- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 13 November 1981

[LG 58,700] Power of Council10

Without in any way limiting the discretion of the Council it shall be sufficient reason for refusing approval of any such plan of subdivision if—

(a)any existing road or street bounding the land proposed to be subdivided or any proposed new road or street shown on such plan is less than 12 m in width, provided that if in the opinion of the Council in anticipation of future development any such proposed new road or street will form an important thoroughfare or be located in an industrial or commercial area the Council may require any such new road or street to be not less than 16 m nor more than 20 m wide; or
(b)for the preservation of public health, amenity or convenience the land or any part thereof is considered unsuitable for building purposes; or
(c)provision is not made for reserves as open space of not less than 5% of the total area of the land to be subdivided, in addition to and apart from the area of any new road, street, lane, pathway or widening, provided that if the total area of land to be subdivided is less than 2 ha provision for a reserve as open space may not be insisted upon; or
(d)satisfactory provision is not made for drainage and sewerage easements which in the opinion of the Council may be necessary to enable any part or parts of the proposed subdivision to be drained and sewered; or
(e)the intersection of roads or streets, so far as is practicable, are not at right angles, or treated in a manner prescribed in by-law 5(l); or
(f)the side boundaries of allotments, as far as is practicable, are not at right angles to the road boundary; or
(g)sufficient crossroads are not provided to ensure the future development of an adequate and convenient road system; or
(h)the minimum street frontage of any allotment or parcel of land, intended solely for residential purposes, is less than 15 m and the minimum area is less than 600 m² except that in an allotment the depth of which is not more than 50 m, the minimum street frontage may be not less than 5 m, provided the main width of the allotment is not less than 15 m; or
(i)the minimum frontage of any allotment or parcel of land intended for the erection of business premises with or without a dwelling-house attached is less than 10 m with a minimum depth of 30 m, provided that when the depth is less than 30 m the width shall be proportionately increased; or
(j)lanes of a minimum width of 5 m are not provided as means of access to the rear of allotments or parcels of land intended to be used partly or wholly for business purposes; or
(k)building lines, satisfactory to the Council have not been specified and indicated on the plan.

[by-law 10 am LN 104 of 1981 by-law 4, effective 13 November 1981]