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Metropolis Management Act 1855

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CXIXOwners, &c. to remove future Projections, on Notice from Vestry or District Board. Penalty for Neglect.

If any Porch, Shed, projecting Window, Step, Cellar Door or Window, or Steps leading into any Cellar or otherwise, Lamp, Lamp Post, Lamp Iron, Sign, Sign Post, Sign Iron, Showboard, Window Shutter, Wall, Gate, Fence, or Opening, or any other Projection or Obstruction placed or made against or in front of any House or Building after the Commencement of this Act, shall be an Annoyance, in consequence of the same projecting into or being made in or endangering or rendering less commodious the Passage along any Street in their Parish or District, it shall be lawful for the Vestry or District Board to give Notice in Writing to the Owner or Occupier of such House or Building to remove such Projection or Obstruction, or to alter the same, in such Manner as the Vestry or Board think fit; and such Owner or Occupier shall within Fourteen Days after the Service of such Notice upon him remove such Projection or Obstruction, or alter the same in the Manner directed by the Vestry or Board; and if the Owner or Occupier of any such House or Building neglect or refuse, within Fourteen Days after such Notice, to remove such Projection or Obstruction, or to alter the same, in the Manner directed by the Vestry or Board, he shall forfeit any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, and a further Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings for every Day during which such Projection or Obstruction continues after the Expiration of such Fourteen Days from the Time when he may be convicted of any Offence contrary to the Provisions hereof.

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