10 March 2006 Chapter 38 - Conservation Zone 38.0 Conservation Zone 38.1 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: • Any land use activities carried out in accordance with a conservation management strategy prepared for the area; • Any land use activity carried out in accordance with a Management Plan prepared under the Reserves Act 1977 for the area; • Application of agrichemicals, including deadly poisons; • Disposal of cleanfill; • Farming or forestry activity existing at the time the Plan becomes operative; • Domestic wastewater and stormwater discharges; • Land disturbance, vegetation clearance, cultivation, excavation; • Pest management carried out in accordance with National or Regional Pest Management Strategies; • Special events not exceeding two days; • Specifically identified activities listed as permitted in Appendix J; • Bridges and boardwalks forming part of a public walking track. Conditions for Permitted Activities 38.1.1 Discharges 38.1.1.1 Domestic Wastewater Management Provision must be made for the satisfactory management of all domestic wastewater in accordance with the requirements of the Plan. The requirements of the Plan are deemed to have been met where all domestic wastewater is connected to a public system expressly designed for this purpose or the conditions for on-site domestic wastewater discharges (Rule 38.1.2) are met. 38.1.1.2 The discharge of domestic wastewater into land The discharge of domestic wastewater, through any on-site wastewater management system lawfully established without resource consent prior to 21 April 2005, into land is a Permitted Activity providing: 38.1.1.2.1 A public sewer is not located within 30 metres of the lot boundary or 60 metres of the closest building on the lot to be serviced. 38.1.1.2.2 Garbage grinders are not installed in any building that the on-site wastewater management system services. 38 - 1