Volume One 13. Use of the Coastal Environment around the level of hazard posed by tsunamis, uncertainty over the ability to secure a water supply that meets drinking water standards, and that the Rarangi wetland system is a fragile ecological system vulnerable to further development. For these reasons the Council has decided not to provide for any expansion of the current zoning for residential activity in this area. [D] Policy 13.5.5 – Except in the case of land developed for papakāin ga, residential activity on land zoned Coastal Environment will be provided for by enabling: (a) one dwelling per Computer Register; (b) seasonal worker accommodation; and (c) homestays. For property within the coastal environment but outside of the Coastal Living Zone, it is appropriate that the MEP provides for residential activity. In some cases, ongoing primary production activities will occur and therefore it is appropriate that provision is made for any residential activity associated with this. This includes seasonal worker accommodation. There may also be smaller allotments where primary production activities do not occur but where historically there has been a right, subject to standards, for a landowner to erect a dwelling. The MEP continues with this approach, as it provides in part a resource able to be developed for residential activity, without the need for further subdivision or rezoning of land. Provision is also made for homestays. The exception recognises the need for Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi to be able to develop Māori land for papakāinga to enhance the quality of life for whānau and iwi in a manner that is consistent with their cultural values and customs. [RPS, D] Policy 13.5.6 – Maintain the character and amenity values of land zoned Coastal Living by the setting of standards that reflect the following: (a) strong connection to the foreshore and coastal water; (b) peaceful environments with relatively quiet background noise levels; (c) predominance of residential activity by enabling one dwelling per Computer Register; (d) privacy between individual residential properties, often surrounded by indigenous and regenerating indigenous vegetation; (e) ample sunlight to buildings; (f) minimal advertising signs; (g) views to the surrounding environment, including to the sea; (h) low building height; and (i) limited infrastructure and services and low volumes of road traffic. This policy sets out the characteristics that reflect land zoned as Coastal Living and for which standards have been considered necessary to be established through the permitted activity rules. [D] Policy 13.5.7 – Where resource consent is required, ensure that residential development and/or subdivision within the Coastal Living Zone is undertaken in a manner that: (a) is consistent with the matters set out in Policy 13.5.6; (b) is appropriate to the character of the locality in which the property is to be subdivided; (c) provides for the maintenance of the attributes contributing to coastal amenity values of the locality, as expressed in Policies 13.2.4 and 13.2.5; 13 – 15