The requirements specified in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations also apply, as rules, in addition to the following rules.  One Plan users must refer to the Regulations and they should be read in conjunction with the following rules.  Where there is conflict between the provisions of the Regulations and any of the following rules, the more stringent provision will apply.
 

Rule Activity Classification Conditions/Standards/Terms Control/Discretion Non-Notification
Rule 17-14 Activities undertaken by or on behalf of the Regional Council in rivers^ with a Schedule B Value of Flood Control and Drainage

The following activities within a reach of a river^ with a Schedule B Value of Flood Control and Drainage, where they are undertaken by or on behalf of the Regional Council:

  1. the erection, placement, or extension of any structure^ in, on, under or over the bed^ of a river^ pursuant to 13(1) RMA
  2. the excavation, drilling, tunnelling or other disturbance (including gravel extraction) of the bed^ of a river^ pursuant to s13(1) RMA
  3. any damming or diversion of water^ pursuant to s14(2) RMA
  4. any discharge^ or deposition of plants, removed bed^ material, rock, shingle, earth, cleanfill material*, water^ or sediment into water^ or onto or into land^ pursuant to ss13(1), 15(1) or 15(2A) RMA
  5. the damage, destruction, disturbance or removal of plants or parts of plants pursuant to s13(2) RMA..
Permitted
  1. The activity must be undertaken in accordance with the Environmental Code of Practice for River Works (Horizons Regional Council, June 2010).
  2. The activity must not involve:
    1. an activity prohibited under Rule 17-1
    2. an activity regulated under Rule 17-3, except to the extent that the activities may be carried out in specified Sites of Significance - Aquatic and Sites of Significance - Cultural in accordance with (a).
 
17-15 Activities affecting Schedule B Value of Flood Control and Drainage

Except as regulated by Rule 17-5, the following activities pursuant to ss 9(2) and 13(1) RMA in, on or under an artificial watercourse* or a reach of a river^ with a Schedule B Value of Flood Control and Drainage or adjacent land^ as defined in (j) to (m):

  1. the planting of a tree or shrub
  2. the erection, placement or extension of any building or other structure^ (including accessways)
  3. the erection, placement or extension of a fence perpendicular to a river^ or artificial watercourse*
  4. the erection, placement or extension of a fence greater than 1.2 m high parallel to a river^ or artificial watercourse*
  5. the deposition of any rock, shingle, earth, debris or other cleanfill material*
  6. any excavation, drilling, tunnelling or other disturbance likely to undermine the functional integrity of a stopbank or river^ control structure^
  7. any land disturbance* that impedes access required for maintenance* of a river^ or drainage scheme
  8. the upgrade*, reconstruction, alteration, extension, removal or demolition of any structure^ that is maintained by the Regional Council for the purposes of flood control or erosion protection or drainage and any ancillary:
    1. excavation, drilling, tunnelling or other
      disturbance of the river^ or lake^ bed^
      pursuant to s13(1) RMA
    2. damming or diversion of water^ pursuant to s14(2) RMA
    3. discharge^ of water^ or sediment into water^ or onto or into land^ pursuant to ss15(1) or 15(2A) RMA
    4. deposition of substances in or on the bed^ of the river^ or lake^ pursuant to s13(1)
    5. land disturbance* pursuant to s9(2) RMA where the activities listed in (a) to (h) are undertaken in any of the following areas:
  9. within the bed^ of a river^ or within an artificial watercourse*
  10. on a stopbank
  11. on any strip of land^ between an artificial watercourse* or bed^ of a river^ and 8 m inland of the landward toe of a stopbank
  12. for areas without stopbanks, anywhere within 10 m of an artificial watercourse* or the bed^ of a river^
  13. Only land^ use activities described under (f) and (g) are controlled under this rule^ on land^ described under (j) and (k) on and adjacent to the Manawatū River secondary stopbank located between Ruahine Street at Fitzroy Bend and Ruamahanga Crescent. The other listed land^ use activities are not controlled in that area.

This rule^ does not apply to activities undertaken by or on behalf of the Regional Council.

Discretionary    


Rule Guide:

The discharge of contaminants into water or into or onto land, other than contaminants specifically identified in the rules, is regulated by the rules in Chapter 14.