Land Units Land Unit 1 – Coastal Cliffs Land Unit 2 – Dune Systems and Sand Flats Land Unit 3 – Alluvial Flats Land Unit 4 – Wetland Systems Land Unit 5 – Foothills and Lower Slopes Land Unit 6 – Steep Pastured Slopes Land Unit 7 – Steep Infertile Coastal Slopes Land Unit 8 – Regenerating Slopes Land Unit 9 – Low Fertility Hills Land Unit 10 – Forest and Bush Areas Land Unit 11 – Traditional Residential Land Unit 12 – Bush Residential Land Unit 13 – Retailing Land Unit 14 – Visitor Facilities Land Unit 15 – Industrial Land Unit 16 – Quarrying Land Unit 17 – Landscape Amenity Land Unit 18 – Outdoor Activities Land Unit 19 – Community Activities Land Unit 20 – Landscape Protection Land Unit 21 – Te Whau Peninsula Land Unit 22 – Western Landscape Land Unit 23 – Conservation Islands Land Unit 24 – Pakatoa Land Unit 25 – Wharf Land Unit 26 – Rotoroa Introduction The Hauraki Gulf is a place of environmental beauty and a very special place for both locals and visitors alike. The next Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan will take the islands forward to 2020 and we can only guess the changes that may impact on the Gulf during this time. The review of the District Plan is an opportunity to look at how we contribute to the social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing of the islands - factors which contribute to the purpose of the Resource Management Act. The Resource Management Act 1991 requires us to act in a sustainable manner. We need to be able to provide for the needs of present and future generations so that development undertaken today is sustainable in the longer-term. This collection of documents presents ‘issues’ relating to the current Plan, which have been identified through discussions with the community. The documents put forward various approaches that could be taken in dealing with each of these. These lists are not exhaustive. You may have other issues or other ways of dealing with them that have not already been identified. Alternatively, you may not consider them to be of concern. We hope that this document will encourage you to think about the challenges that face the Hauraki Gulf Islands, now and in the future. To discuss them with your family, friends, neighbours and the wider community and to consider how the next Hauraki Gulf District Plan can ensure and enable desirable outcomes for the Gulf. We hope that as many people as possible will take an active interest in how the Hauraki Gulf Islands are developed in the future. We look forward to your response. Please feel free to use either the feedback forms sent to all ratepayers (copies are also available at Council offices on on-line at www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/hgidistrictplan or by contacting 379-2020 and ask for the Isthmus and Islands duty planner. Or send your written feedback to: Auckland City Council Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review Private Bag 92516 Wellesley Street Auckland 1036 Regards, The Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review Working Party Cr Faye Storer – Chair Cr Christine Caughey Cr Neil Abel Ray Ericson Tony Bouzaid Contact details: Cr Faye Storer home 372 9702 mobile 027 249 0437 Cr Christine Caughey home 524 5486 mobile 0274 744 219 Cr Neil Abel home 378 1634 mobile 0274 545 630 Ray Ericson home 372 6174 Tony Bouzaid home (09)429 0091 mobile 021 256 2900 Page 2 19/05/05 Contents Claris ...............................................................................................................................................5 Colour, Scale and Form of Buildings .................................................................................................7 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design .............................................................................8 Definitions.....................................................................................................................................10 Department of Conservation/Public Land ......................................................................................12 Design Issues .................................................................................................................................13 Earthworks – Farm Tracks .............................................................................................................15 Essentially Waiheke ........................................................................................................................16 Financial Contributions ..................................................................................................................17 Great Barrier Island Airfields ..........................................................................................................19 Gross Dwelling Area ......................................................................................................................20 Gross Floor Area ...........................................................................................................................22 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act ........................................................................................................23 Helicopters ....................................................................................................................................24 Heritage.........................................................................................................................................26 Home Occupation..........................................................................................................................28 Human Activity/Natural Environment............................................................................................30 Impervious Surface Controls for Land Units 11 and 12....................................................................32 Iwi Heritage ...................................................................................................................................33 Land Unit 20 – Landscape Protection .............................................................................................35 Land Units.....................................................................................................................................37 Landscape Assessment, Outstanding Natural Landscapes ................................................................39 Matiatia..........................................................................................................................................41 Monitoring ....................................................................................................................................43 Multiple Dwellings .........................................................................................................................44 Multiple Land Units on one Title ....................................................................................................46 Natural Hazards .............................................................................................................................48 Network Utilities............................................................................................................................49 Noise of Generators – Great Barrier Island .....................................................................................51 Non-complying Activities ...............................................................................................................52 Non-statutory Documents..............................................................................................................54 Oneroa ..........................................................................................................................................56 Onetangi Policy Area......................................................................................................................58 Ostend Policy Area ........................................................................................................................60 Parking ..........................................................................................................................................62 Protection Yards ............................................................................................................................63 Rakino Island.................................................................................................................................64 Residential Development Definitions ..............................................................................................66 Residential Land Unit – Great Barrier Island ...................................................................................67 Retirement Villages ........................................................................................................................69 Ridgelines – Location of Buildings ..................................................................................................71 Roading .........................................................................................................................................73 Separate Section for Great Barrier Island.........................................................................................75 Strategic Management Areas and Policy Areas .................................................................................77 Subdivision ....................................................................................................................................79