Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 20 March 2014 37.1.2.2 Noise All permitted activities shall be conducted so as to ensure that noise arising from such activities does not exceed the following noise limits at or within the boundary of any other site zoned Rural Township: • At any time 65 dBA L10 • On any day between 2200 hours - 0700 hours 75 dBA L max the following day • On any day between 0700 hours - 2200 hours No L max limit Provided noise arising from activities shall not exceed the following noise limits at or within the boundary of any land zoned Urban Residential: • 0700 hours - 2200 hours Monday to Friday and 55 dBA L10 0700 hours - 1200 hours Saturday • At all other times including any public holiday 45 dBA L10 and 75 dBA L max 37.1.2.3 Maximum Height The maximum height of any building shall not exceed 12 metres. 37.1.2.4 Building Envelope For properties which adjoin an Urban Residential Zone all buildings shall be confined within a height envelope in respect of the common boundary. The height envelope shall have the dimensions specified for recession planes in the Urban Residential Zone. 37.1.2.5 Building Setbacks a) Minimum building setback from road boundaries shall be 3 metres; and b) Minimum building setback where the Rural Township Zone abuts the Urban Residential Zone shall be 5 metres. 37.1.2.6 Site Coverage After any set back requirements are accounted for, up to 100% of the site may be covered in building. 37.1.2.7 Hazards/Riparian Management 37.1.2.7.1 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. 37.1.2.7.2 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. 37 - 2