Volume One 12. Urban Environments This policy describes the characteristics of Industrial 1 Zone, which provides for ‘lighter’ industrial activities that do not result in significant adverse effects on the environment. These areas are located within Blenheim, Picton and Seddon. In Picton and Seddon, areas zoned Industrial 1 are relatively small, servicing local community needs. In Blenheim, the Industrial 1 Zone is more extensive and distributed at a number of locations around the town, including Grove Road and Main Street (at the northern and eastern entrances to the town, respectively), Taylor Pass Road and south of Main Street. When compared with activities in the Industrial 2 Zone, activities within the Industrial 1 Zone generally have no significant need for infrastructure services such as trade waste disposal. However, some lighter industrial activities do occur that have the potential to generate adverse effects on the environment such as noise, dust, odour and traffic congestion. Standards are included for permitted activities in the Zone to manage these effects. [D] Policy 12.5.6 – Maintain the following characteristics within areas zoned for heavier industrial activities located near Blenheim: (a) location outside the urban area of Blenheim; (b) often surrounded by larger lot residential or rural areas; (c) a range of heavy industrial activities; (d) non-industrial activities ancillary to industrial activities; (e) mostly well-separated from adjacent Business 1 and Industrial 1 Zones; (f) activities placing substantial demands on the natural and physical resources of the District (land, water, air, infrastructure and services); (g) activities requiring disposal of large quantities of liquid trade wastes; and (h) higher volumes of large vehicle traffic. This policy distinguishes between the “heavier” industrial activities located in the Industrial 2 Zone and the “lighter” industrial activities located in the Industrial 1 Zone. The larger industrial estates at Burleigh, CMP Marlborough, Riverlands and Cloudy Bay Industrial Estate differ from Industrial 1 Zone activities in that they are located further away from the built-up urban environment. The characteristics of the larger scale manufacturing and processing-type activities associated with the Industrial 2 Zone are expected to have greater environmental effects than those undertaken in the Industrial 1 Zone. Industrial 2 Zones are less involved with direct selling to the public or providing public facilities or entertainment so that generally only those people who work on-site or need to conduct business will travel to these areas. These factors, combined with the nature of the activities occurring within this zone, mean that people may be less concerned with amenities in industrial areas and accept that they will be nosier, dustier and less visually pleasing than other areas. Such industries therefore require specific sites or separation from areas that demand a higher level of amenity. Additionally, because a number of industries generate trade waste as a result of industrial processes there is a need for specific treatment to reduce risks to the receiving environment. Therefore, grouping these activities in the Industrial 2 Zone means that effective and efficient treatment services can be provided, including making the provision of treatment services more affordable for the community. 12 – 17