10 March 2006 Chapter 38 - Conservation Zone (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; (I) The capacity of the treatment unit and the level of treatment; (j) The rate and method of discharge; (k) The size of the land application area and alternative locations for the land application area; (l) The necessity for monitoring the performance of the on-site wastewater management system; and (m) The management and maintenance of the on-site wastewater management system, including the ability to access the on-site system for maintenance purposes; and (n) Alternative on-site wastewater management systems. 38.4 Discretionary Activities Application must be made for a Resource Consent for a Discretionary Activity for the following: • Activities listed as Permitted Activities which do not comply with conditions; and • Any activity not carried out in accordance with or provided for in a Conservation Management Strategy or Management Plan prepared under the Reserves Act 1977; • Excavation and Filling; • Cultivation of swales and cultivation of land over 20° in slope; • Building construction in riparian management zone as identified in Appendix I and the Ecology maps in Volume Three; • Vegetation clearance of more than 0.2ha of coastal broadleaved scrub and shrubland, per Certificate of Title, except where plantation forestry exemptions in Rule 38.1.7.4.1 exist; • Vegetation clearance of more than 0.2ha of indigenous vegetation on ultramafic substrate, per Certificate of Title, except where plantation forestry exemptions in Rule 38.1.7.4.1 exist; 38 -11