<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_575e89fe-a235-4b0c-9b19-72e49b59ef34" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/><facet climate="Climate zone 1"/><facet climate="Climate zone 2"/><facet climate="Climate zone 3"/><facet climate="Climate zone 4"/><facet climate="Climate zone 5"/><facet climate="Climate zone 6"/><facet climate="Climate zone 7"/></meta><sptc>G4D6</sptc><title id="_521f630a-8e2a-40b4-babf-dad3ba470a98">Clear space around buildings</title><archive-num>2019: G4.6</archive-num><subclause id="_6ad4f419-40c5-4573-a90f-5d09f78f67b2" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_5d37bc58-9464-4e4a-9e54-7daa9fc6021f">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>A building must be so constructed that—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_b9f06cd8-bf70-4aed-b35b-030831509891">if any part of an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1267_2.3.0.xml#_d87c7cc0-d0b0-40ab-9a5b-d070ed6e115e" id="_f929a2ca-7e28-4585-88b3-d48ad4bf5056" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">external wall</xref> is more than 3.6 m above the natural ground level — the distance of that part from a boundary other than a road alignment is not less than 2.5 m plus an additional 100 mm for each 300 mm or part thereof by which that part of the wall exceeds a height of 3.6 m; and</li><li id="_a058c21c-3d18-48ab-937a-2d2d7f671a6a">if an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1263_2.3.0.xml#_9712f630-8cf7-401b-b1cc-ae0be4485915" id="_cce982a1-c92e-46a5-88ef-731188f4fd93" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">exit</xref> doorway discharges into a court between wings of a building and that area may be used for vehicle access to the building, the distance between wings must be not less than 4 m; and</li><li id="_1da24794-0360-4e36-bf61-628a4b975297">where an <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1263_2.3.0.xml#_9712f630-8cf7-401b-b1cc-ae0be4485915" id="_c1d35548-aa6d-4ff3-a1ae-25c861f99dc5" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">exit</xref> doorway discharges opposite a feature that could entrap snow or an embankment that is more than 900 mm above the threshold of the doorway, a distance of not less than 4 m must be provided between the doorway and the feature.</li></ol></subclause></clause>