Pursuant to section 27(1)(a) of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011, the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
The Banks Peninsula District Plan is amended from the publication of this notice by adding chapter 41 as follows:
"Chapter 41 Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
Issue 1 Following the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, demolition work, partial demolition work, alteration of buildings and associated earthworks need to be carried out promptly to enable recovery in a timely manner.
Objective 1 Enable works related to earthquake recovery to be carried out without undue delay.
Policy 1 Demolition or alteration of buildings and associated earthworks carried out under the control of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), pursuant to the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
Act 2011, are not subject to the usual requirements to obtain resource consent.
Rule 1 Notwithstanding any other rule in this plan, works carried out or commissioned by or on behalf of the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, pursuant to section 38 of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011, are a permitted activity."
The Christchurch City Plan, Volume 3: Part 9 General City Rules is amended from the publication of this notice by adding clause 9 to read:
"9.0 Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
9.1 Statement
Following the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, demolition works, alterations of buildings, and related earthworks need to be carried out promptly to enable recovery in a timely manner. Works carried out under the control of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, pursuant to section 38 of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011, can be exempted from the usual requirements to obtain resource consent.
Rule 9.1 Demolition works carried out by CERA permitted activities
Notwithstanding any other rule in this plan, works carried out or commissioned by or on behalf of the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, pursuant to section 38 of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011, are a permitted activity."
The amendments made to Volume 3: Part 10 clause 1.3.1 and clause 1.3.2 of the Christchurch City Plan by public notice in the Christchurch Press on 15 June 2011 are revoked by the publication of this notice.
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of July 2011.
HON GERRY BROWNLEE, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery.