means of access, the proposed drains, privies, and cesspools, the purpose for which it is to be used, the elevation of the proposed building, the materials of the walls and of the roof, and the level of plinth. An elevation is not required in the case of a one storied tiled house.

(3) The application and site plan must be signed by the applicant.

20. After the receipt of any application for approval of site, or for permission to execute work or both, the Chairman may require the applicant—

(a) to furnish him with any information on matters referred to above which has not already been given in the documents received under these rules; or

(b) to satisfy him that there are no objections which may lawfully be taken, on any of the grounds mentioned above, to the approval of the site or to the grant of permission to execute the work.

21. The Chairman should ordinarily take action under section 21 within fifteen days of the receipt of the application.

22. The Chairman shall sign all passed plans in token of his approval.