(b) If the site is a tank filled up with earth, unless the site has been filled up for at least five years, with the proviso that if the foundations reach to the original ground there is no limit as to time.
(c) If the site has been filled up with or used for depositing rubbish, offensive matter, or sewage, unless the site was so filled up or last so used more than five years previously and unless the Chairman has examined the site and granted a certificate to the effect that it is, from a sanitary point of view, fit to be built upon.
PART II.—Buildings Generally.
Height.
3. (1) If a building is situated at the side of a road no portion of the building shall be higher than the distance from its base to the opposite side of the street.
Explanation.—If a building be placed at the edge of the road its height must not exceed the width of the street; but if the building or one or more of its stories be set back, the height of the building may be increased as much as the basement of the increased portion is distant from the adjoining edge of the road.
(2) In the case of any building which is re-erected in a road in existence at the time when these rules come in force which is less than 25 feet wide but more than 20 feet, the proportion of height to width may be as five to four up to a limit of 25 feet.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) the Chairman may give permission for building houses in the cases of roads or lanes of less than 20 feet wide, after personal inspection in each case.
(4) If a building is situated on a corner plot, the height of the building shall be regulated by the wider of the intersecting streets.
Level of floor.