MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
PLANNING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE
HELD ON THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006 AT 9.30 am
APOLOGIES
That apologies
from Cr Mulholland due to illness, Cr Sefuiva, absent on council business and Cr
Millar due to lateness be accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
That the minutes
of the Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting held on Monday, 3 April 2006 be
confirmed as a true and correct record.
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no
extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
There were no
requests to speak in public forum.
REPORTS PENDING / REQUESTED
That the summary
of Reports Pending / Requested for May, for the committee's information be
received.
CARRIED
CITY PLANNING GROUP QUARTERLY REPORT
That the report
of the Manager, City Planning, dated 19 April 2006 on key achievements in
planning and regulatory matters for the last quarter be received.
CARRIED
AUCKLAND CITY ENVIRONMENTS QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL REPORT JANUARY
TO MARCH 2006
- That the report of the Group Manager, Auckland
City Environments dated 24 April 2006 on the group's performance and key
activities be received.
- That Auckland City Environments report back to
the committee on the Good Neighbour Initiative, including threshold levels in
November 2006.
- That the Eden Valley Business Association be
informed of the process and timing of enforcement action relating to the
Dominion Road Signs Project.
CARRIED
MAINSTREET / NETWORK VISUALS CONTRACT
- That the report on the NetWork Visuals
contract with council that deals with Mainstreet issues articulated during the
2004 Annual Plan hearings be received.
- That the Manager, Recreation and Community
Services review the cross street banner contract with a view to considering
approval of more than one supplier, and setting a set of operational practices
which will assist mainstreet organisations to have greater flexibility over the
use, installation and storage of banners.
- That the scope of this contract be approved by
the Chairperson and Cr Millar.
CARRIED
BYLAW REVIEW – PROGRESS TO DATE AND PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR
2006/07
That staff commence the
reviews of the following parts of the Auckland City bylaws in the 2006/07
financial year:
- Animals
- Bathing, Health & Beauty Facilities
- Construction
- Cemeteries
- Cultural & Recreational Facilities
- Health Protection – Skin Piercing
- Hostels
CARRIED
REVIEW OF TEMPORARY LIQUOR BAN OVER GUY FAWKES WEEKEND (4-7
NOVEMBER 2005)
That the
committee endorses the use of liquor bans at special events in public places as
an effective aid to maintaining crowd behaviour.
CARRIED
FIREWORKS BAN RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning
and Regulatory Committee notes that the public places bylaw is currently being
reviewed and the issue of whether or not to control fireworks will be assessed
as part of this review.
CARRIED
HERITAGE ISSUES
That the
Committee receive the information of the Western Bays Community Board meeting of
19 April 2006.
CARRIED
SECOND GENERATION DISTRICT PLANS
That the Planning
and Regulatory Committee recommend to the Finance and Corporate Business
Committee that the sum of $150,000 be included in the 2006/2007 Annual Plan and
$300,000 in the 2007/2008 Annual Plan, for the establishment of and support for
a programme of works that will achieve the creation of a second generation
District Plan (2gDP).
Cr Armstrong moved the following amendment:
That officers report
on the report and resolution of the Eden/Albert Community Board, taking into
account the views of other community boards, and that the matter be reported
back to this committee.
A show of hands was
called for which resulted in 4 votes cast for the amendment and 6 against. The
amendment was declared LOST by 4 to 6.
The Chair moved the
substantive motion:
That the Planning
and Regulatory Committee recommend to the Finance and Corporate Business
Committee that the sum of $150,000 be included in the 2006/2007 Annual Plan and
$300,000 in the 2007/2008 Annual Plan, for the establishment of and support for
a programme of works that will achieve the creation of a second generation
District Plan (2gDP).
CARRIED
Cr Christian, Cr
Armstrong, Cr Raffills and Cr Millar requested their vote against the resolution
be recorded.
APPROVAL TO MAKE PLAN CHANGE 11 (ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL BLESSED
SACRAMENT CHAPEL) OF THE CENTRAL AREA SECTION OF THE DISTRICT PLAN OPERATIVE
That the Planning
and Regulatory Committee recommends to the full Council that:
- In accordance with clause 17(2) of the First Schedule of the Resource Management
Act 1991 the council approves Plan Change 11 to the Central Area Section of the
Operative District Plan being made operative, as the submission period has
lapsed and no submissions are lodged.
- That the Manager: Central Area Planning be authorised to publicly notify the
operative status of Plan Change 11 in accordance with (A) above.
CARRIED
RESCHEDULING OF 10 AUGUST 2006 MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND
REGULATORY COMMITTEE
That the 10
August 2006 meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee be rescheduled to
be held on Monday, 7 August 2006, commencing at 9.30am.
CARRIED
Cr Christian, Cr
Armstrong, Cr Raffills and Cr Millar requested their vote against the resolution
be recorded.
EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC : LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987
That the public
be excluded from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.
The general
subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason
for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds
under Section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:
|
Item No. |
General subject of
each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing
this resolution in relation to each matter |
Ground(s) under
section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution |
|
C1. |
Bylaws |
Good Reason to
withhold exists under section 7 |
Section 48(1)(a) |
|
C2 |
Options for
controlling the location of brothels and commercial sex premises |
Good Reason to
withhold exists under section 7 |
Section 48(1)(a) |
|
C3 |
Update of Heritage
Review and issues arising with scheduling private residences |
Good Reason to
withhold exists under section 7 |
Section 48(1)(a) |
This resolution is made in reliance on Section 48(1)(a) of the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular
interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which
would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the
proceedings of the meeting in public are as follows:
|
Item No. |
Reason to withhold
information under section 7 |
|
|
C1. |
To maintain legal professional
privilege. |
[Section 7(2)(g)] |
|
C2. |
To protect information where the
making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to
prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is
the subject of the information. |
[Section 7(2)(b)(ii)] |
|
C3. |
To protect information where the
making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to
prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is
the subject of the information. |
[Section 7(2)(b)(ii)] |
CARRIED
There being no
further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 12.45pm.
