17. Transportation Volume One [D] Policy 17.5.5 – Ensure that convenient and accessible car and cycle parking is available for both staff and visitors for all activities. The demand for parking generated by activities has the potential to adversely impact on the environment of an area. These adverse impacts are likely to occur when the demand for parking exceeds that provided onsite and there is an overspill of parking onto the adjacent roadside. Furthermore, the efficient use and capacity of a road can be reduced by parked or manoeuvring cars, particularly on main roads where there is a predominance of through traffic. The amenity of an area can also be changed by on-street parking resulting in a perceived loss of privacy and visual amenity. To avoid or reduce these effects, adequate off-street parking for all activities will be necessary. It is considered that parking provision to meet normal generation demands will be primarily the responsibility of the property owner or occupier. The exception is within the Business 1 Zone, where the Council is responsible for providing public car parking space (both on and off street). [D] Policy 17.5.6 – Subdivision and land use activities shall avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects on the safety of and accessibility to the road network by ensuring: (a) buildings, vegetation and activities do not reduce clear sight lines for trains and road vehicles at level rail crossings or for vehicles at road intersections; (b) vegetation planted on land alongside rural roads is set back so that roads are not shaded and subjected to icing in winter; (c) adequate formal crossing facilities are provided where high levels of pedestrian activity are generated from an activity located adjacent to an arterial road or in a Business or Industrial zone; (d) activities do not create distractions for any road or rail users, including from glare, inappropriate lighting, smoke, discharges or other distractions; (e) vehicle crossing places and entrances from roads are constructed and maintained to standards appropriate to the circumstances of traffic volume, pedestrian and cycle movement and local traffic speed; and (f) new urban subdivisions and developments incorporate facilities for non- motorised transport users, including: (i) footpaths or access ways intended to be used by both cyclists and pedestrians and their separation for safety reasons where practicable; (ii) provision for cycle traffic within road carriageways in such a way that lane width, design and surface finish are adequate to safely accommodate both motorised vehicles and cycles; and (iii) pedestrian access routes connecting residential areas, schools, shopping centres, recreation reserves and public transport collection points and terminals where appropriate. The matters listed in the policy will in some circumstances be prescribed through standards on permitted activity rules. In other circumstances, where a resource consent is required, these matters will be considered, where applicable, in the assessment of resource consent applications. (Not all of these matters will be a relevant consideration in every application.) 17 – 12