Minutes of Unitary Plan Committee

Unitary Plan Committee

29 April 2015

1 Apologies

Resolution number UNI/2015/61

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Cr CM Casey:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a) accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Chairperson PA Hulse, Cr DA Krum, and Cr WD Walker for absence.

CARRIED

2 Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

3 Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number UNI/2015/62

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr CM Casey:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

4 Petitions

There were no petitions.

5 Public Input

There was no public input.

6 Local Board Input

There was no local board input.

7 Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

8 Notices of Motion

There were no notices of motion.

9 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

10 Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number UNI/2015/63

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Member L Ngamane:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a) exclude the public 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 follows.

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, as follows:

C1 Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - council position for mediation and hearings - Public Open Space

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(g) - The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege.

In particular, the report contains legal advice.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

8.43am The public was excluded.

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

9.28am The public was re-admitted.

restatementS

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - council position for mediation and hearings - Public Open Space

Resolution number UNI/2015/64

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Member J Smith:

That the Unitary Plan Committee support:

Public Open Space Zones Activity Table

a) a more restrictive activity status being applied to the following activities (in certain situations) as set out in the Public Open Space Zones Activity Table after f) below:

· clubrooms;

· observation areas, viewing platforms and related structures;

· parks depot, storage and maintenance;

· recreation facilities;

· visitor accommodation.

b) the following activities being deleted as set out in the Public Open Space Zones Activity Table after f) below:

i) offices and administration accessory to a permitted activity (as this activity is inherent in the definition of the respective land use activities);

ii) stormwater management devices (as this activity is provided for in the Network Utility rules).

c) a less restrictive activity status being applied to the following activities (in certain situations) as set out in the Public Open Space Zones Activity Table after f) below:

i) conservation planting;

ii) markets;

iii) restaurants and cafes (provided they are accessory to and contained in the same building as a permitted activity).

d) the following activities being added to the Public Open Space Zones Activity Table as set out after f) below:

i) art galleries;

ii) early childhood learning services not otherwise provided for;

iii) forestry.

CARRIED

Resolution number UNI/2015/65

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Member L Ngamane:

That the Unitary Plan Committee support:

e) amending the development controls so that the normal tests for notification apply to development that infringes building height, gross floor area or site coverage controls.

f) retaining the status of “activities in accordance with an adopted reserve management plan, conservation management strategy or conservation management plan”.

Summary of amendments to the Public Open Space Zones Activity

Activity	Conservation	Informal Rec	Sport & Active Rec	Civic	Community
Land Use
Art galleries, aArts and cultural centres	NC	D	D	D	P
Clubrooms	D	RD D	P	D	P
Conservation planting	P	P	P	NC P	NC P
Early childhood learning services not otherwise provided for	NC	D	D	D	RD
Forestry	D	D	D	NC	NC
Grandstands	NC	NC	RD	NC	NC
Libraries	NC	D	D	D	P
Markets	NC	RD	RD	RD P	RD P
Marae complexes	D	P	P	P	P
~~Offices and administration accessory to a permitted activity~~	P	P	P	P	P
Parks depot, storage and maintenance	RD	P RD	P	NC	NC
Restaurant and cafes, excluding a drive-through facility, accessory to and contained within the same building as a permitted activity and further than 50m from a residential zone	NC D	RD	RD P	RD	RD P
Restaurant and cafes, excluding a drive-through facility, accessory to and contained within the same building as a permitted activity and within 50m from a residential zone	NC D	D	D RD	D	D RD
Recreation facilities	D NC	RD D	P	D	P
~~Stormwater management devices~~	D	D	D	D	D
Visitor accommodation – huts and lodges only	D	RD D	NC	NC	NC
Development
Observation areas, viewing platforms and related structures	P RD	P	P	P	P

Key

P = Permitted Activity

RD = Restricted Discretionary Activity

D = Discretionary Activity

NC = Non-complying Activity

CARRIED

Resolution number UNI/2015/66

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Darby:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

Public Open Space Zones – Land Use and Development Controls

g) support retaining the building height controls.

h) support retaining the gross floor area controls.

i) support increasing the maximum site coverage control in the Public Open Space – Sport and Active Recreation zone from 20% to 30%.

j) support amending the calculation of maximum site coverage in the Public Open Space – Conservation zone from 1% of the site area to 1% on any one hectare of the site.

k) support a new precinct being developed for the Auckland Netball Centre to give effect to the Environment Court consent order issued in 2004.

Restatements

l) note that the report and attachments regarding – Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan – council position for mediation and hearings - Public Open Space – will remain confidential until the conclusion of the Proposed Unitary Plan Hearings.

m) note that the minutes a) –k) above will be restated in the open section of the minutes and reflected in the draft provisions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel website as soon as practicable after the meeting.

CARRIED

9.28 am The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Unitary Plan Committee HELD ON

DATE:.........................................................................

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................

Chairperson	Cr Alf Filipaina
Members	Cr Anae Arthur Anae
	Cr Dr Cathy Casey
	Cr Chris Darby
	Liane Ngamane
	Josie Smith
	Cr Penny Webster	Until item C1, 9.21am.

	Mayor Len Brown, JP
	Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse
	Cr Denise Krum
	Cr Wayne Walker

	Andrew Baker	Franklin Local Board Chair
	Simon Randall	Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Chair