Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Before beginning, within the limits of [municipal area]1 – (a) to erect a new building or new part of a building; or (b) to re-erect, or make a material alteration in a building; or (c) to make or enlarge a well; a person shall give notice of his intention to the [Municipality]2. (2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) as required in the case of a building shall only be necessary where the building, abuts on or is adjacent to a public street or property vested in Government, or in the [Municipality]2, unless by a bye-law applicable to the area in which the building is situated, the necessity of giving notice is extended to all buildings. (3) An alteration in a building shall, for the purposes of this chapter and of any bye-law, be deemed to be material, if— (a) it affects or is likely to affect prejudicially the stability or safety of the building or the condition of the building in respect of the drainage, ventilation, sanitation or hygiene; or (b) it increases or diminishes the height of area covered by or cubical capacity of the building or reduces the cubical capacity of any room in the building below the minimum prescribed in any bye-law; or (c) it converts into a place for human habitation a building or part of a building originally constructed for the other purposes; or (d) it is an alteration declared by a bye-law made in this behalf to be a 268 material alteration. Plans and specifications required to validate notice