Proposed changes to the Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013

This consultation closed on 5 December 2018. Thank you for having your say.

We received more than 1800 pieces of feedback on the proposal through the online survey, by post and at five Have your say events throughout Auckland.

After considering all the feedback at a public meeting on 18 February 2019, we decided to adopt the proposed changes with some minor amendments.

The main changes include:

• using central government legislation to address damage, car window washing, mind-altering substances, graffiti, noise, fish offal, gates in parks, fireworks in private places, street names and property numbering
• moving issues around animals, signage, stormwater and traffic to more relevant bylaws
• prohibiting people from leaving or storing construction materials, boats, shipping containers and consumer goods in public places
• clarifying the expected behaviours and restrictions on the use of public places
• clarifying how we made controls and give approvals
• clarifying what public places the bylaw applies to, and enabling organisations in control of those places to approve exemptions
• replacing two legacy bylaws about fences with the Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013.

These changes will come into effect on 1 October 2019. You can see a copy of the updated bylaw on the Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013 page.