10 March 2006 Chapter 29 - Urban Residential Zone 29.2.5 Activities within Riparian Management Zones (specified in Appendix I and Volume Three Maps) 29.2.5.1 Matters to which Council has restricted the exercise of its dis cretion: a) The effects on the natural clarity of any river, lake, wetland or the sea; b) The effects of the entry of any woody material into any river, lake, wetland or the sea; c) The effects on natural hazard management, including stability of riparian management zones and river control matters; d) Protection of riparian habitat diversity; e) Protection of in-stream habitat; and f) Provision of physical public access where legal public access is provided for. 29.2.6 The Discharge of Domestic Wastewater Authorised by Resource Consent Prior to 21 April 2005, or the Discharge of Domestic Wastewater, through any On-site Wastewater Management System Installed after 21 April 2005, into or onto Land. 29.2.6.1 Standards and Terms (a) The domestic wastewater shall not be discharged into soil determined to be Category 1, 4, 5 or 6 soil (in accordance with the Council’s guidelines for the investigation, design, installation and maintenance of on-site wastewater management systems) if it is proposed to use a conventional on-site wastewater management system; and (b) The term of the discharge permit shall not exceed 15 years; 29.2.6.2 Matters to which the Council has restricted the exercise of its dis cretion: (a) The proximity of the discharge to any surface water, groundwater or coastal water and any actual or potential adverse effects of the discharge on water quality; (b) The proximity of the discharge to any public sewer; (c) The proximity of the discharge to other discharges of domestic wastewater and the potential for cumulative effects; (d) The potential for the discharge to adversely affect the quality of water in any river or aquifer, or in the coastal marine area; (e) The potential for the discharge to initiate instability or make existing instability worse; (f) The extent to which the proposed on-site wastewater management system complies with the Council’s guidelines for the investigation, design, installation and maintenance of on-site wastewater management systems; (g) The site conditions, including the nature of the soil and soil depth; (h) The nature of the on-site wastewater management system and the appropriateness of the system to the site conditions; 29 -11