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COMMISSION ON BUILDING DISTRICTS 



Sec. 9, Par. (f). If a street is 100 feet wide a cornice may project 

 five feet. If the street were 50 feet wide it might project two and one-half 



feet. The projection allowed on the wider street can not be carried back 

 on to the narrower street. It is obvious that a parapet on a setback portion 

 could be higher than on the street wall. A cornice could project its full 

 five per cent in front of the parapet wall even above the height limit, but 

 not above the height limit for the parapet. If on a 100-foot street a build- 

 ing or the upper stories of the building set back 20 feet from the street 

 line, a cornice might project six feet in front of such set-back wall at the 

 height limit, if it were not for the provision that no cornice shall project 

 more than five feet bevond the street wall. If it should be desired to have 



