"Official Sign" means all regulatory traffic and official signs approved by a road controlling authority or provided for under any legislation which are erected on a legal road or motorway.

"Overland Flow Paths" means those within the defined flood hazard areas.

“Parent lot” means the Certificate of Title which is the subject of the subdivision.

"Place of Assembly" means land or buildings for the purposes of the congregation of people for deliberation, entertainment, cultural, recreation or similar purposes and includes, but is not necessarily limited to, churches, halls, community facilities, funeral chapels including crematorium on the same site, clubrooms, taverns, restaurants, art galleries, theatres, sports fields, and tourist facilities.

"Plantation Forest" means land planted and managed for commercial wood production, the preparation of land for planting and the extraction of timber but does not include the milling or processing of timber. Plantation Forestry has a corresponding meaning. For the avoidance of doubt this definition includes that land already planted on Lot 1 DPS 53795, & Lot 1 DPS 57167, Lots 1 & 2 DPS 30665, Lot 1 DPS 56244.

“Pre-development” means the state of a site before any works, permitted or as part of a resource consent, have been undertaken.

“Private way” can include a right of way or an access lot and means any way or passage whatsoever over private land within a district, the right to use which is confined or intended to be confined to certain persons or classes of persons, and which is not thrown open or intended to be open to the use of the public generally; and includes any such way or passage.  This term is used interdependently with the term ‘private access’ used in Table 3.1 of the MPDC Development Manual 2010.

"Public Reserves" means all reserves held under the Reserves Act 1977, wildlife refuges, sanctuaries under the Wildlife Act 1953 and marginal strips, steward strip areas, conservation parks, ecological areas, sanctuary areas under the Conservation Act 1981 and National Parks under the National Parks Act 1980.

“Regular stock movement” means the movement of dairy herds which occur more than two times per month.

"Retailing" means any activity on land and/or within a building or part of a building whereby goods and services are sold, exposed or offered for sale to the public, but does not include the sale of fuel for motor vehicles, restaurants, warehouses, or the storage, distribution or assembly of goods.

"Retirement Village" is a residential complex providing accommodation to residents who are at least 55 years or older.

“Reverse sensitivity” means the potential for the operation of an existing lawfully established activity to be constrained or curtailed by a proposed or more recent activity which is sensitive to the adverse environmental effects being generated by the pre-existing activity.

“Right of way” is the right to pass over property owned by another, or provides the right to another party, to provide access.  Is usually based upon an easement.

“Road” shall have the same meaning as defined in the Resource Management Act and “Limited Access Road” shall have the same meaning as in the Local Government Act.

“Road carriageway” is that land within the road boundary that has been developed for the passage of vehicles.

“Rural based industry” means primary industry or rural service businesses which require a rural location and includes mining, quarrying and processing, rural contractor depots, and packhouses and coolstores with a floor area greater than 150m^².

“Rural character” includes the following elements:

1. A predominance of natural features over human made features;
2. High ratio of open space relative to built environment;
3. Significant areas of vegetation in pasture, crops, forestry and/or indigenous vegetation;
4. A rural working production environment;
5. Presence of farmed animals;
6. Noises, smells and effects associated with the use of rural land for a wide range of agricultural, horticultural and forestry purposes;
7. Low population densities relative to urban areas;
8. Existence of some narrow and/or unsealed roads;
9. General lack of urban infrastructure;
10. At a district wide level, infrequently occurring rural based industry.

“Rural production activities” means permitted activities that involve the production (but not the processing) of primary products.

“Rural-Residential Lot” means for the purposes of applying development controls and servicing a rural activity and/or lot.

"Service Station" means any site used for the retail sale of fuel and lubricating oils for motor vehicles and includes the sale of kerosene, diesel fuel, petrol, CNG, LPG, tyres, batteries and other accessories normally associated with motor vehicles and the sale of convenience goods and may include car washing facilities, premises solely or principally for the repair and servicing of vehicles provided that the repairs undertaken on the premises shall be confined to the repair of motors, motor vehicles and domestic garden equipment and shall exclude panelbeating, spray painting and heavy engineering such as engine reboring and crankshaft grinding.