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(1) Except with the written permission of the Commissioner, no building shall be erected or raised to a greater height than seventy feet as measured from the level of the centre of the street in front — (a) in the case of a pitched roof, up to the tie-beam of the roof, and (b) in the case of a flat roof up to the surface of the roof. (2) In the case of a pitched roof, the roof above that height shall rise at an angle of not more than forty-five degrees. (3) In the case of a flat roof, a parapet of not more than three feet in height may be constructed above the maximum height specified in sub-section (1).