2355 days ago

Draft Plan Change 11 – Residential Density - Feedback runs from Friday 23 August until Monday 30 September 2019

Rudi from Hamilton Lake

reducing the minimum section sizes in the General Residential Zone from 400m2 to 300m2
enabling apartments as restricted discretionary activities in the General Residential Zone where:
a) the site adjoins, or is immediately across the carriageway from, publicly- owned sport, recreation and neighbourhood open space zones

b) the site adjoins publicly-owned natural open space zones that adjoin the mainstem of the Waikato River, or Lake Rotoroa

requiring two car parking spaces per apartment in the General Residential Zone

processing apartments as a non-notified activity in the Residential Intensification Zone.

You can read all relevant material relating to Plan Change 11 including the proposed changes to the District Plan provisions, a detailed summary of the changes, and map showing where it is proposed to enable apartments through a resource consent​​​, at hamilton.govt.nz/planchange11

Feedback runs from Friday 23 August until Monday 30 September 2019 at 4.30pm.

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Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?

What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?

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Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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11 hours ago

Bakery rave trend comes to Hamilton

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

An early-morning bakery rave, complete with DJs, dancing, coffee and pastries, is set to take over Riverbank Lane this Saturday.

Rudi’s Bakehouse is swapping bright lights for the Hamilton sunrise and alcohol for espresso as it hosts what it believes to be one of the city’s first “bakery raves”.

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