(1) OBJECTIVE 1
To provide for residential development that maintains and enhances  neighbourhood amenities and qualities consistent with the aspirations of the individual communities within those areas.
(a) Policies
Objective 1 will be achieved by implementation of the following policies:
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(i) Require activities in residential areas to be sited, designed and operated in such a
way that avoids, remedies or mitigates adverse noise, privacy and traffic effects
on health, safety and amenity values.
(ii) Provide for residential development where servicing constraints do not exist and
ensure any required infrastructure upgrades are borne by the development.
(iii) Provide for higher density residential development (comprehensive residential
developments) where these can be accommodated in a manner that promotes
good urban design and does not detract from the character of the locality.
(iv) Provide services to a standard that can meet the demands of the intensity of
development.
(v) Provide flexibility for the development and operation of a range of non-residential
activities which are not incompatible in scale, intensity and character with the
residential area in which they are located.
(b) Reasons
(i) Residential areas are places where people seek to carry out home and leisure
activities free from the detrimental effects of noise, fumes, dust and other adverse
effects that can be associated with work, business, recreation and other activities.
(ii) There are negative effects associated with living in higher densities. These effects
can be reduced and/or avoided by building within the limits of specified
performance standards and adopting good urban design principles.
(iii) The use of resources, including land and services, can be reduced by higher
density living and the containment of residential activities.
(iv) The wellbeing of the community can be improved by providing for the type of
residential environment people want.
(2) OBJECTIVE 2
To develop residential areas free from the effects of hazards.
(a) Policies
Objective 2 will be achieved by implementation of the following policies:
(i) Identify hazards such as flooding, filled areas and mine shafts on the District Plan
maps and/or Council’s Land Information Memoranda and other information
systems.
(ii) Limit the development of land for residential purposes within areas subject to
inundation adjacent to the area zoned for flood ponding purposes in Paeroa.
(iii) In areas known to be subject to flooding establish building floor levels to avoid risk
to human life and mitigate risk to dwellings and communal buildings.
(iv) Avoid intensive residential development and subdivision in areas known to be
subject to flooding.
(v) Place constraints on development in areas of coastal erosion hazard potential at
Whiritoa.
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(b) Reasons
(i) Most hazards are of such a nature that no intervention or identification is required
within the District Plan. Rather, many hazards are of a “site specific” nature, and
can be properly addressed through other mechanisms such as the Project
Information Memorandum and Land Information Memorandum systems, and the
provisions of the Building Act.
(ii) Flooding is a recognised natural hazard that is appropriate to include in the
District Plan as it is of a general nature applying to identified areas.
(iii) The effects of coastal erosion at Whiritoa would increase if inappropriate
development occurred on or near the foredune area.
(3) OBJECTIVE 3
To avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse effect of residential and non-residential
developments on the environment and character of the locality.
(a) Policies
Objective 3 will be achieved by implementation of the following policies:
(i) Ensure development and subdivision is designed and located to:
(1) integrate well with the immediate locality;
(2) contribute positively to the streetscape;
(3) provide occupants of dwellings with a reasonable outlook, access to
sufficient open space and reasonable aural and visual privacy.
(ii) Ensure development and subdivision can be effectively serviced by local
infrastructure or in a manner which can protect the health and safety of residents
and does not have a detrimental effect on the environment.
(iii) Ensure development and subdivision can safely cater for on-site traffic, parking
and servicing needs and has safe and practical vehicular access to a public road.
(b) Reasons
(i) The Resource Management Act 1991 promotes the management (by various
means) of the effects of activities on the environment. The manner in which
residential activities are allowed to develop must be in accordance with that
emphasis.
(ii) A limited range of non-residential activities can operate without detriment to the
residential environment, as long as their effects are maintained within specific
limits. The ability of activities to remain within these limits needs to be monitored,
as does the appropriateness of the limits themselves.
(iii) Community expectations for environmental quality are continually changing
(usually to require greater residential amenity), and the performance standards
reflect that community expectation.