Jerusalem, the City Plan: Preservation and Development During the British Mandate, 1918-1948 |
Common terms and phrases
abutting adjoining approved architectural authorised scheme built By-laws centimetres centre Church city walls coloured coming into force comply constructed council courtyard DAMASCUS GATE deemed detailed scheme District Commission Dome drain dunams Dung Gate Engineer erected expropriation external wall fees floor area garden Government Town Planner Haifa Haram height High Commissioner includes Jaffa Gate Jaffa road Jericho Jerusalem land or building less Local Commission lower ground floor Lydda manner material maximum means Moslem Mount of Olives Mount Scopus Nablus nature reserve NEIGHBOURHOOD UNITS notice Old City Ordinance outline scheme owner Palestine person planning rate plot prescribed preservation Pro-Jerusalem Society public building public open space purpose Qalandiya quarter regional planning area Residential Zone respect ring road roof Rules shops Silwan situated square metres stone storey subsection terraced thereof tower town planning area Trans-Jordan ventilating pipe waste pipe water closet width workshops Zoning Table
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Page 121 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post...
Page 4 - Furthermore, since your city is regarded with affection by the adherents of three of the great religions of mankind and its soil has been consecrated by the prayers and pilgrimages of multitudes of devout people of these three religions for many centuries...
Page 4 - I make it known to you that every sacred building, monument, holy spot, shrine, traditional site, endowment, pious bequest, or customary place of prayer of whatsoever form of the three religions will be maintained and protected according to the existing customs and beliefs of those to whose faith they are sacred.
Page 57 - ... securing proper sanitary conditions, amenity, and convenience in connection with the laying out and use of the land, and of any neighbouring lands.
Page 4 - To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Blessed and the people dwelling in its vicinity : The defeat inflicted upon the Turks by the troops under my command has resulted in the occupation of your City by my forces.
Page 68 - ... forty shillings for every day during which the offence is continued after written notice in this behalf from the urban authority...
Page 75 - party wall " means — (a) A wall forming part of a building and used or constructed to be used for separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or occupied or constructed or adapted to be occupied by different persons ; or (b) A wall forming part of a building and standing to a greater extent than the projection of the footings on lands of different owners.
Page 53 - Owner" means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent of the lands or premises in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive the same if such lands or premises were let at a rackrent...
Page 71 - ... shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day during which such...
Page 68 - ... in the case of the erection of any building intended to be used for purposes of business or industry, requires the provision of accommodation for loading, unloading or fuelling vehicles with a view to preventing obstruction of traffic on any highway.