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Variation No.12

Rototuna Structure Plan Update and Stage 3 and 4 Rezoning

The existing Rototuna Structure Plan was originally prepared in 1999 and is included within Rule 9.0 of the Proposed District Plan. The Structure Plan provided a guide to the staging of roading and other infrastructural services in the Rototuna area, and identified five growth cells.

The Structure Plan was subsequently updated in 2001 to reflect changing circumstances and development as it had progressed, and revised in 2004 to take into account the rezoning of Stage 2 (River Road North).  The Structure Plan is now being updated again to reflect expectations in terms of future urban growth, the urban design considerations of recent Council strategies such as CityScope and Vista, and the urban growth considerations identified in the Hamilton Urban Growth Strategy and Future Proof Growth Strategy and Implementation Plan 2009.

Stages 0, 1, 1A, and 2 of the Rototuna Growth Cell have already been rezoned and are either available for development or have been developed consistent with the Rototuna Structure Plan.  The majority of Stages 3 and 4 are currently zoned Future Urban and are the subject of this Variation. Part of Stage 0 adjacent to the proposed Rototuna Suburban Centre is currently zoned Residential and this Variation seeks to rezone this area to Rototuna Suburban Centre Zone (Medium Density Residential).

What is the Variation About?

The primary purpose of this Variation is to rezone approximately 490 hectares of land primarily within Rototuna Stages 3 and 4 to a variety of urban zones and update the Rototuna Structure Plan to reflect changes that have already occurred through completed development and implement the direction provided by recent Council strategies.

The following Policy and Rule sections of the Proposed District Plan are new or have been amended through this Variation:

Policy 5.1 – Residential Areas
Policy 5.3 – Community Facilities
Policy 6.2 – Suburban Business
Policy 6.2A – Rototuna Suburban Centre (entirely new policy section)

Rule 4.1C – Rototuna Residential Zone (entirely new rule)
Rule 4.2 – Suburban Centre Zone
Rule 4.6 – Community Facilities Zone
Rule 4.11 – Future Urban Zone
Rule 4.12 – Rototuna Suburban Centre Zone (entirely new rule)
Rule 6.1 – General Provisions for Subdivision and Development of Land
Rule 6.2 – Subdivisional Planning
Rule 6.3 – Subdivisional Standards for Individual Zones
Rule 6.4 – Provision of Infrastructure and Financial Contributions
Rule 6.5 – Reserves Contributions
Rule 6.9 – Staging of Development
Rule 8.0 – Definitions
Rule 9.1 – Rototuna Structure Plan (to be deleted)

Appendix 1A – Rototuna Structure Plan (entirely new appendix)
Appendix 1B – Rototuna Concept Plan (entirely new appendix)
Appendix 1C – Rototuna Design Guide (entirely new appendix)

District Plan Maps
     •   Map 2 and 3 updated to reflect the proposed rezoning of Stages 3 and 4 and an update to the Environmental Protection Overlay (EPO).
     •   Map 19 – Road Hierarchy has been updated to reflect the Rototuna Structure Plan.

The 2009 Amendments to the Resource Management Act introduced a number of significant changes relating to the legal effect of rules.  It is important to note that the amendments only apply to rules and they do not limit or affect the weight that a consent authority gives to objectives, policies, and other issues, reasons, or methods in plans before the plan becomes operative.
 
Refer to section 86A to 86G of the Resource Management Act for further information.

Hearing

A hearing commenced on Wednesday 16 November 2011.  Council has appointed a three person panel.  The panel consists of two Independent Commissioners, Mr Doug Arcus (Chairman) and Mr Alan Watson, and Hamilton City Councillor, Cr John Gower.

Directions of Hearing Commissioners regarding Procedural matters

Directions of Hearing Commissioners in relation to Te Totora Primary School and the Ministry of Education

Documentation from Submitters tabled at the Hearing

Written brief of Hearing evidence in rebuttal by any party pursuant to Direction 4 of the Hearing Commissioners (due by 5pm Monday, November 14th, 2011)

Written brief of expert evidence by Submitters or Further Submitters pursuant to Direction 3 of the Hearing Commissioners (due by 5pm Friday, November 4th, 2011 - to be updated as received)

Written brief of evidence by Hamilton City Council (as proponent of Variation 12) pursuant to Direction 2 of the Hearing Commissioners 

Section 42A Hearing Report

This report consists of the following:

Hearing Information

Submission and Further Submissions

Variation 12 was publicly notified on the 18th September 2010.  The submission period closed on Monday 18th October.  A total of 47 submissions were received, with a number of submissions seeking the complete withdrawal of the Variation.  As such, none of the rules in Variation 12 can be treated as operative in accordance with section 86F at this time.

Further submissions closed 4pm Friday 17 December 2010. A total of 8 further submissions were received.

Further Submission Information
Variation 12 Documents

Contact

If you need any further information about how the proposed variation may affect you, or how to become involved in the submission process, please contact City Planning Unit reception, Hamilton City Council on (07) 838 6810 and ask to speak to a Planner.