Width of Streets and Lanes Act 1902 (NSW)

Act No. 39, 1902.

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An Act to consolidate the enac tments re la t ing to the regula t ion of t he Wid th of Streets and Lanes, and certain o ther purposes . [20th

August, 1902.]

BE t h e advice and consent of t he Legislat ive Counci l a n d Legislat ive

it enac ted by the K i n g ' s Mos t Exce l l en t Majes ty , by a n d w i t h

Assembly of N e w South W a l e s in Pa r l i amen t assembled, and b y t h e

au tho r i t y of t h e same, as follows :—

1 . This A c t m a y be cited as t h e " W i d t h of Streets and Lanes

Ac t , 1902 . "

2 . The A c t forty-five Victor ia n u m b e r twen ty -e igh t is hereby

repealed. 3 ,

3. E v e r y s t reet laid out or defined since t h e t w e n t i e t h day of

December , one thousand e ight hund red and eighty-one, or hereafter laid out or defined, shal l be s ixty-six feet wide a t l e a s t ; and every lane

laid out or defined since t h e said t w e n t i e t h day of December , one

thousand e igh t h u n d r e d a n d e ighty-one, or hereafter laid o u t or

defined, shall be t w e n t y feet wide a t least .

4 .    A n y land wh ich has been since t h e twen t i e th day of December ,

one thousand e igh t h u n d r e d and e ighty-one, or is hereafter sold, t ransferred, leased, or bui l t upon , in violat ion of t he provisions of section one of t he Ac t he reby repealed, or of section th ree of th i s Act , ' shall , w h e n necessary to m a k e t h e wid th of any such street or lane equa l to t he r equ i r emen t s of th i s Act , be deemed to t h a t e x t e n t to form pa r t of such s treet or l ane :

Provided t h a t w h e n i t is necessary to define t he wid th of any

street or lane unde r th is Ac t , t h e necessary wid th m a y	be	de te rmined
by measur ing from t h e cent re of such s treet or lane .

5 . (1) E x c e p t in t h e case of a l lo tmen t s h a v i n g water f rontage,

no dwel l ing-house shall be bu i l t f ront ing a n y lane wi th in the operat ion

of th i s A c t unless such house a n d its appur t enances	are	twen ty - th ree
feet a t t he least f rom such lane .

(2) A n y premises bu i l t as a dwel l ing-house or occupied or

inhab i t ed as such, a l t h o u g h such premises or any pa r t thereof a re occupied or used for o ther purposes a t t h e same t ime shall , if bu i l t less t h a n twen ty - th r ee feet f rom such lane, be deemed to be a n encroachment , and if w i th in t he c i ty of Sydney m a y be deal t w i t h by

the proper au tho r i t y as an enc roachment unde r t h e provisions of t h e

Sydney Corporat ion Ac t , 1902, a n d if w i th in a n y munic ipa l i ty shall

be deemed to be a nu isance wi th in t h e m e a n i n g of the two h u n d r e d

and for ty-s ix th section of t h e Munic ipa l i t ies Act , 1897.

6 .    N o t h i n g here in contained shal l be deemed to affect any street

or lane or a n y f rontage to any s t reet or lane or any cont inuat ion of

a n y s t reet or lane defined or bu i l t upon , or any bui lding commenced or bu i ld ing a g r e e m e n t entered in to before t he twen t i e th day of December ,

one t housand e igh t h u n d r e d a n d e ighty-one, or a n y law or regula t ion

no t r e p u g n a n t to t h e provisions of th i s A c t :

Provided tha t no such con t inua t ion as hereinbefore ment ioned

shall ex tend beyond the n e x t in te rsec t ing street .

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