PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SCHEDULE 8
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SCHEDULE 8
[s. 262(1)]
1 . Purchase and reservation of land
Purchasing or
reserving land for new main thoroughfares which it is desired to keep free of
buildings by agreement between the owners of such land and the responsible
authority or by cooperation between 2 or more local governments with regard to
the lines, widths and direction of thoroughfares which connect adjacent parts
of their respective areas.
2 . Limiting and regulating building
Limiting the number of
buildings, rooms, dwelling units or other accommodation units to the hectare
generally or in any particular locality, or on any subdivision, allotment or
parcel of land, particularly or generally, and the extent to which each
subdivision, allotment or parcel of land is to be built upon, and providing
for adequate light and air to the windows of each house, and prescribing other
requirements so far as is reasonable for the purpose of securing the
convenience or amenity of the area to which local laws apply, and proper
sanitary and hygienic conditions in connection with any buildings therein.
Classification or
zoning reclassifying or re-zoning the area for residence, flats, trade,
business, industry, commercial recreation, educational or other public or
institutional purposes, and including areas for agricultural or rural use and
for any other general or particular purposes whether of the same class or kind
as the class or kind before enumerated or not, and fixing the sites or areas
for any of the purposes included in this Schedule and prohibiting in any of
these zones or classification any building or use of land of or for a general
or particular nature or purpose.
4 . Prohibiting unauthorised uses
Prohibiting any
district or part of it from being used for any purpose other than that for
which it has been classified.
5 . Prescribing characteristics of buildings
Prescribing the
height, location, purpose and dimensions or the general character of buildings
to be erected or reconstructed as far as is reasonable for securing proper
sanitary and hygienic conditions, convenience, or amenity of the area to which
the local laws are to apply.
6 . Prohibiting trade etc. or erection or use of
building
Prohibiting the
carrying on of any noxious trades or manufactures, or the erection or use of
any buildings without adequate sanitary arrangements, or prohibiting or
regulating the erection and use of buildings, advertisement hoardings, or
structures for advertising purposes which are such as to be injurious to the
amenity or natural beauty of the area to which the local laws are to apply.
7 . Requirements of new subdivisions
(1) Prescribing and
determining any requirements deemed necessary in regard to new subdivisions or
re-subdivisions of any land (or maps, plans, sections, or particulars thereof)
contained within the area to which it is intended that the local laws are to
apply, including drainage, size and shape of allotments (or separate parcels
of land) and access thereto; also for the classification of and the
prescribing and determining of any requirements in regard to the length or
width of any road according to the use such road is likely to be put, or
according to the physical features of the land, together with the design,
method of construction, and completion of alignment, of any road.
(2) In this clause
—
road has the meaning given by section 4(1) and
includes a private road created under Part IVA of the Transfer of Land Act
1893 or as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1).
(1) The making,
fixing, altering and ascertaining of building lines irrespective of the width
or alignment of any road, to secure as far as practicable, having regard to
the physical features of the site and the depths of the existing subdivisions
of land, that the distance between the buildings to be erected, or buildings
likely to be reconstructed on the opposite sides of any road, are to be not
less than that fixed by the local laws according to the prospective traffic
requirements of such road, and the making, fixing and altering building lines
generally and providing that buildings generally or a building of any
specified class are not to be built nearer to a building line or an ocean or
waterway than is prescribed in a local law.
(2) In this clause
—
building line means the line between which and any
public place or public reserve a building may not be erected;
road has the meaning given by clause 7(2).
Limiting of open
spaces, recreation grounds, or sites for public buildings, by purchase or
agreement between owners of lands and the local government.
10 . Heights of walls etc. at road corners
Limiting the height,
at the corner of any road (as defined in clause 7(2)) of any wall, fence,
hedge, tree, or shrub or other obstruction not being an authorised building.
11 . Implementing of local laws
Providing for the
authority or authorities responsible for carrying the local laws into effect
and enforcing their observance.