Proposed plan modification
From City Scene, published on 28 September 2008
Auckland City Council has prepared the following plan
modification to the central area district plan under the Resource Management Act
1991 (RMA).
Proposed plan modification 9 is a plan change that seeks to
amend part 15.5 general rules and other related parts of the operative central
area district plan (central area section 2004), including part 14.7 Viaduct
Harbour Precinct to enable the continued use of the central area of Auckland
city as a live and vibrant place through the facilitation of temporary
activities such as events and art works.
The plan change will allow temporary activities or events
up to 21 days as permitted activities where an event permit has been issued
under the relevant bylaws and where noise controls are complied with. All other
events will continue to require a resource consent whilst acknowledging that
events less than 21 days duration and complying with noise controls can be
processed without public notification. More flexible provisions are introduced
for temporary static and or non-noisy artworks and for activities and structures
associated with major events such as the Rugby World Cup 2011.
Consequential amendments are proposed to the policies of
part 3 - Resource Management, part 14.2 - Public Open Space Precincts and part
16 - Definitions, including definitions for event, event permit and major event.
Places to view proposal
The plan change and background information may be
viewed online free of
charge or during business
hours at:
- level 11, Civic Administration Building, 1 Greys Avenue,
central city
- the reference section of the Central City Library, 44-46
Lorne Street, central city
- Leys Institute , 20 St Marys Bay Road, Ponsonby
- Parnell community library, 545 Parnell Road.
Please phone the duty planner, central area, on 379 2020 if
you have any questions about the proposal.
Submissions close on Monday, 27 October 2008. Your submission must be in the
format outlined in the Resource Management Act. You can
print submission forms
that follow this format or get them from the places listed above.
Any person may make a submission on the proposal. Lodge
your submission:
- by posting it to the manager, City Planning, Auckland
City Council, Private Bag 92516 Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141
- online (conditions
apply, see this site)
- at level 11, Civic Administration Building, 1 Greys
Avenue, central city.
Taking part
(Taken from the Resource Management Act 1991).
The process for public participation in the consideration
of a proposed plan modification under the Act is as follows.
- After the closing date for submissions, the council must
prepare a summary of the submissions and this summary must be publicly notified;
and
- There must be an opportunity to make further submissions
in support of, or in opposition to, the submissions already made; and
- If a person making a submission asks to be heard in
support of his or her submission, a hearing must be held; and
- The council must give its decision on the proposal
(including its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions); and
- Any person who has made a submission has the right to
appeal the decision on the proposed plan modification to the Environment Court.
