Submitter
Submission id number: 964878
Submitter name:
Maree Scott
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Do you want to speak to Councillors at the hearings?
No
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Submission
How are we doing? Is there anything you would like to tell us?
Use common sense and listen to individual cases when dealing with zoning. We have a 76 hectare property in Waitati which can only be split into 2(if lucky) due to zoning. We are surrounded on all sides by much smaller blocks. It is not good farm land, and cannot provide a liveable income. It is mostly native bush which we want to retain. We have 3 adult children who would like to return to the property they grew up on and we would like to be able to divide it into 3 lifestyle blocks. It no longer carries any stock and is basically useless land at the moment. They would actually do something useful with it and the community would benefit from having 3 young adults and their future children. We have, through a surveyor requested the zoning be changed to what the nearby land is, which would enable it to be divided and therefore enhanced, but everything it treated as black and white, so request rejected. The ridiculous zoning rules mean we can't even build another dwelling on the property. Dividing it would have no adverse effect on neighbours as potential building sites are not even visible to them or anyone else. in case anyone is interested our address is 265 Double Hill Rd. I would also like if someone would call me to discuss it.027 354 3849
What other ideas should we be thinking about to include in future plans for our city?
On streets where there is free parking e.g. London St, Cargill St, have painted lines marking the bays as so many times i have seen one car taking 2 spaces, or 2 or 3 cars taking up 4 or 5 spaces. People are terrible and inconsiderate when parking, then moan because of the lack of parking. Perhaps there are some streets where the footpath can be narrowed and the road widened to allow a change from parallel to angle parking, therefore increasing the number of spaces