The ordinance dates back to the British Mandate and the governorship of Sir Ronald Storrs and was part of a master plan for the city drawn up in 1918 by Sir William McLean, then city engineer of Alexandria.
This ordinance is rooted in the British Mandate period, when Sir Ronald Storrs served as governor, and it was incorporated into a master plan for the city that Sir William McLean, the city engineer of Alexandria at the time, developed in 1918.