10 March 2006 Chapter 29 - Urban Residential Zone 29.0 Urban Residential Zone 29.1 Permitted Activities The following activities shall be permitted without a resource consent where together with any relevant definition they conform to the conditions for Permitted Activities as well as the general rules: • Community and recreational activities carried out on existing school sites; • Domestic application of agrichemical; • Domestic wastewater and stormwater discharges; • Home occupations; • Homestay, limited to not more than five visitors; • Keeping of domestic livestock and grazing of open space; • Land disturbance; • Marae and marae-based activities on specifically identified land; • Parks, reserves, (owned and administered by a public authority); • Residential activity; and • Temporary buildings. Conditions for Permitted Activities 29.1.1 Infrastructure and Services 29.1.1.1 Vehicle Access 29.1.1.1.1 On-site All Weather Parking For any proposed activity the owner, occupier or developer shall make provision for on-site all-weather vehicle parking. Any driveway formed on a lot for a Permitted Activity shall not exceed a gradient of 1 in 6. 29.1.1.1.2 Gradients - Excavation The gradient of any side cut excavation must not exceed an average of 9.5° (1:6) and must not exceed 11.3° (1:5) along any length of more than 20 metres. 29.1.1.1.3 Water Control and Culverts Stormwater controls, watertable cut-offs, and culverts are to be installed to ensure that erosion does not occur on the inside edge of the cut. No culvert size less than 300mm may be used to drain any side-cut excavation. 29.1.1.1.4 Stabilisation Batters and side castings are to be stabilised by appropriate measures such as retaining, seeding, compacting, drainage and/ or other methods of re-vegetation. 29 - 1