Public Safety
| Section | Section | ||
| Aerial poles | 3 &4 | High chimneys | 2 |
| fixing of | 5 | Hoardings | 23 |
| Applications for permit to convey loads over street | 24 | Interpretation of terms | 1 |
| Awnings | 14 | Lamps, projecting | 15 |
| Balustrades | 11 | Lifting work, general precautions | 24 |
| Building work affecting public place | 16 | Masts | 3 &4 |
| Buildings at corners of streets | 7 | fixing of | 5 |
| Chimneys | 2 | Materials, storage of | 20 |
| Chutes, precautions | 25 | Parapets | 11 |
| Corners of streets, buildings at | 7 | Permit to lift or convey loads over street. | 24 |
| Covered walkways. | 21& 22 | Poles for radio and television aerials. | 5 (2) |
| retention | 22 (2) | ||
| when required. | 22 (1) | Projections construction requirements | 8 |
| Cranes and other lifting gear | 24 | lamps | 15 |
| Demolition | 21 | sun-blinds. | 14 |
| clear zone | 21 (7) | ||
| gas and other supply-lines | 21 (3) | to be removable without danger | 6 |
| mechanical wrecking | 21 (7) | Rainwater not to discharge over footway.. | 9 |
| protective structures | 21 (1) | Ramps | 12 |
| removal of glass | 21 (4) | Spires | 2 |
| removal of upper storey | 21 (5) | Steeples | 2 |
| structural steel frames | 21 (6) | Storage of materials | 20 |
| times of operations | 21 (9) | Stormwater discharged from premises. | 10 |
| Dimensions and stresses, masts, etc.. | 4 | Sunblind’s projecting over street. | 14 |
| Encroaching projections, constructional requirements for | 8 | Swimming-baths, requirements for | 27 |
| Flag poles. | 3 & 4 | Towers | 2 |
| fixing of | 5 | Walkways covered. | 21 & 22 |
| Walkways, temporary | 17 | ||
| warning signs and lights | 18 | ||
| Grandstands, temporary and similar | 26 | Watchman when required. | 19 |
| Guard rails. | 11 | windows opening over pavement. | 13 |
1. INTERPRETATION OF TERMS.
In this Chapter—
“builder” means any person who undertakes or carries out building work, whether as owner or as contractor for such owner, and includes an excavator who is not a contractor.
“Building-line” means a line established on private property to define the limits of the area on which buildings may be erected.
“building work” means any work, including excavation work in connexion with the erection, alteration, renovation, repair or demolition of a building;
“chimney”, without limiting the ordinary meaning of the word, includes a smokestack.
“Covered walkway” means a walkway provided with a roof or deck to preserve the safety of the public using any street or public place.
“Encroaching projection” means a projection which encroaches into, or over, any street or public place.
“Excavation work” includes loosening, talking out and removing stone or soil or other material in connection with the building work.
“excavation” means any person who undertakes excavation work.
“Height of chimney” means the height of a chimney above the point at which it is connected to the building or another structure which it is supported, or, if it is not supported, the height above its foundation on or below the ground.
“walkway” means a boarded or built-up footway provided to enable pedestrians to pass the site of building work without having to walk in that part of the street used by vehicular traffic.
2.HIGH CHIMNEY, TOWERS, STEELS ET CETERA
Every person who proposes to construct a chimney which has a height greater than six times its least lateral dimension at its base, or any tower, spire, steeple or similar structure shall submit the calculations of the stresses and details of its design to the local authority, or a certificate by a structural engineer in terms of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 6 of Chapter 2, and may not commence erection until written approval has been obtained.
3.MASTS, AERIAL POLES AND FLAGPOLES: MATERIALS.
(1) Masts, aerial poles and flagpoles which, in the opinion of the local authority, might endanger the safety of the public, by reason of their size, position or nature of construction, shall be constructed—
a) Of steel, timber or other such material as the local authority may, in writing, permit; and
b) If of timber, so as to comply with the provisions of subsections (2) and (3).
(2) Timber whether local or imported shall be sound, of good quality and if of soft wood shall comply with the requirements of merchantable grade C.A.S. 03, Structural timber.
(3) Timber poles shall be pressure-treated with an approved preservative after all cutting and holing has been completed and shall have their top ends fitted with a protective cap of timber or other approved material.
4.MASTS, ET CETERA : STRESSES AND DIMENSIONS.
(1) When stresses and dimensions of timber poles are calculated, the extreme fiber-stress under maximum design forces shall not exceed 27 per centum of the average modulus of rupture for the species concerned, determined on clear specimens of maturity equivalent to that of the timber being used.
(2) The stresses and dimensions in regard to steel poles shall be calculated in accordance with the requirements of the provisions of Chapter 3.
(3) Unstayed aerial poles and flagpoles of dimensions other than those set out in this section, and all built-up masts, shall be permitted only after the necessary calculations and drawings have been submitted to the local authority and the construction has been approved by it.
(4) Unstayed flagpoles and aerial poles having n inclination not exceeding one horizontal to four verticals shall be permitted, provided that they comply with the requirements set out in Table I or Table II, and, if such poles are permitted by the local authority to project over a street or public place, they shall, in addition, comply with paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 8.
(5) If the minimum diameter of a natural timber pole—
a) Does not exceed 125 millimeters, the diameter of such pole shall be 20 millimeters greater than as specified in Table II;
b) Exceeds 125 millimeters, the diameter of such pole shall be 25 millimeters greater than as specified in Table II.
5. MASTS, ET CETERA: MISCELLENEOUS.
(1) Masts, flagpoles and aerial poles shall be rigidly secured at their base, so as to resist all forces which may be imposed on them at the stresses permitted by these by-laws.
(2) Subject to the provisions of any other law relating thereto, masts and poles for radio and television aerials having dimensions other than those set out in Table I or Table II shall comply with the following requirements—
a) Each mast and pole shall be stayed against the pull of the aerial wire in at least two directions;
b) Each stay shall form a horizontal angle of not less than 30 degrees with the extended line of the aerial wire, and a vertical angle of not less than 30 degrees with the mast or pole.1
(3) After masts, flagpoles and aerial poles have been inspected by the local authority to ascertain that there are no defects, they and all their fittings shall be painted or otherwise treated, where necessary, to preserve them from weathering, and such preservative treatment shall be maintained at all times, to the satisfaction of the local authority.
(4) All such masts and poles exceeding 4 meters in length shall be so designed as to permit them to be lowered for maintenance purposes, unless the local authority permits otherwise.
Table I
PERMISSIBLE DIMENSIONS OF UNSTAYED MILD-STEEL FLAGPOLES AND AERIAL POLES WHICH ARE PERMITTED TO BE ERECTED IN TERMS OF SUBSECTION (4) OF SECTION 4
TABLE II
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Position and | length of pole | Dimensions at cross | section considered. | |
| Max Height of top above ground | Max length permitted in meters. | Max distance below top in meters | Minimum nominal bore in millimeters. | Min Thickness in millimeters. |
| 12 | -12 for vertical flagpoles. -6 for aerial poles and inclined flagpoles. | 1.8 3.1 4.9 6.4 8.5 9.5 11,3 12,0 | 25 32 50 65 80 90 100 125 | 4,05 4,05 4,5 4,5 4,85 4,85 5,4 5,4 |
| Exceeding 12 but not exceeding 42 | -9 for vertical flagpoles -6 for aerial poles and inclined flag poles | 1.5 2,7 4.0 5,5 6,4 7,3 9,1 | 25 32 50 65 80 90 100 | 4,05 4,05 4,5 4,5 4,85 4,85 5,4 |
Table I
PERMISSIBLE DIMENSIONS OF UNSTAYED MILD-STEEL FLAGPOLES AND AERIAL POLES WHICH ARE PERMITTED TO BE ERECTED IN TERMS OF SUBSECTION (4) OF SECTION 4
TABLE II
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Position and | length of pole | Dimensions at cross | section considered. |
| Max Height of top above ground | Max length permitted in meters. | Max distance below top of pole in m | Max length permitted in meters |
| 12 | -11 for vertical flagpoles. -7 for aerial poles and inclined flagpoles. | 2.1 4.0 4.9 6.1 7.6 8.8 9.8 11.0 | 75 90 100 115 125 140 150 165 |
| Exceeding 12 but not exceeding 42 | -7 for vertical flagpoles -6 for aerial poles and inclined flag poles | 2.1 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.8 6.4 7.6 | 75 90 100 115 125 140 150 |
6.PROJECTIONS TO BE REMOVABLE WITHOUT DANGER.
Every encroaching projection which is permitted by the local authority shall be so constructed that its presence is not essential to the structural stability of the building to which it is attached:
Provided that this section shall not apply to foundations permitted by the local authority to encroach.
7.BUILDINGS AT CORNERS OF STREETS.
At street corners where the building-line is splayed, buildings shall not project beyond such splay, unless permitted by the local authority, and then not farther than the continuation of the unsplayed building-lines and not nearer than 450 millimeters to a vertical line through the edge of the kerb:
Provided that, in such a case, a clear height of not less than 3,25 meters is maintained under the projecting portion.
8. CONSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENCROACHING PROJECTIONS.
Encroaching projections, including, amongst others, veranda roofs, balconies, landings, stairways, flagpoles and gantries for cranes, the erection of which is permitted by the local authority, shall—
a) Not be supported by encroaching columns;
b) Be constructed of non-combustible material or be provided with protection having a fire-resistance rating, determined according to the provisions of Chapter 11, of not less than half an hour;
c) Subject to the provisions of section 7, be not less than 3 meters above the level of the footway measured to the underside of the lowest portion;
d) Be at every point at least 300 millimeters back from the vertical line through the edge of the kerb;
e) Provide for disposal of rain-water, in accordance with section 9.
9.RAIN-WATER NOT TO DISCHARGE OVER FOORTWARE OR SIDEWALK.
All buildings, the roofs of which are liable to discharge rain-water over any footway or sidewalk, shall have gutters and drain-pipes installed and maintained by the owner of the building in such a manner and to such an extent as may be necessary to prevent any discharge of rain-water over any footway or sidewalk.
10. STORM-WATER DISCHARGED FROM PREMISES.
(1) Where required to do so in writing by the local authority the owner of any premises which discharges storm water on to a street shall either—
a) Construct channels or conduits or lay pipes to conduct such water to channels or conduits vested in the local authority, so as to prevent any discharge of storm-water over a footway or sidewalk; or
b) Meet the charges of the local authority for carrying out the work required under paragraph (a).
(2) The owner of any premises served by the said channels or conduits shall thereafter maintain these in good working order.
11. PARAPETS AND BAUSTARDES.
(I) The edge of all steps, landings, balconies, bridges, flat roofs and other places from which there is danger of a person falling shall be provided with parapet-walls, guard-railings or balustrades, unless access by persons to such places has been excluded by an adequate physical barrier satisfactory to the local authority. (2) Such parapets, railings or balustrades shall have a height of not less than 850 millimetres, measurcd from the floor or from the centre of a tread vertically to the top of the parapet, railing or balustrade: (3) Balustrades or railings to internal stairs shall have the same minimum height, and, in addition, the balusters, rails or othcr parts shall not have openings in or between them which permit the passage of a 125-millimetre-diameter ball.*
12. RAMPS
(1) Where ramps are used in buildings for the transfer of motor vehicles from one floor to another, those which meet the ground-level shall do so at a distance of not less than 6 meters from any exit from the building to a street or courtyard. The gradient of such ramps shall not exceed one vertical in four horizontals.
(2) Ramps used in temporary construction, such as a walkway past the site of building work, shall have gradients not exceeding one vertical in six horizontal.
(3) Where a ramp is intended to be used by both vehicles and pedestrians, it shall—
a) Have a width between enclosing-walls of not less than 3,35 meters; and
b) Have a raised walkway of not less than 150 millimeters in height and of not less than 900 millimeters in width on at least one side of that portion of the ramp which is to be used by vehicles.
13. WINDOW OPENING OVER PAVEMENTS.
No window, shutter or similar attachment shall open over a pavement, sidewalk, square or other public place so as to have less than 2,5 meters clear below the bottom of such attachment when open.
14. SUNBLINDS PROJECTING OVER STREETS.
(1) A sun-blind may be erected and maintained provided that—
a) If it is of the canopy-type, no part of such sun-blind is erected—
i) At a height of less than 2,5 meters above the level of the sidewalk;
ii) So as to project more than 2,5 meters from the face of the building to which it is affixed;
b) If it is not of the canopy-type, no part of such sun-blind is erected in such manner that it shall be capable of being extended lower than—
i) 1,7 meters above the level of the sidewalk. if any portion of such sun-blind which is nearest to an intersection is 3 meters or more from such intersection:
Provided that the lower 0,5 meter of such sun-blind shall comprise flaps divided into sections not exceeding 2 meters in length;
ii) 2,2 meters above the level of the sidewalk, if any portion of such sun-blind is situated nearer than 3 meters form an intersection.
(2) At or before sunset each day, every sun-blind shall be folded or otherwise raised in such manner that no part of such sun-blind s situated nearer to the level of the sidewalk than 2,2 meters.
(3) For the purposes of this section, “sun-blind” means an awning or a blind which project from a building over a street or which bangs under a veranda over a street.
15. PROJECTING LAMPS.
Every lamp which projects from a building, or which hangs under a veranda over a street, shall be affixed and maintained at a height of not less than 2,5 meters above ground-level.
16. BUILDING WORK WHICH AFFECTS OR WHICH MAY AFFECT ANY STREET OR PUBLIC PLACE: GENERAL AND SPECIFIC REQUIRMENTS.
(1) A builder or plumber who intends to undertake any building or sewerage work in, over or under any street or public place, or any portion thereof vested in or under the control of the local authority, or which is so suited that its performance is calculated, on reasonable grounds, to endanger the safety of, or to cause inconvenience to, the public using such street or public place, shall, before commencing to do such work, obtain the specific written permission of the local authority therefor, and shall, if such permission is granted, in respect of, and during the performance of, such work, comply with—
a) The Factories and Works Act [Chapter 283], any Act replacing that Act and any regulations made in terms of any such Act; and
b) Any conditions which the local authority may have imposed upon the granting of its permission and which may be reasonably necessary to ensure the safety and convenience of the public; and
c) The requirements of this Part.
(2) The local authority may, by order, in writing, served on the builder or plumber concerned, withdraw any permission granted in terms of subsection (1), if the work in respect of which the permission was granted, or any part thereof, or the manner of its performance, endangers or is calculated, on reasonable grounds, to endanger the safety of the public.
(3) In the order referred to in subsection (2), the local authority may require the builder or plumber to stop such work, or portion thereof, or the manner of its performance, or to remove such work or any portion thereof, until the danger has been eliminated, to the satisfaction of the local authority.
17. TEMPORARY WALKWAYS.
(1) Where a portion of a street or public place is to be used for, or in connexion with, building work and the space on the sidewalk available to the public will, in consequence, be less than 1,5 metres in width, or if there will in any case be, in the opinion of the local authority, no safe passage for the public, a walkway of not less than 1,25 metres in width, or of such greater width as the local authority may require, shall be constructed for use during the period during which such portion of such street or public place is used for such building work.
(2) Protective railings shall be provided for such walkways.
(3) Ramps or stairways with protective railings shall also be provided for such walkways, where such provision is necessary for the safety or convenience of the public.
18. WARNING SIGNS AND WARNING LIGHTS.
The portion of any such street or public place, as is referred to in section 17, and any openings or obstructions which might be a source of danger to the public shall be indicated by red lights, which shall be kept alight from sunset until sunrise, placed so as to be clearly visible from all directions, at intervals not exceeding 6 metres, and of sufficient intensity to give adequate warning to traffic both vehicular and pedestrian.
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19. WATCHMAN : WHEN REQUIRED.
If the public are prevented, by reason of anything done or being done in connection with building work, from seeing vehicles about to emerge form the site of such work into a street or public place, a watchman shall be employed, to warn the public of the impending emergence of such vehicles at each point of emergence.
20. STORAGE OF MATERIALS.
Materials or equipment kept or stored on covered walkways, scaffolds or similar working-platforms shall not impose a load on any part thereof which exceeds its safe carrying capacity, and, where these are kept or stored within a building, they shall not cause overloading within the meaning of Chapters 2 and 3.
21. PRECAUTIONS DURING DEMOLITION OPERATIONS.
(1) Where building work involves the demolition of a building, the site of such work shall be enclosed by means of railings, hoardings, cladded scaffolding or covered walkways (hereinafter referred to as “protective structures”) along every boundary between such site and any street or public place:
Provided that, if the building to be demolished is more than 7,5 meters high or is less than half the height of the building distant from such boundary, a hoarding or a covered walkway shall be erected.
(2) Covered walkways shall be erected and retained in position, in accordance with the provisions of section 22.
(3) All gas, electricity, water and other supply-lines, and all sewers and drains, shall be re-laid or shut off and capped before demolition is commenced.
(4) All glass in windows, doors, roof-lights or other places shall be removed from any part of a building before demolishing of that part commences.
(5) Before any structural member of a lower storey is disturbed, the storey above it shall be completely removed.
(6) Structural-steel frames shall be demolished column length by column length in sound structural sequence and floor by floor.
(7) No mechanical method of demolition whereby wrecking is accomplished by smashing with a heavy weight suspended from a boom or hoist, or by the use of a power-shovel, bulldozer, winch or other mechanical contrivance, shall be employed, unless the building, or the remaining portion thereof, to be demolished does not exceed 6 meters in height, and unless a clear zone is maintained during demolition operations, of a width equal to one and a half times the height of such building, or portion thereof, if it is to fall outwards, or 3 meters, if it is to fall inward, between it and a temporary hoarding, which shall be erected around such building or portion thereof.
(8) No person not engaged on such demolition operations shall be permitted to be in such clear zone.
(9) Demolition operations which, in the opinion of the local authority, are likely to endanger the safety of the public shall take place only at times fixed in advance by the local authority, with a view to eliminating, or reducing to a minimum, the likelihood of such danger.
22. COVERED WALKWAYS.
(1) Where building work involving the erection or demolition of a building is done within 3 meters form the boundary of any street or public place, covered wall ways shall be erected along the entire boundary of such street or public place affected by such work, unless written exemption is obtained from the local authority.
(2) In the case of the erection of a building, a covered walkway shall be kept in position for as long as work is performed on the exterior of such building.
(3) A covered walkway shall be kept in position, until the building has been demolished to a height below that of the covering of such walkway, and other protective structures shall be kept in position, until the demolition operations have, in the opinion of the local authority, been completed.
(4) Covered walkways used in connexion with building work shall be erected in accordance with the following requirements and designed to the satisfaction of the local authority—
a) The decks shall safely sustain a superimposed load of 75 kilograms per square meter and the planking shall be at least 50 millimeters in thickness;
b) If the structure is of timber—
i) The supporting posts shall be not less than 150 × 75 millimeters in cross-section, spaced not further apart than 2 meters;
ii) Deck-beams and the girders supporting them shall be not less than 225×75 millimeters in cross-section, both being placed on edge, and the beams shall be not farther apart than 1,35 meters, center to center;
c) If of steel or other material, the structure shall have a resistance to static and impact loads of not less than that of the timber structure described;
d) An adequately linked walkway of at least 1,25 meters clear width and 2,15 meters clear height shall be maintained for pedestrians;
e) The deck shall be built against the face of the building or against a hoarding of the full height of the covered walkway, and shall be closely boarded in such a manner as to prevent any material from falling on the sidewalk;
f) The temporary offices for the builder’s use may be built upon a covered walkway;
g) The roofs of such offices and the coverings of the walkways shall be inclined towards the building site and have a fall of at least 300 millimeters from the outer to the inner edge;
h) When the decks of covered walkways are used for the storage of materials or for the platforms for work of any kind, they shall be provided with guard-rails and toe-boards.
23. HOARDINGS.
Hoardings used in connexion with building work shall comply with the following requirements—
a) Except as specified otherwise in this section, they shall be not less than 2 meters and not more than 3 meters in height;
b) The hoardings shall be constructed of boarding or sheeting fixed to a framework, so that no gaps occur between sheets or boards;
c) The hoardings shall be maintained in good condition to the satisfaction of the local authority;
d) Timber boards shall be not less than 25 millimeters in thickness and metal sheeting not less than 0.80 millimeter in thickness;
e) Other approved materials shall be of equivalent strength, and shall have no protruding nails or sharp edges projecting on the side facing the street or public place which could injure passers-by;
f) The uprights shall be firmly embedded in the ground or otherwise fixed, to the satisfaction of the local authority, and rails shall be bolted to uprights;
g) If material is to be stored against the hoarding, the sheeting shall be fixed on that side of the framing which faces the stored material
h) The hoarding shall be designed to withstand the wind forces to which it may be subjected, plus a lateral force of 750 newtons per linear meter, applied at a height of 1.25 meters above the ground;
i) Where a hoarding is situated at the corner of two streets and the local authority so requires, it shall be splayed off at an angle of 45 degrees from the building-line in each street, at points at least 1.5 meters from the intersection of the building-lines, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (k), the height of the portion of the hoarding along each frontage for a distance of 1.5 meters from the end of the splay, shall not exceed 1.25 meters for a distance of not more than 3 meters from the corner of the hoarding;
j) Not more than one opening in any hoarding shall be permitted for each 15 meters of the frontage of such hoarding, and, unless authorized by the local authority, such opening shall be provided with sliding doors or doors swinging inwards;
k) The local authority may, in any particular case, require hoardings or other enclosing structures related to building operations, to be of such different form and construction as it may deem necessary to minimize obstruction to traffic or to prevent danger to the public.
24. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR LIFTING WORK.
(1) No load shall be lifted, lowered or conveyed over a street or other public place by means of a crane or other lifting-gear without the written permission of the local authority.
(2) Application for such permission shall be made to the local authority on the form supplied by the local authority for that purpose.
(3) If the local authority is satisfied that it is not practicable to confine lifting, lowering or conveying to within the site, and that the use of such crane or lifting-gear over a street or public place will not endanger the safety of the public, the local authority may grant permission upon such conditions as may be reasonably necessary to safeguard the public.
(4) No material hoist shall be operated in a street or public place, unless it is within a hoarding and written permission for its use has been obtained from the local authority
25. PRECAUTIONS FOR CHUTES.
A builder or plumber using a chute which projects over a street or public place shall comply with the following requirements—
a) The vertical height of the chute shall not exceed 6 meters, and the inclination to the horizontal shall not exceed 45 degrees;
b) The chute shall be entirely enclosed, except at the inlet or outlet openings.
Provided that intermediate openings may be formed in the side of a chute, but such openings shall be kept closed when the chute is in use;
c) If an inside dimension of the cross-section exceeds 600 millimeters, the chute shall be constructed of planking of not less than 38 millimeters in thickness or of sheet metal of not less than 3.1 millimeters in thickness, and shall be rigidly supported throughout its height;
d) Baffles or a container shall be provided at the outlet to prevent materials rebounding.
26. TEMPORARY GRANDSTANDS AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES.
(1) No person shall erect a temporary platform, seat, grandstand or other structure for the accommodation of persons attending a meeting service, procession or entertainment of any description whatsoever without a permit first had and obtained from the local authority.
(2) The application for such permit shall be in writing and signed by the person making it, and shall be accompanied by full details of such structure, including working-drawings and a certificate from a structural engineer, to the effect that such structure will safety support the loads which it is designed to bear if required by the local authority.
27. REQUIREMENT FOR SWIMMING -BATHS.
(1) Any person who constructs a swimming bath, to which the public or any class or section of the public are to have access, shall comply with the following requirements—
a) A hand-hold shall be provided at water-level all around such swimming-bath;
b) The depth of water shall be not less than 1 meter at any part of such swimming-bath shall, not including a children’s paddling-pool;
c) The floor of such swimming-bath shall have a slope not exceeding one vertical in 15 horizontal over any portion of it which normally has a depth of water of less than 2 meters;
d) The surrounds of such swimming-bath shall have a non-skid surface.
(2) If diving-boards are provided, they shall comply with the following requirements—
a) Diving-boards of less than 10 meters in height shall project not less than 1 meter beyond the edge of the swimming-bath, and those 10metres or more in height shall project not less than 2 meters beyond the edge of the swimming-bath;
b) A diving-board above or within 3 meters horizontally of a lower diving-board shall project not less than 1 meter beyond the end of the lower diving-board;
c) Except where variations are permitted by the local authority, diving-boards shall have distances and measurements not less than as set out in Table III and in A, E, F, J and K of the Figure with regard to height above water, horizontal spacing, clearance over-head, length and width;
d) The depth of water provided under diving-boards shall be not less than, and shall extend over, an area not smaller than as set out in Table III and the Figure.
TABLE III
| Fig Ref | Spring boards | Firm Platforms | ||||
| Height of board above | A | 1,0 | 3.0 | 5,0 | 7,5 | 10,0 |
| Clearence forward | B | 7,5 | 9,0 | 10,5 | 12,0 | 13,5 |
| Clearence to sides | C | 2,5 | 3,5 | 3,8 | 4,2 | 4,5 |
| Clearence behind | D | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 2,0 |
| Centre for adjoining board | E | 2,0 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,5 |
| Clearence overhead | F | 4,6 | 4,6 | 3,8 | 3,8 | 3,8 |
| Depth of water | G | 3,0 | 3,5 | 3,8 | 4,2 | 4,5 |
| Depth maintained forward | H | 5,3 | 6,2 | 7,0 | 8,5 | 10,5 |
| Depth maintained at sides | I | 2,2 | 2,7 | 3,0 | 3,0 | 3,0 |
| Length of board | J | 4,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | 5,0 | 6,0 |
| Width of board | K | 0,5 | 0,5 | 2,0 | 2,0 | 2,0 |
- For the Olympic Games, it is customary for the Federation International de Natation Amateur to specify a depth of 5 meters for the diving-pit. Authorities contemplating the building of a first-class pool with a 10-metre diving-stage would be well advised to provide this depth, which may become compulsory in due course.
FIGURE
REQUIREMENTS FOR SWIMMMING_BATHS
