304 SOME MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS IN THE TROPICS 



I, Colonel J. J. Asser, Acting Governor-General of the Sudan, hereby proclaim and 

 order as follows : — 



Preliminary Pbeliminaey 



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1. These Ref;uIations may l->e cited as the Town Building Regulations, 1909. 



Scope (if lieyulations 



2. These Regulations shall apply to the City of Khartoum and to the Towns of Khartoum North and 

 Omdurman. 



They may also be applied either wholly or in part to any other Town by order of the Qovernor-General, 

 published in the Sudan Oazettc, and subject to such alterations and additions as may be stated in such order. 



Interpretfttton 



3. In these Regulations : 



the term " Municipal Authority " means the Governor or an Inspector of the Province or the Municipal 

 Engineer or Government Engineer, or other authorized representative of the Governor ; 



the term " Sanitary Authority " means the Governor, the Medical Officer of Health or Medical Inspector or 

 other authorized representative of the Governor. 



Except where otherwise provided, these Regulations shall only apply to new buildings and to additions to 

 and alterations in new or existing buildings. 



Olassifi cation of laitd 



4. For the purpose of these Regulations land in the City of Khartoum is classified as follows : — 



(a) Government land, 



(i) First class land, all land between Khedivial Avenue and Sirdar Avenue, 



(c) Second class land, all land between Sirdar Avenue, Abbas Avenue (13th Street) and Abbas Square, 



(d) Third class land, all land south of Abbas Avenue (13th Street) and Abbas Square. 

 Land in Khartoum North and Omdurman is classified as follows : — 



{a) Government land, 



(b) Third class land. 



General General Regulations 



Regulations 



driss of buildings ivhich mny be erected 



5. The walls of all buildings erected on first or second class land shall be of stone, burnt brick or concrete 

 excepting boundary walls and outhouses not visible from the road. 



No building to be commenced till j^etitkyn ami drnviitc/s lodged and pefi'mit obtained 



6. No person shall commence to erect or alter a building or other structure until he has lodged with the 

 Governor or Inspector at the Government office a petition in the printed form to be obtained at such office and 

 except where otherwise ])rovided, suitable drawings in conformity with these Regulations and obtained a written 

 permit and, if necessary, the alignment from the Municipal Authority. 



Alignment 



7. All buildings must conform to the alignment fixed by the Municipal Authority. 



Boundary walls 



8. The owner of each plot must erect and maintain a boundary wall or railing of a height and design 

 approved by the Municipal Authority within sis months of being called upon to do so. 



Footjyitthfi 



9. A width of 1.5 feet (4'.'>75 metres) on the outside facing a public street of each allotment in the City of 

 Khartoum, nnist be reserved as a public footpath, and the owner of each allotment will lie responsible for the 

 repair of his portion of the footpath and the gutter in front of it. 



yotice of coinntrncenient of work 



10. Every person who shall intend to erect a building or otherwise to execute any work to which any of 

 these Regulations may apply shall, before beginning to erect such building, or to execute such work, send to the 

 Governor or Inspe<^tor at his office, notice in writing, specifying the date on which such person will begin to erect 

 such building or to execute such work. 



Cnntraventionf: of Regulations 



11. In every case where a person who shall erect a building, or shall execute any other work to which these 

 Regulations apply, shall, at any reasonable time during the progress or after the completion of the erection of 

 such building or execution of such work, receive from the Municipal Authority notice in writing specifying any 



