Plan Change 37 - Suburban Commercial Zone
In accordance with the requirements of Clause 10(3) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, notice is given that Plan Change 37 is deemed to have been approved in accordance with the decisions on submissions.
- Notice of decision (PDF 17kB)
- Hearings Committee report on submissions (PDF 29kB)
- Minutes of Hearings Committee report on submissions (PDF 13kB)
The Hastings District Council's Hearings Committee considered Plan Change 37 at a meeting held on Wednesday, 21 March 2007. The recommendations from this meeting were subsequently adopted at a Council meeting held on Thursday, 17 May 2007.
Plan Change
In accordance with Clause 5 of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Hastings District Council has prepared a proposed plan change to the Hastings District Plan.
Plan Change 37 - Suburban Commercial Zone
Plan Change 37 amends the Suburban Commercial Zone of the Hastings District Plan to require residential activity in this zone to comply with the general performance standards and terms that apply to the adjoining residential zone.
Plan Change 37 introduces changes to the Commercial Zones (Section 9.0) and the Residential Zones (Section 8.0) of the Hastings District Plan.
Details of the plan change can be viewed below, or in hard copy form at:
- Resource Management, 2nd Floor, Central Council Administration Office, Lyndon Road East, Hastings
- Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North Libraries
Plan change outline
This Plan Change is subject to Clause 5 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 and proposes changes to Section 9.0: Commercial Zones of the Operative Hastings District Plan.
This plan change will result in amendments to the status of residential activities in the Suburban Commercial Zones, to provide for limits on its intensity and require compliance with performance and development standards applicable to the relevant Residential Zones adjoining the Suburban Commercial Zones.
It is recommended that this Plan Change outline document be read in conjunction with the amended Section 9.0: Commercial Zones of the Hastings District Plan and the Section 32 Evaluation Report.
1. Add a 4th bullet point, under Section 9.2 Resource Management Issues – first issue, Suburban Commercial Zone, as follows:
- some residential dwellings in association with commercial activities
2. Amend Policy CZP 18 by inserting the text shown in bold below:
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Ensure that commercial and non-commercial activities are in keeping with the character and amenity values of the residential areas where they are located. |
3. Amend the explanation for CZP18 by inserting the text shown in bold below:
Performance standards are included in the suburban Commercial Zone to control the design and scale of commercial and non-commercial activities, including residential activities, to ensure they are compatible with the character and amenity values of the residential areas where they are located (the character of each of the District’s residential areas is defined under Section 8.1.1 – 8.1.10 of the Residential Zone). Standards include controls on maximum gross floor area, height limits on buildings, noise level limits, minimum numbers of carparking spaces, density of residential activities, and the landscaping of carparking area which adjoin street frontages. Such Standards will ensure that commercial activities are restricted to a bulk and scale compatible with the current residential development, that the existing low noise levels are maintained, that adequate on-site carparking is provided so that residential streets are not clogged with excess traffic and the visual impact of hard standing areas are mitigated by the provision of screening and landscaping.
Where commercial activities have ceased on a site it is important that residential activities of the same character and scale as the adjoining residential zone may establish.
4. Amend Section 9.5 Methods by inserting the text shown in bold and deleting those words in [italics] below:
- District Plan
- Suburban Commercial Zone: This includes rules and Performance Standards to control the effects of [commercial] activities on adjoining residentially zoned sites [activities].
5. Amend Section 9.7.4.1 by inserting the text shown in bold below:
RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES WHICH COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND TERMS, IN SECTION 8.8, FOR THE ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
6. Add the following activity to Section 9.7.4.2 Restricted Discretionary Activities (a)
Residential Activities not meeting one or more of the GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TERMS 8.8.2 TO 8.8.11
7. Add to Section 9.10 Assessment Criteria – Restricted Discretionary Activities a new section as follows:
9.10.4
Residential activities not meeting the general performance standards and terms 8.8.2 to 8.8.11In assessing resource consent applications to establish residential activities not meeting the general performance standards and terms, 8.8.2 to 8.8.11, Council will restrict its discretion to the matters set out Section 8.12.
8. Add a new Clause 9.7.4.3 to read:
9.7.4.3 DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES
The following activity shall be a discretionary activity
and will be assessed against, but not restricted to
those matters identified in the Assessment Criteria
in Section 8.12 of the Plan and the Objectives and
Policies of the Residential Section (8.3 and 8.4) and
the relevant Objectives and Policies in the Commercial
Section (9.3 and 9.4):
- Residential Activities not meeting the general performance standard 8.8.1.
10. Renumber the existing Section 9.7.4.3 Non-Complying Activities to 9.7.4.4
11. Amend Section 8.12 by inserting the text shown in bold, below:
For Restricted Discretionary Activities, the following identify those matters which Council has restricted its discretion over in assessing resource consent applications.; For Discretionary Activities, the following identify those matters which Council may assess the activity against. Council’s assessment is not however restricted to these matters.
Related documents
- Section 32 evaluation PDF 47 kB
- Outline of proposed changes (as above) PDF 20kB
Submissions
The closing date for lodging a submission was 3 November 2006. A total of seven submissions were received.
- Summary of submissions (PDF 22kB)
- Full submissions (PDF 463kB)
Further Submissions
Further submissions closed on 12th Feb 2007.
For further information
Please call 06 871 5000
