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THIS CONSULTATION IS CLOSED.
This consultation period closed on 5 December 2021. Thank you for having your say.
We received feedback from 30 people.
Key themes included:
majority support to remove the lighting rules and reference to expired legacy council bylaws
majority support to update the Bylaw definitions, wording, structure and format to make it easier to read and understand.
Read the feedback reportfor more details on the feedback given.
Changes made in response to feedback
As a result of your feedback, we decided on 28 April 2022 to adopt the proposed changes to the Bylaw. Changes include clarifying what types of nuisance the Bylaw addresses.
What happens next
The changes come into effect from 1 July 2022.
About the Property Maintenance and Nuisance Bylaw 2015
The Bylaw sets rules that aim to minimise public health risks and protect the public from nuisance from poorly maintained private property.
What we proposed
The main proposals were to:
remove lighting rules regulated through the Unitary Plan since 2018
remove reference to expired legacy council bylaws
update definitions, structure, format and wording of the Bylaw to make it easier to read and understand.
Other aspects of the Bylaw remain unchanged, for example:
the Bylaw focuses on the impact of poorly maintained private property
the effect of existing rules in the Bylaw for which changes are not proposed, for example, the requirement for industrial cooling tower water system owners to register, test and maintain their systems.
THIS CONSULTATION IS CLOSED.
This consultation period closed on 5 December 2021. Thank you for having your say.
We received feedback from 30 people.
Key themes included:
majority support to remove the lighting rules and reference to expired legacy council bylaws
majority support to update the Bylaw definitions, wording, structure and format to make it easier to read and understand.
Read the feedback reportfor more details on the feedback given.
Changes made in response to feedback
As a result of your feedback, we decided on 28 April 2022 to adopt the proposed changes to the Bylaw. Changes include clarifying what types of nuisance the Bylaw addresses.
What happens next
The changes come into effect from 1 July 2022.
About the Property Maintenance and Nuisance Bylaw 2015
The Bylaw sets rules that aim to minimise public health risks and protect the public from nuisance from poorly maintained private property.
What we proposed
The main proposals were to:
remove lighting rules regulated through the Unitary Plan since 2018
remove reference to expired legacy council bylaws
update definitions, structure, format and wording of the Bylaw to make it easier to read and understand.
Other aspects of the Bylaw remain unchanged, for example:
the Bylaw focuses on the impact of poorly maintained private property
the effect of existing rules in the Bylaw for which changes are not proposed, for example, the requirement for industrial cooling tower water system owners to register, test and maintain their systems.