20 March 2014 Chapter 36 - Rural Zones One and Two 36.1.2.5 Site Coverage Not more than 15% of the area of the site may be covered by permanent buildings, provided that greenhouses utilising the soils of the site are exempted from the site limitation. 36.1.2.6 Gross Dwelling Area The gross dwelling area of any dwelling located or to be located on a lot of less than 4,000m shall not exceed 10% of the area of the lot on which it is located. 2 36.1.3 Conservation, Amenity and Heritage 36.1.3.1 Heritage Refer to Rules on Heritage. (Refer to General Rules). 36.1.3.2 Protection of Sites of Ecological, Archaeological and Cultural Significance 36.1.3.2.1 No activity shall modify the botanical, ecological or wildlife values identified in Appendix B and shown on the relevant Planning Maps. 36.1.3.2.2 No land disturbance may damage or adversely affect any identified site of iwi significance unless expressly agreed to in writing by the iwi who have jurisdiction or manawhenua over it. 36.1.3.2.3 Any person unearthing or otherwise disturbing any historical, cultural, archaeological artefact or waahi tapu of significance to iwi during the course of a land disturbance operation shall cease work immediately and report the discovery to the Council. Work may not recommence unless expressly agreed to in writing by the iwi who have jurisdiction or manawhenua over it, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust or a resource consent to a Discretionary Activity has been obtained. 36.1.3.2.4 No land disturbance may damage or adversely affect any historical, cultural or registered archaeological artefact or site unless an authority to do so has been granted by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. 36.1.3.3 Hazards/Riparian Management 36.1.3.3.1 Except for internal alterations within an existing structure, building activity is not a Permitted Activity within the coverage of the Natural Hazards overlay identified on the Planning Maps. 36.1.3.3.2 Unless specified in the schedule of water bodies and Table 1 in Appendix I and the Ecology Maps in Volume Three, or to the contrary elsewhere in the Plan, all proposed buildings and structures shall be set back at least 8 metres from the top of any bank of any river, or where there is a stopbank at least 8 metres from the landward toe of that stopbank, except that this shall not apply to road structures across rivers. Buildings and structures shall be set back at least 20 metres from the coast, lakes and wetlands. 36.1.3.3.3 Exception - Road Structures Provided that all road maintenance and enhancement activity in respect of existing roads, occurring within the legal road, and all flood bank maintenance necessary to protect the road structure, shall be a Permitted Activity. 36 - 3