District Plan Change 10

Published: 5 April 2013

Last Updated: 28 April 2014

Plan Change 10 is largely a community-driven plan change that aims to harmonise District Plan provisions in the Napier District Plan and the Hastings District Plan wherever practicable while retaining a primary focus on ‘place-based’ planning. There are three distinct ‘arms’ to this Plan Change; incorporating the Ahuriri Subdistrict Plan into the Operative City of Napier District Plan; harmonising provisions where practicable between the Napier and Hastings District Plans; and incorporating recent Napier City Council policy changes and decisions into the Napier District Plan.

The primary changes proposed in Plan Change 10 are:

• To integrate the Ahuriri Subdistrict provisions into the Operative Napier District Plan so that all planning rules for Napier are held within one planning document.
• To harmonise wherever practicable the following District Plan provisions between the Napier and Hastings District Plans in order to achieve consistency between the two authorities.
  • Natural Hazards
  • Network Utilities
  • Renewable Electricity Generation
  • Activities on the Surface of Water
  • Earthworks
  • Signs
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Noise
  • Transport (primarily, but not limited to, car parking ratios)
  • Contaminated Sites
  • Heritage including provision for safety alterations (earthquake strengthening) of heritage items
  • Temporary Activities
  • Non Rural uses within the Rural Zones (Home occupations, Supplementary Units, Residential Care Facilities, Day Care Centres, Education Facilities, Travellers' Accommodation)
  • Introducing Non-Complying Activity status particularly for subdivisions not meeting minimum lot sizes
  • Providing for seasonal workers accommodation
  • New provisions requiring the use of inert roofing materials in specified areas
  • Tyre storage
  • Stage One Implementation of HPUDS (Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy)
  • Noise standards associated with Temporary Activities
  • Definitions
• To update existing Napier District Plan provisions where they are affected by recent Napier City Council policy changes and decisions, including;
  • Temporary signs in rural areas
  • Realigning the parking exemption boundary with the differential rating boundary in the inner city
  • Sports Park Rezoning at Park Island
  • Rezoning Western Hills and Park Island Cemeteries from Sports Park to Reserve Zone
  • A proposed change to the boundary of the Sports Park Zone as it applies to Sir Donald McLean Park
  • Updating Code of Practice for Subdivision and Land Development to reflect current best practice
  • Rural Settlement Zone site coverage rules
• To update planning maps to reflect the harmonised zonings and for consistency in style and colour with the Hastings District Plan.
• Update and amend Appendices in the Plan as a result of any of the above changes.

Public Inspection

Plan Change 10 is available for viewing from Monday 9 December 2013 at the following locations:

• Napier City Council Planning Department Reception (2nd Floor Library Building), Station Street, Napier;
• Napier City and Taradale Public Libraries;

Any queries about, or requests for copies of Plan Change 10 should be made by telephoning a member of the Napier City Council’s Policy Planning team on (06) 835-7579.

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