Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT (5) The regulation of public libraries, museums and art galleries and other services and facilities provided in connection therewith. Fire-fighting equipment and fire-escapes 32. Requiring the provision in any building of suitable and adequate fire-fighting equipment and, in the case of buildings with one or more storeys above the ground floor, the provision of suitable and adequate fire-escapes. PART IV PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES Interpretation 33. For the purposes of this Part— “building” includes sewers, drainage works, swimming pools, walls, fences, masts, temporary platforms, grandstands and other structures, whether movable or immovable. Location and situation 34. (1) Requiring the pointing out of boundaries or beacons and otherwise ascertaining the limits and identity of sites upon which buildings are constructed or to be constructed. (2) The prohibition of the construction of buildings upon sites which are unstable, not readily susceptible to drainage, unhealthy or otherwise unsuitable for buildings. (3) Regulating the position in which buildings may be constructed upon sites. (4) Regulating the number of buildings which may be constructed upon sites. (5) Regulating the level or elevation at which buildings may be constructed in relation to land adjoining sites or likely to be affected by the construction of buildings. Plans, specifications and structural calculations 35. (1) The prohibition of the construction of any buildings without submitting plans, specifications and structural calculations to the council and having those plans, specifications and structural calculations approved by the council. (2) The submission, form, consideration and custody of plans, specifications and structural calculations. (3) The prohibition of the construction of buildings otherwise than in accordance with plans, specifications and structural calculations approved by the council. (4) Controlling amendments to and departures from approved plans, specifications and structural calculations. Nature, design and appearance of buildings 36. (1) Regulating the nature, design, appearance, height, ventilation, area, lighting and cubic content of buildings and the several parts thereof generally and according to where they are located or situated. (2) The prohibition of the construction of buildings which may— (a) be insanitary, dangerous or unhealthy; or (b) be objectionable, displeasing or unsuitable by virtue or the buildings themselves, the use to which they are to be put or the situation or surroundings; or (c) depreciate the value or desirability of other properties in the neighbourhood or the neighbourhood itself; or (d) cause annoyance to the inhabitants in the neighbourhood. (3) The prohibition or regulation of the fitting to buildings of clocks, awnings, flag poles, emblems, decorations and other fixtures or projections. (4) The prohibition or regulation of encroachments upon, over and under roads or public places. Drainage and sewerage provisions 37. (1) Ensuring the provision of suitable and adequate toilet facilities, sewerage and drainage and sanitation and for enforcing and regulating the use thereof. (2) The provision and construction of drainage and sewerage for any premises. 146