Appendix P. Upper Hutt City Council District Plan Rule Assessment
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Resource Consent Application and Notice of Requirement Appendix P. Upper Hutt City Council District Plan Rule Assessment Ref. Rule / Standard Assessment Chapter 18 Residential Zone Rules Land Use Activities Status Activities Residential Activities Table 18.2 Removal of a building from a site P The removal of access bridges and other accessory buildings and structures is permitted under this rule. Non-Residential Activities Work affecting indigenous or exotic trees in the P The only work affecting trees is Residential Conservation and Residential Hill Sub- related to the bridge at 4 Blue zones Mountains Road, which is not located within the Residential Conservation and Residential Hill Sub-zones. Activities which are not listed in this Table unless D The bridge at 4 Blue Mountains otherwise covered in the City-wide provisions of the Road will be within the front Plan boundary setback and therefore would not comply with 18.17. The bridge is not accessory to a permitted or controlled activity. Bridges over Pinehaven Stream are addressed by Chapter 33, and as such this would be considered under those provisions rather than under Chapter 18. Standards for Permitted and Controlled Activities 18.9 Access standards for subdivision and land use activities The proposed private way • Where vehicle access points are shared by three or more serving 30 to 36 Blue Mountains dwelling units, for all rear lots and for all sites fronting Road would meet these arterial, or distributor/collector streets (identified in Chapter standards. 37) there must be provision for turning a vehicle on site in order that vehicles do not reverse into the street. • All accessways and manoeuvring areas shall be formed and surfaced in accordance with the Code of Practice for Civil Engineering Works. The required surfacing must be completed prior to certification of the survey plan. Exemption – the requirement for accessways serving sites solely occupied by unstaffed utilities shall be that the accessway shall be surfaced with permanent all weather surfacing for a minimum length of 5m from the edge of the road carriageway seal. • All sites shall have practical vehicle access to car parking and loading spaces, in accordance with the Code of Practice for Civil Engineering Works. This requirement does not apply to sites solely occupied by unstaffed utilities, provided that vehicles associated with utilities shall not obstruct the footpath or create a traffic hazard on the road. • Vehicular access to a corner lot shall be located no closer than 8m from the street corner. Where a site is located on an IZ089000-ANZ--EP-RPT-0001 Resource Consent Application and Notice of Requirement Ref. Rule / Standard Assessment intersection of a primary or secondary arterial traffic route (identified in Chapter 37) the siting of the vehicular access shall be located as far as practicable from the corner of the street. The 8 metre setback shall be measured from where the two front boundaries of the site (refer to the definition of a corner lot) join, or in accordance with the diagram below. • Where a corner lot is located at an intersection of a national, primary or secondary arterial traffic route, as identified in Chapter 37, no building, fence or other structure is to be erected and no vegetation allowed to grow so as to obstruct a traffic sight line. • At the intersection of a road or rail level crossing, no building, fence or other obstructions which block sight lines for trains shall be erected, placed or grown in the hatched area marked in Diagram A in Chapter 38. • Subdivision and land use activities with direct access to a State Highway shall comply with the access and visibility standards set out in Diagrams B to E in Chapter 38. • There shall be no private vehicle access to or egress from Alexander Road for any site contained within Area B of the Wallaceville Structure Plan Area. • There shall be no new private vehicle access to or egress from Alexander Road to land identified as Lot 2 DP 471766, Pt Section 102B Hutt District Wellington or Pt Section 618 Hutt District. • In relation to the land identified in Appendix Residential 3: NA 18.12 Setbacks from boundaries The proposed replacement The setback distance for residential and non-residential buildings bridges providing access to lots (excluding accessory buildings) shall not be less than: within the Residential zone are considered to be ‘accessory buildings’ under the definition in Chapter 2, and therefore are not subject to the boundary setback. 18.13 Outdoor living court These standards are not One outdoor living court capable of containing a 6m diameter circle anticipated to be breached due shall be provided for each dwelling and be located at its northern to the proposed works. aspect, or directly accessible from a living area. 18.15 Building height The maximum height of any building shall not exceed 8m. 18.16 Sunlight access Height control planes apply to all buildings: • In, or adjacent to, a Residential Zone. • On sites smaller than 1500m2 in a Rural Zone. Buildings shall be designed so that they fit within the height control planes defined below: 18.17 Accessory buildings The proposed replacement • Accessory buildings shall not be erected within the front bridges providing access to lots boundary setback. within the Residential zone are • Any wall closer than 1m from a boundary shall be no longer considered to be ‘accessory than 8m, except in a Residential (Centres Overlay) Area on a buildings’ under the definition in IZ089000-ANZ--EP-RPT-0001 Resource Consent Application and Notice of Requirement Ref. Rule / Standard Assessment site with a net site area of less than 400m2, where any wall Chapter 2. The bridge at 4 Blue closer than 1m from a boundary shall be no longer than 6m. Mountains Road will be within • The distance between an accessory building and any point of the front boundary setback. the main window of a habitable room on an adjoining site, measured at right angles to the plane of the window, shall be not less than 3m. For garages and other accessory buildings which form a part of a dwelling, the standards for accessory buildings shall apply to that dwelling, but only to the area of the dwelling which is an accessory building. 18.18 Water supply, stormwater and wastewater Any relocation of utility services All activities shall comply with the water supply, stormwater and will be undertaken to comply with wastewater standards in the Code of Practice for Civil Engineering the Code of Practice for Civil Works. Engineering Works. 18.20 Dust The management of construction Activities shall not create a dust nuisance. A dust nuisance may occur activities will ensure compliance if: with this standard during construction works. • There is visible evidence of suspended solids in the air beyond the site boundary. • There is visible evidence of suspended solids, traceable from a dust source, settling on the ground, building or structure on a neighbouring property or on water. Chapter 21 Open Space Zone Rules Land Use Activities Status Activities Passive recreation activities (unless otherwise P Willow Park will continue to be Table 21.3 specified in this table) used for passive recreation following the proposed works. Removal of a building from a site P The removal of the existing bridge within Willow Park will be permitted under this rule. Buildings accessory to a permitted activity P The proposed bridge within Willow Park is considered to be an accessory building to the passive recreation activities undertaken on the site, and therefore permitted under this rule. The proposed low wall within Willow Park is not considered to be a ‘building’ under the definition in Chapter 2. Zone-wide provisions (including Speedway Area) 21.9 Dust The management of construction Activities shall not create a dust nuisance. A dust nuisance may occur activities will ensure compliance if: with this standard during construction works. • There is visible evidence of suspended solids in the air beyond the site boundary. • There is visible evidence of suspended solids, traceable from a dust source, settling on the ground, building or structure on a neighbouring property or on water. IZ089000-ANZ--EP-RPT-0001 Resource Consent Application and Notice of Requirement Ref. Rule / Standard Assessment Zone wide provisions (outside Speedway Area only) 21.18 Setbacks from boundaries The proposed low wall within Willow Park is not considered to be a ‘building’ under the definition in Chapter 2, and therefore is not subject to the boundary setback. 21.19 Building height The proposed replacement The maximum height of any building shall not exceed 8m. bridge within Willow Park will not breach any of these standards. 21.20 Sunlight access All buildings shall comply with the height control planes defined in rule 18.16. 21.21 Floor area The gross floor area for any building shall not exceed: Principal buildings - 200m² Accessory buildings - 100m² 21.24 Landscaping All sites shall be landscaped according to the following: • If a building is required to be set back from the road boundary, the set back area between the road boundary and the building shall be landscaped unless it is used for access or car parking purposes. If car parking or accessways are provided between the road boundary and the building, a landscape strip with a minimum width of 0.6m shall be provided within the site along the road boundary. • Where a site adjoins a site outside the Open Space Zone (excluding road boundaries), a landscape buffer with a minimum width of 0.6m shall be provided between the zone boundary and the building. Chapter 23 Rules for Earthworks Activities Activities All Zones Table 23.1 Earthworks which meet the standards under rules P The Pinehaven Flood Hazard 23.2 – 23.17 Extent by definition excludes land within that area where the flood depth is not anticipated to exceed 100mm.