9.1.1 Access

1. Roading Hierarchy:
   1. When considering the following performance standards, these roads shall be considered as State Highways and Regional arterial roads.

      State Highways:

      State Highway 24
      State Highway 26
      State Highway 27
      State Highway 28
      State Highway 29
      State Highway 1

      Within Morrinsville

      Marshall Street
      Allen Street
      Waverley Avenue

      Regional Arterial Roads

      Tahuna-Ohinewai Road
      Morrinsville – Tahuna Road
      Tauhei Road
      Paeroa-Tahuna Road East and West
      Awaiti Road
      No. 1 Road
      Ngutumanga Road
      Tautiti Road
      Bowler Road
      Piako Road
      Kuranui Road
      Morrinsville-Walton Road, Walton Road
      Kereone Road - Ngarua Road
      Stanley Road North
      Stanley Road South
      Alexandra Road
      Wardville Road from State Highway 27 to Alexandra Road
      Tower Road from Broadway to bridge on Okauia Springs Road
      Te Poi Road
      Hinuera Road from State Highway 27 to Hopkins Road
      Hopkins Road

    

   2. Access to State Highways and Regional Arterial Roads
      1. No crossing place on to a State Highway or Regional Arterial Road shall be permitted to serve any proposed new activity unless the following criteria are met:
         1. No reasonably practicable alternative legal access is available to another road.
         2. The crossing is constructed in accordance with Council’s Standard Drawings in Appendix 3.
         3. There are less than 50 car equivalent movements daily within any one week, where a car equivalent movement is defined as follows:

             

            1 car to and from the site	=	2 car equivalent movements
            1 truck to and from the site	=	6 car equivalent movements
            1 truck and a trailer to and from the site	=	10 car equivalent movements
            Provided that a single residential dwelling is deemed to generate 8 car equivalent movements.

          

         4. Compliance with performance criteria in Appendix 3, Figure 10. Any access which is new or changed in character, intensity or scale of use and unable to comply with the criteria of Appendix 3, Figure 10 (1), (2), (3) and (4) shall be a discretionary activity.
      2. All properties with legal access to a State Highway or Regional Arterial Road shall provide all parking and manoeuvring on-site.

    

   3. Access to Rural Roads (open road speed limits apply)
      1. No vehicle entrance shall be constructed within 30m of a rural road intersection, as measured from the intersection of the legal road boundaries, or the edge of the road formation, whichever is closer to the entrance.
      2. Each new entrance shall be located in such a position as to provide adequate visibility for motorists entering and leaving the property. The required sight distance and lines of clear sight shall be as set out in Council’s Standard Drawings, in Appendix 3 depending on the type of entrance being constructed.
      3. All new rural entrances on District roads shall be constructed in accordance with Council’s Standard Drawings in Appendix 3.
      4. Where a building consent is issued for a new building on any site that does not already have a satisfactory entrance, the owner will be required to construct an entrance to the current standard.
      5. Council may require the upgrading of existing roads necessary to serve any controlled, discretionary or non-complying activities.

    

   4. Access to Urban Roads (50kmph/70kmph speed limits apply)
      1. All work on crossings within the road boundaries shall be done at the expense of the owner. This shall be done on a pre-paid basis. In respect of any premises requiring a crossing the charge will be the cost of construction of the crossing.
      2. Subdividers shall normally be required to provide only those crossings where the location is fixed at the time of subdivision, such as private ways. In all other cases, the crossings shall be constructed at the time of building as set out in Council’s Standard Drawings, in Appendix 3 depending on the type of entrance being constructed.
      3. Distance from Road Intersections - No vehicular access shall be located nearer than 8 metres in a Residential Zone, or nearer than 25 metres in a Business or Industrial Zone from the road intersection, measured from the intersection of the legal road boundaries or any part of a road on which the Council has resolved that no vehicle may stop in accordance with the provisions of the Transport Act and any Regulations pursuant to that Act.
      4. Within the "Specified Shopping Areas", no vehicular access shall be permitted to the property from the street over the front boundary of the property.

    

   5. Garages and Carports
      1. All garages and carports shall be set back 5 metres from the front/road boundary.
      2. All garages and carports in the Residential Zone within an identified Structure Plan (refer Activity Table 2.2) shall be set back 6 metres from the front/road boundary.

       

   6. Distances and Dimensions
      See Section 13, (Other Methods: Building Code).

    

   7. Pedestrian Access
      See Section 13, (Other Methods: Building Code).

    

   Objectives/Policies
   3.8.2	O1, O2, O4, O5	P1

    

   9.1.2 On-site Parking and Loading

   1. Loading Space Dimensions
      Activities requiring loading facilities or servicing from heavy vehicles shall comply with the 90 percentile design two axled truck swept path and minimum loading space dimensions or a greater dimension of design where articulated vehicles or trucks and trailers are anticipated.

    

   2. On-Site Parking and Loading
      Every person who proposes to erect, re-erect, construct or substantially reconstruct, alter or add to a building on a site or who changes the use of any land or building, shall provide suitable areas for the parking of vehicles and loading as required below:

    

   Activity	Parking Spaces Required
   Accommodation Facilities including:
   Dwellings (being one household unit)	2 spaces per dwelling Note : One may be “stacked” where it does not interfere with shared access.
   Home Occupations - involving retailing - no retailing Boarding houses, Hostels, Hotel Accommodation	4 spaces 1 space per 2 persons employed 1 space to every three persons designed to be accommodated plus 1 space per 2 staff members.
   Motel, Lodges, Camping Grounds, Caravan Parks	1 space per unit place plus 1 per two staff members.
   Places of Assembly including:
   Clubrooms, Restaurants, Cafes, Churches and Mortuary Chapels, Funeral Directors.	1 space for ten persons the facility is designed to cater for, or 1 space per 10m2 Gross Floor Area. (Participants and spectators are to be catered for).
   Halls, Theatres, Libraries, Gymnasiums and other Places of Assembly. Recreational and Community Activities with no buildings.	1 space per ten persons the facility is designed to accommodate.
   Education Facilities including :
   Pre-schools, Kindergartens, Childcare Centres, Primary and Intermediate Schools, Educational Institutions with less than 50 pupils.	2 spaces for every 3 permanent fulltime staff member plus 2 spaces for visitors. 1 loading space for buses and vans.
   Secondary Schools, and Educational Institutions with 50 or more pupils.	2 spaces for every 3 permanent fulltime staff member plus 2 spaces for visitors plus provision for pupil’s vehicles assessed by a discretionary use application. 1 loading space per 50 pupils for buses and vans.
   Business Activities including :
   Retail shops (including drive-in retail facilities and banks) Administrative, Commercial and Professional Offices not in a residential building	1 space for 40m2 of gross floor area.
   Motor Vehicle and Agricultural Implement sales yards	1 space per 150m2 of display area.
   Medical Centres, Hospitals, Hospices	4 spaces per professional person plus 1 space per 2 staff.
   Service Stations and premises for Assembly, Repair of Motor Vehicles	1 space for every service bay plus one on-site parking area for service tankers.
   Warehouse and Storage Facilities (indoor or outdoor), Auction Rooms	1 space per 100m2 gross floor area so used.
   Commercial Services, Hire Centres, Dry Cleaning Depots, Repair Service, Tradesman’s Workshops	1 space per 40m2 of gross floor area.
   Industrial Users	1 space per 50m2 of gross floor area.
   Works and Network Utilities	All permanent employee parking and loading requirements to be on-site.

   3. Exclusion of Land for Service Lane or Road
      All parking and loading spaces and manoeuvring areas shall be provided on-site exclusive of land required for service lane or road.

    

   4. Design and Location of Access Points
      All accesses shall be designed and located to ensure minimum sight distances from the access are not less than those specified in Appendix 3.
      
      depending on the type and volume of traffic intended to use the access.

    

   5. Location of Parking and Loading Areas
      • The provision for parking and loading in respect of any site shall not be on:
        • part of any manoeuvring area or access lane, or road.
        • any screening required by this Plan.
        • any solid waste storage area required by this Plan.
      • Parking and loading spaces are to be either visible from the public road or clearly signposted at the road frontage.

   
   Provided that in the business and industrial zones manoeuvring may be on service lanes.

   6. Formation of Access, Parking and Loading areas
      Parking and loading areas shall be formed and paved with an all-weather surface so as not to create a dust nuisance to adjoining properties.
      
      All shared private access, parking or loading areas, including rights of way, access lots and common area for access, and private access to a rear lot shall be formed and paved with an all weather surface at least in accordance with the standards and specifications shown in Appendix 7 generally in accordance with Section 302.10.5.3 NZS 4404: 1981 other than lots within the rural and rural-residential zones. In the business and industrial zones all access, parking and loading areas shall be constructed to carry the volume and weight of traffic likely to use the areas.
      
      All new developments or any activity subject to a resource consent in the industrial zone shall provide access to the property over a complying entranceway in accordance with the construction standards in Appendix 3.

    

   7. Stacked Parking
      Council shall accept stacked parking only in the case of dwellings provided that the stacking area is exclusive of all those matters listed in (vi) above.

    

   8. Reverse Manoeuvring
      When three or more parking spaces or any loading space or spaces are required by this Plan to be provided on a site, sufficient space shall be provided on-site so that no reverse manoeuvring on to or from a road is needed. The manoeuvring space provided shall take into account the type of vehicle anticipated.
      
      Provided that: this requirement shall not apply where vehicular access to any such parking or loading space or spaces is obtained from a service lane.

    

   9. Stock Underpasses
      Where as a result of subdivision or aggregation of the activity as existed at November 1996 a dairy farm is divided by a public road or other transportation corridor the following works shall be undertaken:
      1. For dairy farm units located on roads with a vehicle count of at least 250 vehicles per day (vpd), the construction of a stock underpass beneath the road in accordance with the construction standards contained in Appendix 8.
      2. For dairy farm units located on roads with a vehicle count of less than 250 vpd the construction of a seal coat with effluent drainage shall be placed over the road crossing used by stock, in accordance with the construction standards contained in Appendix 8.
      3. All such crossings shall be maintained in a clean condition.

    

   10. Access to Rural Properties.
       Any vehicles disposing of rural or industrial waste onto a property, and any rural activity subject to a resource consent, shall gain access to that property over a complying heavy vehicle entranceway in accordance with the construction standards in Appendix 3.
       Provided that:
       
       In assessing what vehicle entranceway is required, Council may require a lesser standard whereby no adverse effects are generated by the activity having a regard to the following:
       • Traffic safety;
       • Visibility requirements;
       • Vehicle movements per day past the entranceway;
       • Speed limits;
       • Locality of other entranceways;
       • Width of road;
       • Culverts and drains;
       • Type of road;
       • Effects of the activity on access.

    

   11. Service Lanes
       All new activities shall provide Council with land for a service lane at the rear or at the side of the site as required in accordance with the planning maps. The service lane widths and dimensions required from each site shall be in accordance with dimensions set down on the planning maps.

    

   12. Signs
       See Section 3, Development Controls.

    

   Objectives/Policies
   3.8.2	O2, O3, O4, O5	P2

    

   Explanation

   The provision of access, parking and loading areas has a significant impact on both the amenity of the adjacent area and the safety and efficiency of the roading network adjoining the site. The proposed rules are intended to ensure that the location, formation and use of these areas do not compromise the enjoyment and use of adjacent properties and facilities.

    

   
   

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