14F.4 Controlled Activity Rules

Updated 16 November 2020

Note: Any activity described as a Controlled Activity that does not comply with a Controlled Activity standard and term shall be considered a Restricted Discretionary Activity, unless stated otherwise. 

The following are Controlled Activities: 

1. All those activities listed in Table 14F.1 Wairakei Residential Zone Activity Status as Controlled Activities. 

14F.4.1 Controlled Activity Standards and Terms – Office Ancillary to a Showhome within the Wairakei Residential Zone

For each showhome site:

1. Except where an office ancillary to a showhome seeks to establish in a lawfully established independent dwelling unit; an office ancillary to a showhome in the Wairakei Residential Zone shall comply with the following permitted activity rules: 
   1. Rule 14F.3.2 – Building Height - Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   2. Rule 14F.3.3 - Streetscape – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   3. Rule 14F.3.4 - Setbacks – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   4. Rule 14F.3.5 - Setbacks – Traffic Management – Safety – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   5. Rule 14F.3.6 - Overshadowing – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   6. Rule 14F.3.7 - Access– Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   7. Rule 14F.3.9 – Building Platforms – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   8. Rule 14F.3.14 - Heavy Machinery – Wairakei Residential Zone; 
   9. Rule14F.3.16 – Specific Urban Growth Area Requirements; and
   10. The relevant rules in Chapter 4 - General Rules Provisions. 
2. There shall be no more than one office ancillary to a showhome on a site; 
3. Activities carried out in an office ancillary to a showhome shall relate solely to the promotion of the product of the showhome operator; 
4. No more than 4 people may be employed to work in an office ancillary to a showhome on a site; 
5. The maximum gross floor area for an office ancillary to a showhome on a site shall be 120m²; 
6. An office ancillary to a showhome shall provide on-site manoeuvring, loading and access in accordance with requirements for offices set out in the provisions of Chapter 4 – General Rules Provisions; 
7. Notwithstanding Rule 14F.4.1 f) - Controlled Activity Standards and Terms – Office Ancillary to a Showhome within the Wairakei Residential Zone an office ancillary to a showhome shall not have any vehicle access onto and or from the strategic road network (excluding secondary arterials); 
8. Signage for an office ancillary to a showhome shall be as follows: 
   1. 1 freestanding sign, including structures used to support it or that in themselves act as a freestanding sign, of a maximum of 1m² in sign area and a maximum height of 4m; and 
   2. 1 sign attached to a building of a maximum of 2m² in sign area and a maximum height of 4m; 
   3. Any illuminated sign or sign with moving parts shall comply with Rule 4D.2.3.2 c) and d) – Residential Zones (excluding Ngati Kahu Sub Zones), Rural Residential Zones and Rural Zones); 
   4. Any permanent sign shall relate only to the promotion of the product of the showhome operator. 

Note: Any activity that does not comply with Rule 14F.4.1 - Controlled Activity Standards and Terms – Office Ancillary to a Showhome within the Wairakei Residential Zone shall be considered as a Discretionary Activity.

Note: For the avoidance of doubt, new offices not ancillary to a showhome or not falling within the definition of Home-based business are a Non-Complying Activity in accordance with Rule 14F.7 – Non-Complying Activities.

14F.4.2 Controlled Activity – Office Ancillary to a Showhome within the Wairakei Residential Zone - Matters of Control and Conditions

The Council reserves control over the following matters:

1. Landscaping to maintain residential amenity values on adjoining or adjacent sites including mitigating the adverse visual impact of parking areas; 
2. Location of access and egress and parking areas in terms of visual and aural privacy of adjoining or adjacent residential sites; 
3. The location and design of signs in terms of maintaining the residential amenity and character values of the site and the amenity and character values of surrounding residential activities; 
4. The design of parking, access and manoeuvring to allow for the safe and efficient movement of pedestrians and vehicles within the site and the adjacent transport network.