Chapter XXI: Part V: Applications for Approval of Sites For, and for Permission to

ERECT OR RE-ERECT, MASONRY BUILDINGS.

[Sidenote: 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;

(_c_) the circle and holding number in which the building is proposed
to be situated;

(_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.