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Structure of Presentation S42A Business Chapter 6 Presentation Submissions, key issues and recommendations Response to Commissioner Questions on both Business and Central City Chapters Other errors and addendums in response to
6D);
long-term planning and management for the transport network, and other public and private infrastructure resources including community facilities;
the Future Proof area, by:
function, vitality or amenity of the Central Business District;
those industrial activities;
administration, office and civic activity. These activities will not occur to any significant extent in the sub-regional centres as these centres are to remain predominantly as retail centres.
avoid adverse effects, both individually and cumulatively on: –i) the distribution, function and infrastructure associated with those centres identified in Table 6-3 (section 6D); –ii) people and communities who rely on those centres identified in Table 6-3 (section 6D) for their social and economic wellbeing, and require ease of access to such centres by a variety of transport modes; –iii) the efficiency, safety and function of the transportation network; and –iv) the extent and character of industrial land and associated physical resources, including through the avoidance of reverse sensitivity effects.
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centre, to be achieved explicitly through Zone policy, rules and assessment criteria that govern the scale of office, retail and community based activities;
– to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources (Section 5) and; – to have particular regard to the efficient use and development of resources, the maintenance and enhancement of amenity values and the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of the environment ( Section 6).
Policy Statement and the Hamilton Urban Growth Strategy.
Regional Sub- Regional Suburban
CBD
Hamilton CBD
Sub-Regional Centre
Chartwell The Base & Te Awa
Suburban Centre
Dinsdale Glenview Rototuna / Thomas Road Hamilton East Five Cross Roads Nawton Frankton Hillcrest / Clyde Hillcrest
Neighbourhood Centres
amendments, duplication, unnecessary distinction.
Zone (Business 5)
Five Cross Roads Dinsdale HillCrest Clyde.
Large Format Retail
Zones
Seek to reduce extent of LFR zoning in the vicinity of Te- Rapa North Sub Regional Centre. Recommend ‘roll back’ of former Supa-Centre site given lapse of land use consent and advice of retail consultant.
Centre
assessment for additional retail in this location)
Retail zones
North only) and Discretionary status for smaller retail activities <399m² and RD status for Retail greater than 400m² in Large Format Retail zone
Offices up to 500m² are Permitted activities within Business Centres
Central City
supermarkets as distinct from Retail activities in Business Zones
for Supermarkets, no floor area threshold in Business 1,3,4 and 5 (Suburban Centre) Zones. New definition.
with Objectives and Policies of plan.
Suburban and Neighbourhood centres
centres to encourage residential activity above ground floor. Policies 6.2.2b and 6.2.3c
Council’s strategic objectives to improve vitality and functionality of CBD by improving or enhancing one or more of the following;
eminent area within the city and there are a number of services that receive a higher level of service. In particular amenity services such as litter collection and street cleaning.
direct ‘place making’ capital investments over recent years – primarily through the CityHeart revitalisation project & Hood Street upgrade
range of initiative, projects and actions that Council could or currently undertakes in relation to intensification of residential activity in the CBD.
River within Hamilton City’s boundary
funds City Safe patrols throughout the CBD in conjunction with operating CCTV
summer months and is a programme designed to help activate the Garden Place
Strategy 2011-2041
2010)
Recommendations (McCormick Rankin Cagney NZ Ltd) July 2010
into District Plans: Discussion Document and Best Practice Guidance Tonkin and Taylor, NZTA Research Report November 2008
Framework.
doing so, the strategy outlines four growth propositions based around the concept of ‘Mend before you Extend’.
Consultative Procedure under the LGA.
wellbeing benefits should be anchored more clearly in the Objectives and Policies of the Strategic framework and Business Chapter; if so do we have scope to change?
the current planning framework has resulted in a decline of the amenity and function of the CBD.
policies and rules that follow.
benefits for the viability and vitality of the CBD
reference to Objective 2.2.4
Background and references on the assumptions, maps and outputs of transport modelling undertaken for the Te-Rapa North Sub Regional Centre Alasdair Gray evidence;
delays in the local network but these are not likely to have a significant impact on existing or planned infrastructure or in access to the town centre or other nodes;
the Proposed Hamilton District Plan provide a safeguard against unexpected transport outcomes;
with the extent of B4 zoning shown around Te-Rapa North Sub- regional Centre
to zoning extent of B4 land at Te Rapa based on the evidence we have heard from a number of parties.
technical input which is not available at this time. Once we have receipt of this information I will provide an update to the Commissioners.
Business 1 and 4 zones
Policies and Objectives
Response
– Accept that the Policies could better distinguish between Large format Retail, typically provided for in B4 and larger office activities in B1 zone. – Additional technical work for B4 zoning should determine whether the RD status for Large Format Retail over 400m2 is correct approach. – A Viability assessment is still considered necessary for out of centre offices and retail activities in these zones although recommend BIC’s, Yard based retail and wholesale retail exempt from such an assessment.
Given numerous submissions requesting recognition of existing uses. What would be the potential adverse cumulative effects of noting uses on these sites to provide for upgrades of them? Response
intensification of out of centre location which could undermine the centres hierarchy and compact centres approach.
and additions to existing uses.
types such as supermarkets, furniture, appliances, hardware and department stores. (such activities would be reasonably expected to located in the CBD)
display and sale of goods and materials used in the construction, repair, alteration and renovation of buildings and includes nurseries and garden
stores to LFR retailing is significantly different with only 10% of stores having a GFA footprint over 500sqm.
share
aspect in stimulating a retail recovery in the CBD.
Living precincts. No different to Operative Plan.
place to respond to the issues associated with the bulk of LFR buildings
vehicular access to a transport corridor or from any site within Central City zone
grocery offering rather than morphing into department stores over time as seen overseas by some operators. The rules are designed to deal with food & grocery stores not department stores which they could easily become if no proportion was outlined.
undertake enforcement
district plan, thus rules need to be clear and concise
Response -
March 2012
use, by avoiding blank facades through some articulation through windows etc. In this manner, the emphasis was on enhancing vibrancy and passive surveillance.
likely to occur, but outside of the commercial and retail heart of the city, i.e. along Anglesea and Tristram Streets, Claudelands Road, Ulster Street
activities would continue and that these activities were unlikely to be able to contribute to the secondary active facade outcomes, these areas were purposely left blank, e.g. the Anglesea Medical centre, Wintec, and the Court Building to the south along Anglesea.
‘gateway’ locations, which should both have a positive relationship with the street.
Response
precincts basically directly competing with
to have an advantage in economic terms (its likely to be cheaper land costs), which would tend to indicate development is more likely to occur their than in the Downtown Core. This overtime could fuel a ‘donut’ development pattern in the CBD
evidence -need to produce a concentrated, legible and functional city centre.
provision?
spaces.
Response –
the applicants can show a link through to the promenade or provide a pocket park associated with it or similar, they will be applicable for the bonus.
western bank of the Waikato riverbank reserve’.
inserted into the PDP at Appendix 1, but that also reference is made to the advisory note in Rule 7.5.3 as follows: Recommended amendment: 7.5.3 Setback from the Waikato River Reserve, Volume 1
7.5.3 Setback from the Waikato River Reserve A minimum setback from eastern site boundaries adjoining of the western bank of the Waikato riverbank reserve of 5 m shall apply (this includes the 5 m minimum width of the promenade). Note
ground level with provision for adequate lighting.
Design Assessment Criteria, Volume 2
and open space": Note
riverbank side of the promenade for vesting as recreation reserve in accordance with Rule 24.3.
standard at ground level with provision for adequate lighting
greater flexibility than the concept plans indicate
Response –
(assumptions) for such uses
development standards.
precincts as advocated in the Local Area Plan
1.4.6 in Appendix A, Volume 2
discuss some of the issues raised in submissions and report back to commissioners
category intended by the rule and would otherwise be explicitly excluded as for offices
based on key pedestrian/ road active frontage locations
released unadjusted 2013 Census total for the city was 141,615. This equates to a difference of 5,561 people, i.e. the evidence was based on a population of 5,561 people (4%) higher than the more recent 2013 Census.
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around 2016/2017. As such, the evidence is more reflective for a base year as at 2016/2017, not 2013.
point in time, as it is likely the forward growth projections for the city may also be more subdued as a result of recent data than that projections
bias (Para 4.10 of evidence) Response
met the category and location criteria set by KIPT.
View data Count is for the entire period analysed i.e. back to 2002, so includes businesses no longer active.
credit card transaction in the last 11 years. Merchants meeting that criteria are unlikely to have a material impact on the results either way.
Response
their percentage of the population.
which aren't part of Market View report.
4.14 of evidence, cross refers to Heath, paragraph 73). Response
entertainment/hospitality. Less likely to be used in the categories we are examining for purposes of Retail spend.
Business 4 to Industrial to be consistent with recommendation
Parkwood Trade Centre Ltd (S606)
Road, from zoning Map 10A
DPS 7382, Land rear of Ulrich shopping centre, Genview. Seek to rezone from residential to neighbourhood centre. Recommendation;
and Objectives of the plan and compact centres approach of the PRPS
Permitted in all precincts.
Education Trust (S1122), Childcare activities to be permitted in Business 2 zone
consistent with approach for community centres and tertiary education and training facilities.
in Business Zone 2
restaurants, cafes and licensed premises in Business 1 to be permitted
Response
and licensed premises are Permitted activities for both thresholds in Business 1 zone