Council Position of the Residential Zones to 081 Unitary Plan

8/19/2019 Council Position of the Residential Zones to 081 Unitary Plan

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Residential Zones


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Terrace Housing and Apartment Building zone

• Objectives seek to achieve an urban residential character, enabling

terrace housing or apartment building development of four to sixstoreys (proposed change – five to seven storeys).

• Applied to areas that are highly accessible and adjacent to

metropolitan, town and local centres and transport links.

Four - six storey

apartments

Terrace housing


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Key permitted activities:• Up to two dwellings per site.

• Home occupations• Care centres accommodating up to 10 people per site, excluding staff

• Supported residential care, boarding houses and visitor accommodation

accommodating up to 10 people per site, including staff and residents / visitors

• Demolition, alterations and additions to dwellings

• Conversion of single dwelling into two dwellings

• Accessory buildings

Notification

• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height infringements greater than 2m,

Building setbacks and HIRB, HIRB when the development adjoins a lower density zone,

building coverage, landscaping) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.


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Rule Summary of Rule

Density No density controls apply

Building height 16m or 19.5m or 22.5m in identified locations.

2m infringement requires non‐notified resource consent.

Height in Relation

to Boundary

3m + 45 degrees on side and rear

boundaries.

Alternative Height

in Relation to

Boundary

Restricted discretionary activity, subject to consideration of effects

on neighbours.

Buildings must not exceed a height of 8m + 60 degrees within 20m

of the front boundary.

Maximum

Impervious Area

Maximum 70% of the site

Maximum Building

Coverage


Minimum

Landscaping

Minimum 30% of the site

Minimum 50% within the front yard.



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Mixed Housing Urban zone

• Objectives seek to achieve an urban residential character of up to

three storeys.

• Applied to areas with good access to transport and services, close

to higher density residential, business zones and transport links.

Low rise apartments Detached dwellingLow rise terrace housing


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Key permitted activities:• Up to two dwellings per site







Notification

• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height, HIRB, Alternative HIRB, building

coverage, landscaping) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.


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Density No density controls apply

Building height 11m + 1m for roof form

Height in Relation

to Boundary 3m + 45 degrees on side and rear boundaries.

Alternative Height

in Relation toBoundary

Restricted discretionary activity, subject to consideration of effects

on neighbours.3.6m + 73.3 degrees up to 6.9m in height, then 45 degrees.

Maximum

Impervious AreaMaximum 60% of the site

Maximum

BuildingCoverage


Minimum

LandscapingMinimum 35% of the net site




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Mixed Housing Suburban zone

• Objectives seek to achieve a suburban residential character of up to

two storeys.

• Most widespread residential zone that provides a transition between

the Mixed Housing Urban and Single House zone.

Low rise terrace housing Detached dwellingAttached/duplex

dwellings


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Key permitted activities:• Up to two dwellings per site







Notification

• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height, HIRB, Alternative HIRB, building

coverage, landscaping) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.


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Rule Proposed change

Density Sites up to 1000m2 ‐ 1 dwelling per 200m2 site area

No density controls apply for sites over 1000m2

Building scale and form managed through development controls and design

criteria

Building height 8m + 1m for roof form

Height in Relation

to Boundary

2.5m + 45 degrees on side and rear boundaries

Alternative Height

in Relation to

Boundary

Restricted discretionary activity, subject to consideration of effects on

neighbours.

3.6m + 73.3 degrees up to 6.9m in height, then 45 degrees.

MaximumImpervious Area Maximum 60% of the site

Maximum

Building

Coverage


Minimum

Landscaping

Minimum 40% of the site




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Key differences between MHS, MHU, and

THAB

Rule Mixed Housing Suburban Mixed Housing Urban THAB

Dwelling activity

status

1-2 dwellings = permitted

3+ dwellings = restricted

discretionary

1-2 dwellings = permitted

3+ dwellings = restricted

discretionary

1 dwelling = permitted

3+ dwellings = RD

Maximum density One dwelling per 200m2 on

sites smaller than 1000m2

(non-compliance with this is adiscretionary activity)

No density controls for sites

over 1000m2

No density controls No density controls

Maximum height 8m + 1m for roof form 11m + 1m for roof form 16m + 2m for roof form

Maximum

impervious area

60% 60% 70%

Maximum building

coverage

40% 45% 50%

Minimum

landscaping

40% 35% 30%


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Single House zone

• Objectives seek to maintain and complement areas with identified historic

character or environmental values and limit growth in areas with significant

environmental or infrastructure constraints or poor accessibility to the City

Centre, Metropolitan, Town and Local Centres, the existing or planned

public transport network or large urban facilities.

• Applied to locations further away from centres, historic character areas,

areas subject to natural hazards, and serviced villages.


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Single House zone

Key permitted activities:• One dwelling per site




• Alterations and additions to dwellings

• Demolition of buildings

• Conversion of an existing dwelling to two.• Accessory buildings

• A minor dwelling where it is located within an Historic Character overlay and

outside an identified flood plain.

Notification

• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height, HIRB, building coverage,landscaping) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.


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Single House zone


Dwelling activity status One dwelling per site = Permitted

More than one dwelling per site= Discretionary

Minimum lot size for

subdivision

600m2

*different lot sizes apply in areas subject to the additional

subdivision control. These are generally in serviced village

locations.

Maximum height 8m + 1m for roof form

Height in relation to

boundary


Maximum impervious

area


Building coverage Maximum 35% of the site

landscaping Minimum 40% of the site

Minimum 50% within the front yard


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Rural and Coastal Settlement zone

• This zone applies to unserviced rural and coastal Villages located

outside urban areas in a variety of environments including highquality landscape areas and coastal areas.

• Objectives seek to maintain a rural and coastal residential character

and respond to infrastructure constraints.


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• Grazing of livestock on sites greater than 2,000m2 net site area

• Demolition, Alterations and additions to dwellings


Notification• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height, HIRB, building

coverage) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.



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Dwelling activitystatus

No change


subdivision

2500m2 but this is varied through precincts or area

specific additional subdivision controls.


Height in relation toboundary


Maximum impervious

area

35 per cent of site area or 1400m², whichever is the lesser

Building coverage 20 per cent of net site area or 200m², whichever is the

lesser.


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Large Lot zone

• The Large Lot zone is generally located on the periphery of urban

areas and provides a transition from urban to rural areas.

• Development is managed to take account of infrastructure or

geographical constraints and/or landscape qualities.


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Large Lot zone



• Grazing of livestock on sites greater than 2,000m2 net site area

• Demolition, Alterations and additions to dwellings


Notification• Applications to infringe core development controls (Height, HIRB, side and rear yards,

building coverage) subject to the normal tests for notification under the RMA.


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Large Lot zone


Dwelling activitystatus

1 dwelling per site


subdivision

4000m2 but this is varied through precincts or area

specific additional subdivision controls.


Yards Front yard 10m Side and Rear Yards 6m

Maximum

impervious area

35 per cent of the site area or 1400m2, whichever is the

lesser

Building coverage 20 per cent of net site area or 400m², whichever is the lesser


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Business Zones


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Zones

Commercial

• Metropolitan Centre• Town Centre

• Local Centre

• Neighbourhood Centre

• Mixed Use

• General Business• Business Park

Industry

• Light Industry• Heavy Industry


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Metropolitan Centre

• Applies to centres that serve sub-regional catchments, act as focal

points for community and commercial activity, and contain hubsserving high frequency transport.

• Objectives seek to enable significant development and

intensification, and provide for a wide range of commercial,

community, and residential activity.


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Metropolitan CentreKey permitted activities:

• Retail and offices of any scale

• Supermarkets of any scale

• Trade suppliers, garden centres, marine retail• Commercial services

• Food and beverage

• Dwellings, retirement villages, boarding houses, visitor accommodation and supported

residential care

• Care centres, community facilities, education facilities, healthcare facilities, recreation

facilities, and tertiary education facilities• Light manufacturing and servicing, repair and maintenance services, warehousing and

storage

Notification

• Applications to infringe height and height in relation to boundary controls are subject to the

normal tests for notification under the RMA.

Development

• Restricted discretionary consent required for new buildings.


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Metropolitan CentreRule Summary of Rule

Building height 72.5m, except in some centres where a lower height limit applies,

such as Newmarket (32.5m), Papakura (27m – 40.5m)

Height in Relation

to Boundary

Dependant on adjoining zone.

Single House and MHS: 2.5m + 45 degrees

MHU: 3m + 45 degrees

THAB, Mixed Use and General Business: 8m + 60 degrees

Public Open Space: 8.5m / 16.5 (depending on direction of

boundary) + 45 degrees.

Building setback at

upper floors

Building must be set back 6m at a height of 32.5m

Buildings fronting the

street

Buildings subject to the Key Retail Frontage layer must adjoin the

entire length of the site frontage

Glazing Different glazing rules apply according to the frontage control thatapplies

Maximum Building

Coverage

No limit on building coverage or impervious area

Yards 3m rear and side yards apply at the boundary with residential

zones or the Maori Purpose zone.


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Town Centre

• Applies to suburban centres that are typically located on main

arterial roads and have good public transport access.

• Objectives seek to provide for a wide range of commercial activities

and enable development and intensification.


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Town CentreKey permitted activities:

• Retail and offices of any scale

• Supermarkets of any scale

• Trade suppliers, garden centres, marine retail• Commercial services


• Dwellings, retirement villages, boarding houses, visitor accommodation and supported

residential care


facilities, and tertiary education facilities• Light manufacturing and servicing, repair and maintenance services, warehousing and

storage

Notification



Development



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Local Centre

• Applies to small centres that provide for the local convenience

needs of the surrounding residential area, and are generally wellconnected to public transport networks.

• Objectives seek to enable commercial activity that provides for

local convenience needs.


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Local CentreKey permitted activities:

• Retail up to 450m² GFA per tenancy

• Offices up to 500m² GFA per site

• Supermarkets up to 2,000m² GFA per tenancy• Commercial services


• Dwellings, boarding houses, visitor accommodation and supported residential care


facilities, recreation facilities

• Light manufacturing and servicing, repair and maintenance services, warehousing andstorage

Notification



Development• Restricted discretionary consent required for new buildings.


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Local CentreRule Summary of Rule

Building height 18m, unless a different height is specified by the Additional Zone

Height Control. Of this 18m, 16m is occupiable building height,and 2m is additional height for roof form.

Height in Relation

to Boundary




THAB: 8m + 60 degrees

Public Open Space: 4.5m + 45 degreesGlazing The ground floor of buildings must be glazed for at least 50 per

cent of its width and 50 per cent of its height where it faces a

street or other public open space

Maximum Building

Coverage



zones or the Maori Purpose zone.


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Neighbourhood Centre

• Applies to single corner stores or small groups of shops primarily

located in residential neighbourhoods.

• Objectives seek to provide for commercial activities limited in range

and scale to serve local residents and passers-by, and small scale

buildings typically up to three storeys high.


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Neighbourhood CentreKey permitted activities:

• Retail up to 450m² GFA per tenancy


• Supermarkets up to 450m² GFA per tenancy• Commercial services


• Dwellings, boarding houses, visitor accommodation and supported residential care

• Care centres, community facilities, education facilities, and healthcare facilities

• Repair and maintenance services

Notification



Development

• Restricted discretionary consent required for new buildings


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Neighbourhood CentreRule Summary of Rule

Building height 13m, of which, 11m is occupiable building height, and 2m is

additional height for roof form

Height in Relation

to Boundary





Public Open Space: 4.5m + 45 degrees

Glazing The ground floor of buildings must be glazed for at least 50 percent of its width and 50 per cent of its height where it faces a

street or other public open space

Maximum Building

Coverage


Yards 3m rear and side yards apply at the boundary with residentialzones or the Maori Purpose zone.


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Mixed Use

• Typically applies around centres and along sections of the rapid

and frequent service network, and forms a transition, in terms ofscale and activity, between centres and residential areas.

• Objectives provide for a range of residential and commercial

activities, provided that they do not diminish from the function, role

and amenity of the city centre, metropolitan centres, town centresand local centres.


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Mixed UseKey permitted activities:

• Retail up to 200m² GFA per tenancy, where it is located within a 200m walk from the centre

zones (excluding Neighbourhood Centre)

• Offices up to 500m² GFA per site• Supermarkets up to 450m² GFA per tenancy

• Commercial services

• Food and beverage, where it is located within a 200m walk from the centre zones (excluding

Neighbourhood Centre) or forms part of an integrated retail development of up to 5 retail

activities or a maximum total GFA of 1,000m²

• Drive-through restaurants• Dwellings, retirement villages, boarding houses, visitor accommodation and supported

residential care

• Care centres, community facilities, education facilities, and healthcare facilities

• Repair and maintenance services, warehousing and storage

Notification

• Applications to infringe height and height in relation to boundary controls are subject to thenormal tests for notification under the RMA.

Development



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Mixed UseRule Summary of Rule

Building height 18m, unless a different height is specified by the Additional Zone

Height Control. Of this 18m, 16m is occupiable building height,and 2m is additional height for roof form

Height in Relation

to Boundary






Building setback at

upper floors

Building must be set back 6m at a height of 27m

Maximum Building

Coverage



zones or the Maori Purpose zone


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General Business

• Provides for business activities that may be less appropriate for or

unable to locate in centres, including light industry, large formatretail and trade suppliers.

• Typically located in areas close to the City Centre, Metropolitan

Centre or Town Centre zones or within identified growth corridors

where there is good transport access and exposure to customers.

• Has a limited application, but forms an important part of the

strategy to provide for commercial growth and manage the effects

of large formal retail. Typically applied to existing areas of large

formal retail.


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General BusinessKey permitted activities:

• Retail greater than 450m² GFA per tenancy


• Commercial services• Food and beverage

• Drive-through restaurants

• Trade suppliers, marine retail, garden centres, motor vehicle sales

• Recreation facilities

• Industrial activities, light manufacturing and servicing, repair and maintenance services,

warehousing and storage

Notification


normal tests for notification under the RMA

Development



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General BusinessRule Summary of Rule

Building height 16.5m

Height in Relation

to Boundary






Landscaping A landscape buffer of 2m in depth must be provided along thestreet frontage between the street and car parking, loading or

service areas visible from the street frontage (excluding access

points)

Maximum Building

Coverage



zones or the Maori Purpose zone


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Business ParkKey permitted activities:

• Offices, although these are generally subject to a GFA threshold appropriate to the location

• Supermarkets up to 450m² GFA per tenancy

• Commercial services• Food and beverage

• Care centres, healthcare facilities, recreation facilities.

• Light manufacturing and servicing, repair and maintenance services, warehousing and

storage

Notification• Applications to infringe height and height in relation to boundary controls are subject to the

normal tests for notification under the RMA

Development



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Light Industry

• Provides for industrial activities that do not generate objectionable odour,

dust or noise, such as manufacturing, production, logistics, storage,transport and distribution activities.

• Provides for some lawfully established heavy industry and commercial

activities.

• Limits the establishment of new commercial activity.

• Limits activities sensitive to odour, dust or noise, and ensures that effects

at the interface with adjacent zones are managed.

• A moderate to high level of air quality amenity applies in the zone.


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Heavy Industry

• Provides for large scale, low-intensity industrial activities that may

produce objectionable odour, dust or noise.

• A reduced level of air quality amenity applies within the zone.

• Typically applies over established areas of heavy industry that are

located close to freight routes.

• Limits new commercial or residential activities that could create

reverse sensitivity effects.


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Heavy IndustryKey permitted activities:

• Industrial activities

• Accessory offices that do not exceed 30% of all GFA on site or 100m²

• Accessory retail where the goods sold are manufactured on site and the retail GFA does notexceed 10% of all buildings on the site

• Storage and lock-up facilities

• Accessory education and tertiary education activities

• Dairies up to 100m² GFA and food and beverage up to 120m² GFA

Notification



• Applications for offices listed as a non-complying activity will be publicly notified

Development

• No resource consent required for new buildings that do not infringe development controls


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Light and Heavy Industry controlsRule Summary of Rule

Building height 20m

Height in Relation

to Boundary

Applies at the boundary with residential zones, public open space

zones, and Special Purpose – Maori Purpose zone and School

zone: 8m + 18 degrees

Maximum Building

Coverage


Yards Front: 3mRear and side: 5m, where the boundary adjoins a residential

zone, public open space zone, or the special purpose zones listed

in HIRB

Landscaping Yards must be planted with a mixture of trees, shrubs or ground

cover plants for the full extent of the yard

Storage and screening Any outdoor storage or rubbish collection area directly facing a

residential zone, public open space zone or one of the listed

special purpose zones must be screened from those areas by

landscaping, or a solid wall or fence at least 1.8m high


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Rural Zones

Rural Zones summary


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Zone Key Objectives

Rural production Provides for rural production activities and rural industries

Productive capability is protected from inappropriate subdivisionand activities.

Mixed Rural Provides for rural production and greater flexibility for the

establishment of non-residential activities such as cafes, produce

sales and visitor-related activities

Rural Coastal Recognises rural character and amenity values, local coastal

character and biodiversity values of rural areas along Auckland’s

coastline, while enabling rural production and local non-residential

activities.

Rural

Conservation Zone is spatially smaller than other rural zones and recognises high

natural values and habitats. Provides for ongoing established

activities to continue but adopts a conservative approach to newland use and development.

Countryside

LivingProvides for rural lifestyle living on land closer to urban Auckland.

The zone is the principal receiver zone for Transferable Rural Site

Subdivision from other zones.

Rural Zones – summary

General principles for Rural Zones


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General principles for Rural Zones

Overarching strategy

• to protect rural land for its productive potential, its rural character and

amenity values, its landscape features and its biodiversity

• to protect rural land from inappropriate subdivision, urban use and

development

• the productive capacity of elite and prime land is maintained forprimary production purposes, not rural lifestyle living

• further fragmentation of rural land is prevented through

amalgamation and transfer of rural sites through Transferable Rural

Site Subdivision (TRSS)

• rural subdivision protects significant biodiversity


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Rural subdivision

• In situ subdivision – site size:

• Countryside Living zone – 2 ha minimum lot size and 1 ha with TRSS

Zone Min. averagesite size (ha)

Min.site size(ha)

Rural Production 100 80

Mixed Rural 50 40

Rural Coastal 50 40

Rural Conservation 20 10

Rural Subdivision cont’d


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Rural Subdivision cont’d

Minimum site sizes appropriate given the:

• rural character and amenity associated with each of the zones;• fundamental purpose of each of the zones; and

• likely resulting total yield from subdivision in rural areas as modelled by

Council

Rural Subdivision enables:

• a development entitlement to be created by the environmental enhancement

of an area adjoining an existing SEA. The development entitlement

generated only after area has reached SEA quality or is guaranteed to do

so; and

• development entitlements generated through enhancement as well as SEA

protection can be realised on-site (i.e. they do not have to be transferred toa Countryside Living zone)


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Rural provisions

• ‘Post harvest facilities’ in the Rural Production and Mixed Rural Zones

specifically added to the rural activity table as Restricted Discretionary Activities

in the rural coastal, mixed rural and rural production zones.

• A definition of ‘post harvest facilities’ added as follows:

“Buildings operated by any number of growers on a co-operative or commercial basis and used for the

storage, packing, washing, inspecting and grading of eggs, fruit, vegetables, or other (natural and

unprocessed) primary produce brought to the post-harvest facility from a range of locations, and includes all

activities that are an integral aspect of post-harvest operations.”

• ‘Subsidiary dwellings’ in all rural zones added to the activity table as a Restricted

Discretionary Activity.

• A definition of ‘subsidiary dwellings’ added as follows:

“ Dwellings erected in a rural zone which are occupied exclusively by dependent relatives of the occupiers of

the principal dwelling on the same site.”

Documents

Council Position of the Residential Zones to 081 Unitary Plan