Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power to allow certain projections and erections :– (1) The municipality may grant a licence, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may think fit, to the owner or occupier of any premises to put up verandahs, balconies, sunshades, weather- frames and the like, to project over road or in roads in which the construction of arcades has been sanctioned by the municipality, to put up an arcade; or to construct any step or drain covering necessary for access to the premises. (2) The Executive Officer may grant a licence, subject to such conditions and restrictions, as he may think fit, for the temporary erection of pendals and other structures in a public road vested in the municipality or in any other public place, the control of which is vested in the municipality. (3) The municipality shall have powers to lease road side and margins vested in it for occupation on such terms and conditions and for such period as the municipality may fix. (4) But neither a licence under sub-section (1) nor a lease under sub-section (3) shall be granted if the projection, construction or occupation is likely to be injurious to health or cause public inconvenience or otherwise materially interfere with the use of the road as such. (5) The State Government may, by notification, restrict and place under such control, as they may think fit, the exercise by municipality in general or by any municipality in particular, or the powers under sub-sections (1) and (3). 106 THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL MANUAL (6) On the expiry of any period for which a licence has been granted under this section, the Executive Officer may, without notice, cause any projection or construction put up under sub-section (1) or (2) to be removed, and the cost of so doing shall be recoverable as a tax in the manner provided in Section 345 from the person to whom the licence was granted.