1.4.4 Traffic and Access

1. Traffic volumes, traffic mix relative to the existing and future traffic patterns, speed environment, access, parking and loading on-site.
2. Hours of operation relative to the existing and future neighbourhood amenity.
3. Construction traffic volumes, traffic mix, hours of operation.
4. The operational requirements of the activity (e.g. wherever more than one access facilitates the safe and efficient movement of vehicles to and from the site).
5. The extent to which potential adverse effects of the activity on traffic safety and efficiency will be avoided, remedied or mitigated by implementing traffic management measures such as:
   
   
   • Flush medians or solid medians
   • Deceleration and acceleration lanes on State highways
   • The careful design and location of access points on to roads, particularly State highways.
6. The effects of the activity having regard to the LTSA Guidelines for Service Stations (to the extent that these are relevant to other high traffic generating uses).
7. In respect to Section 9.1.1(iii)(g) [restricting vehicle access to specified shopping frontages] whether there will be no significant loss of pedestrian amenity if a vehicular access is provided and, having regard to the particular location and the nature of the activity, the overall objectives for the zone will not be compromised.
8. The matters identified in Section 5.9.2 and Section 6.2.1 shall also be considered.

1.4.5 Parking and Loading

1. Alternative Means of Providing Parking and Loading
   
   
   1. Joint Provision of Parking and Loading for Several Activities
      
      Where several activities are established on any site, or on several sites in any area, the Council may permit the developers of such activities to provide joint off-street parking and loading areas for their common use. The number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the requirements for each activity.
      
      Where it can be shown that the parking or loading demand of one or more of the activities occurs at a different time from that of the remaining activities, the Council may waive the parking or loading requirement through a resource consent application for one or more of the activities.
      
      The Council may allow a developer to enter into an agreement to use an existing parking or loading area as a joint area where the demand for parking or loading of vehicles occurs at a different time from that of the existing activities, or where the Council considers that there is sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional vehicles.
      
      In every case Council shall require written documentation of the agreement or arrangement entered into.
      
      The Council reserves the right, with notice, to re-impose the individual requirements should circumstances change with respect to the right of any developer, owner or occupier to use the joint parking or loading area,
   
   
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   2. Cash in Lieu
      
      Council may accept cash-in-lieu of parking and the monies received shall equate to the value of Council land nearby (being 25m2 per carpark) and the formation costs of the required carparks. Council shall provide such off-site parking within 5 years of receipt of such cash-in-lieu provision.
      
      An account shall be kept at Council’s Offices of the number of spaces funded by developments in the vicinity of the carpark. This information must be referred to prior to Council accepting a financial contribution. See also Development Contributions: Section 7.
   
   
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   3. On-Street Parking
      
      Where on-site parking is required for commercial development but Council considers that it is not reasonable or practical now or in the future to make that provision on-site, Council may approve on-street parking immediately adjacent to the property.
      
      The Council may require a set back of the footpath to accommodate such parking and may require the full cost to be borne by the applicant.
      
      For clarity such alternative parking provision shall only be permitted on the same side of the street as the proposed activity.
   
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   4. Additional Land
      
      The Council may approve parking provided on suitably zoned land sufficiently close to that site (but not on any road or service lane) to ensure the ready use of such parking areas by visitors and employees of the activity. Council shall require legal evidence of the parking site being tied to the activity.

Whichever option is pursued, the matters identified in Section 5.9.2 and Section 6.2.1 shall be considered.

Explanation

When considering applications for activities that do not meet the performance standards required with respect to access on-site parking and loading, Council shall consider alternatives that may be appropriate to the site specific circumstances of the proposal.

1.4.6 Social And Heritage Effects

1. The likely impact of construction, operation and maintenance activities including those in residential and rural areas, marae, public reserves and identified significant features. (Particularly the function of community and recreational facilities in the vicinity of the proposed facility). (See Appendix 1, Evaluation Criteria)
2. The impact on the adjacent site's management including public and private airfields.
3. The Iwi’s opinion if Maori land titles are being alienated.
4. The degree to which the proposal complies with a Reserves Management Plan prepared under the Reserves Act 1977 or any other empowering legislation.

1.4.7 Wind Effects

The effects of the structures on the micro wind climate of the neighbourhood particularly adjacent to residential, marae and recreational facilities.

1.4.8 Odour Effects and Air Emissions

The effect of, and the probability of, offensive odours and particulate matter from the operation of facilities and in particular the operation of sewage treatment and disposal facilities and solid waste management disposal sites.