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Part 9 Public Places

This part of the bylaw controls activities to ensure that acceptable standards of convenience, safety, visual amenity and civic values are maintained in public places for the well-being and enjoyment of citizens within the District. In particular, this part controls activities on roads, footpaths, road reserves, beaches and reserves. It also controls activities within public places which may have an adverse effect on other users of these facilities, or adjoining uses.

1.0 Interpretation
This part of the bylaw shall be in addition to the provisions of Part 1 Introductory and if this part of the bylaw is inconsistent with Part 1 Introductory then the provisions of this part of the bylaw shall prevail.

2.0 Obstruction in Public Places
2.1 No person shall place or leave any material or thing on any public place that the council considers obstructs the public right of passage, unless specifically as provided in this or any other part of the bylaw, or with the prior permission of the council.

2.2 No person shall place or erect any building on or over any public place without the prior written permission of the council.

2.3 No person shall construct any projection of any kind, including windows, gates, balconies or walls, in a position such that it obstructs free passage on any public place, unless the prior written approval of the council is obtained.

2.4 The council may require the alteration or removal of any material, building or thing placed on a public place in contravention of this part of the bylaw, by giving notice to the owner. The owner shall comply with any notice within the time stated in the notice.

2.5 The display of goods for sale shall not be permitted on footpaths except in commercial and industrial areas and then only subject to the following conditions:
a) That any such display be placed adjacent to the premises to which the display relates and shall not encroach onto the footpath more than one third the width of the unobstructed footpath (i.e. where parking meters/lamp-posts are present the width shall be measured from the front of the building to the parking meter, or lamp-post as the case may be).
Note: This subclause intends that at least a two thirds width of the footpath can be utilised by pedestrians.
b) That no such display shall be placed in a manner which will in the opinion of the council be likely to cause an undue obstruction to pedestrians or constitute a danger to people or property or cause an obstruction to easy access to adjoining property. Persons displaying goods shall accept responsibility for safety of the public and appropriate public liability insurance should be obtained by that person.
c) Such displays shall be removed at the completion of the days trading. No goods shall be permitted to remain outside overnight or at times when the business is not open for trade.
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2.6 Any person wishing to use the footpaths for the purposes of:
a) Placement of tables and chairs outside the premises; or
b) Occupying part of the footpath utilising in excess of one third width of the unobstructed footpath;
shall apply in writing to the council for a Street Encroachment Licence. The council may approve, decline, or issue a Street Encroachment Licence subject to such conditions (and costs), as it considers appropriate. Any such approval granted may be reviewed at any time as considered necessary by the council.

3.0 Public safety and hazards
3.1 No person shall place or leave on any public place any material, object, construction, temporary or permanent sign, vehicle or substances if in the opinion of the council it is likely to be a danger or hazardous to the driver of any motor vehicle, or to any other person. An Authorised Officer may, where considered necessary, undertake such action to remove or abate the danger or risk of injury to members of the public or driver of any motor vehicle, and the Authorised Officer may use such assistance as is necessary, and all costs shall be recoverable from the person(s) responsible for the placement of such hazardous or dangerous material, objects etc.

3.2 Where any wall, fence or land adjacent to a public place is in a condition or state of disrepair which in the opinion of an Authorised Officer could cause damage or injury to persons passing, the Authorised Officer may give notice requiring the owner or occupier to make the wall, fence or land safe within such time as specified in the notice. Any such notice shall be complied within the specified time.

3.3 No person shall blast any rock, stone, earth, timber or other material in, on or near any public place, without the prior approval of the council, and in compliance with any conditions the council may impose.

3.4 No person being the owner and/or occupier of any property, shall fail, within the time specified and upon the request of an Authorised Officer, to cut back any tree or vegetation growing on that property and deemed by the Authorised Officer to be overhanging a street light, or impeding or likely to impede, or may be a danger to pedestrian flow along any footpath/pavement.

3.5 No person shall use, construct or allow to remain any electric fence or barbed wire fence immediately adjoining any public place in an urban area unless such wire is placed at least 1.0 metre inside any boundary line adjoining a public place and at a height of not less than 2.4 metres from the ground level, and in the case of any electric fence wire it is appropriately labelled to warn the public.

3.6 The use of razor wire within any area of the New Plymouth District is not permitted. This clause does not apply to any premise owned and controlled by the Department of Justice.

3.7 No person shall use, drive or operate any invalid carriage on any footpath within a public place unless the invalid carriage is operated or used without risk of injury or harm or without causing injury or harm to any pedestrian or other user of the footpath. No person shall drive along any footpath any invalid carriage of a width greater than 90cm or at a speed in excess of 6km an hour.
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4.0 Disturbance or damage to public places
4.1 No person shall disturb, remove or alter (including the planting or removal of any vegetation, plant or shrub) the surface of any public place without the prior permission of the council, and in accordance with such conditions as the council may impose. This clause shall not prevent any person from mowing any grass berm which is located outside or adjacent to that persons residence.

4.2 The person responsible for any works permitted under clause 4.1 of this part of the bylaw shall take all such precautions for guarding against injury to passers-by as may be necessary, including the provision of adequate lighting where the danger to any person remains during the hours of darkness, to the satisfaction of an Authorised Officer.

4.3 No person shall damage or destroy any property belonging to the council placed or erected on any public place, including trees, grass plots, planter boxes, street furniture, tiles, shrubs, ornaments and statues, poles or any other structure.

4.4 The council shall accept no liability for any injury or damage arising from activities in any public place and permitted under this part of the bylaw.

5.0 Refuse and offensive matter
5.1 No person shall make use of any street tidy or other public refuse receptacle for the purpose of placing or depositing any offensive matter or any household, shop, office, or any trade refuse of any description.

5.2 No person shall:
a) Throw or leave any dead animal or part thereof, or animal remains, or offensive matter of any kind, upon any public place, or into any river, creek, stream or other water, or on the bank thereof.
b) Fail to dispose of in a proper manner the body or part of the body of any animal in their possession that may have been killed or died while straying, or while being driven on any public place.
c) Transport any refuse, offensive matter, or any other material over any road or public place unless the receptacle or vehicle used is covered or secured to prevent the escape or falling of any of the contents onto any road or public place.
d) Sweep any refuse, dust, or litter onto any public place from any house or business premises.

5.3 No person shall cause, permit, or suffer the drippings of the eaves or other projections of any house or structure to fall upon any public place.

5.4 No person shall cause, permit or suffer the burning of any matter or thing on any public place, except in designated areas set side by the council for the purpose, without firstly obtaining the prior approval of the council and subject to such conditions as required by an Authorised Officer.
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6.0 Fences and doors
6.1 No person shall fail to keep in good repair any rail, gate, fence, or cover over or about any area or entrance or lighting place to any cellar, or other place opening into or upon or near any public place, or omit to protect such entrance when open for use.

6.2 No person shall hang or permit to be hung any door or gate abutting on any public place such that it is capable of being swung over or across any public place, unless the prior written approval of the council is obtained.

6.3 No person shall erect or maintain, or cause to be erected or maintained, any awning over any public place or hang any awning, blind, or screen from any portico on any public place, unless permitted in the District Plan. Any such permission may be revoked at any time by the council.

6.4 The council may by notice in writing require the owner or occupier of any land, which has no fence along the line of frontage of such land to any public place, to erect a suitable fence along such line of frontage within the time stated in such notice.

6.5 Where any fence abutting on a public place is so out of repair as to be, in the opinion of the council, dangerous to persons passing, or is in contravention of this part of the bylaw, the council may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier to repair or remove such fence or to remove such fence and erect an alternative fence to the approval of the council. The owner or occupier of any land upon whom such notice is served shall comply with the same within the time stated in such notice.

7.0 Animals
7.1 Every person being the owner or having the care, custody or control of any animal shall keep and prevent the same from wandering or being at large without proper guidance and control on any public place.

7.2 No person shall tether or otherwise put or place any animal for the purpose of depasturing or grazing the same, on any public place, except in areas zoned rural, or on any public place for which a current ‘grazing lease’ has been issued by the council. No person shall graze animal(s) on a public place in a rural zone, without first having made application to, and having received approval of the council. The council may impose such conditions as considered appropriate.

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7.3 Every persons being the owner or having the custody or control of any animals grazing on any public place permitted by clause 7.2 of this part of the bylaw shall in addition to receiving approval of the council, comply with the following conditions:
a) In the case of animals being grazed on the roadside or berm, grazing shall only be carried out directly adjacent to the property owned by or under the control of such person, or adjacent to the property of another person where prior permission is granted by the affected person.
b) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to ensure the safety of any persons or traffic using any road or public place. Animals should be secured behind an effective fence with the installation and construction of the fence being in accordance with the Roading Division of the Council.
c) The council shall accept no liability and the owner or person placing stock on any public place shall accept full responsibility and liability for the stock.

7.4 No person shall:
a) Break in, train, clean, shoe, bleed, dress, or expose for show, hire, or sale, any horse or other animal on any public place, except on a public place where a current ‘grazing lease’ has been issued by the council.
b) Ride, drive or lead any horse along or on any footpath, grass berm, or other cultivation in an urban area.
This subclause shall not apply to any area which has been designated with appropriate signage by the council and allows a particular use or activity.
c) Allow any animal likely to cause a hazard to the public to stand on any public place, unless properly and securely controlled.
d) By ill-usage or negligence in driving any cattle along or over any public place, permit any injury or damage to be done by such cattle.
e) Being the owner, or the person having the custody of any cattle or sheep, ride, lead, or drive the same, or permit or suffer the same to go along any footway or cycle track on any public place.
f) Cause, permit or suffer any animal to be led, ridden, or driven upon, across, or along any footpath grass plot, grass berm or flower bed laid out on any public place. This part of the bylaw does not apply to the leading of any dog (or cat) along a grass berm or footpath.

7.5 The owner or person in charge of any horse that defecates on a public place within an urban area shall on the same day remove the faeces from that place, and dispose of it in a sanitary manner into a suitable receptacle or dispose of it by other suitable means. Where a public litter bin is used to dispose of the droppings they must be suitably wrapped or contained to prevent fouling of the receptacle.
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8.0 Advertising signs
8.1 This part of the bylaw controls signs on or above public places and unless permitted by the District Plan, Resource Consent or Building Consent, shall also apply to any advertising device on private property which may by virtue of proximity to any public place, create a hazard to persons if insecurely fixed or constructed.

8.2 No person shall erect, construct or display any advertising sign(s) which does not meet the requirements of the operative New Plymouth District Plan – relating to advertising signs.

8.3 Any sign located on a footpath shall leave a two third width of the footpath available for pedestrians.

8.4 No advertising sign shall be made, erected or constructed otherwise than in a good workmanlike manner and of approved materials and where required in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the council.
Where appropriate, consideration in the design should be given by the applicant to:
a) The provision of adequate rigidity and strength;
b) The effects of wind.

8.5 Every advertising sign shall at all times be maintained in good repair and condition to the satisfaction of the council.

8.6 If any advertising sign shall at any time not be in good order and condition or if it shall at any time be unsightly or dangerous, the council may, by notice in writing require the owner or lessee to repair or secure or otherwise put in order or remove such advertising sign within a period stated in such notice.

8.7 In the event of an advertising sign becoming redundant or, by reason of change of occupancy or otherwise it is no longer relevant to the business carried on in the premises on which it appears the council may by notice in writing require the owner to effectively and properly paint out or remove such advertising sign within a period stated in such notice.

8.8 If any advertising sign fails to conform to all the provisions for this part of the bylaw, it shall be the duty of the occupier or owner for the time being of the premises or stationary vehicle on which such advertising sign shall have been displayed or erected, after being served with a notice in writing by the council, to remove or take down such advertising sign or that portion that does not conform to the provisions of this part of the bylaw within the time specified in such notice.

8.9 Where any advertising sign is considered to be a traffic hazard or public danger the advertising sign may be removed without notice by the council.
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8.10 Prior to the return of any such advertising sign removed under clause 8.9 of this part of the bylaw, the owner or occupier shall pay the council such costs associated with the removal of any advertising sign(s).

8.11 If the person on whom a notice has been served fails to comply with the terms of such notice within the time stated they will be liable to prosecution for an offence against this part of the bylaw. Failing compliance with such a notice, the council may itself carry out such work and recover the cost for so doing from the owner or occupier of the premises. The exercise of this authority shall not relieve such owner or occupier from liability to any penalty incurred by reason of a breach of this part of the bylaw. Notice shall be required notwithstanding clause 13.0 Part 1 Introductory of this bylaw.

8.12 Following a second offence the advertising sign may be removed and held until the expiration of any appeal period and failing any appeal disposed of by such means as determined by the council.

8.13 The applicant or the owner of an advertising sign which is the subject of any action made under this part of the bylaw by having been informed in writing of such action and the reasons for it may, within one month of notification of such decision, apply in writing to the council for a review of the decision.

9.0 Beaches
9.1 This part of the bylaw deals specifically with beaches under the control of the council and shall be read in conjunction with the remainder of this part of the bylaw, and other relevant legislation and bylaws.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any of the following beaches:
a) Ngamotu Beach.
b) East End Beach, Fitzroy Beach, - including areas of beach and foreshore located between the Te Henui River mouth to the west and the Waiwakaiho River mouth to the East.
c) Oakura Beach – including those areas of beach and foreshore located between the Weld Road River mouth to the west and the Tapuae River mouth to the East.

9.2 Clause 9.1 of this part of the bylaw shall not apply to:
a) Any motor vehicle whether towing a trailer or not and used solely for the purpose of launching or retrieving any boat, yacht, jet ski or other similar equipment into or from the sea.
b) Any rescue vehicle, police vehicle, or motor vehicle under the direct control of any surf life saving club operative in or on these beaches.
c) Any motor vehicle used to carry out approved maintenance works on the beach.
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9.3 No person shall drive or cause to be driven any motor vehicle on any part of a beach being used for bathing or recreation, at a greater speed than 15km per hour.

9.4 No person shall drive, ride or cause to be driven any motor vehicle on the land or sand dunes above the mean high water springs (approximately the high tide mark). This clause shall not apply to any motor vehicle on private land, or to any vehicle when being driven or parked on any road or parking area set aside by the council for such purpose.

9.5 Horses shall be prohibited from the following areas:
a) Ngamotu Beach (includes the reserve, beach and playground area) at all times.
b) East End Beach – Fitzroy Beach (including the foreshore and beach area located between the Te Henui River mouth to the west and Waiwakaiho River mouth to the east) from 9am to 6pm daily during the period daylight saving for New Zealand is in force.
c) Oakura Beach (including the foreshore and beach area located between the Oakura Motor Camp to the west and the Oakura River mouth to the east) from 9am to 6pm daily during the period daylight saving for New Zealand is in force.
Nothing in clauses 9.5(b) and 9.5(c) of this part of the bylaw shall prevent any person leading a horse through these areas for the sole purpose of gaining access to other beach areas. The council may, at any time, upon receipt of application consider and approve (subject to any condition, including any requirements of the Taranaki Regional Council) the use of any of these areas by horses for the purpose of a special occasion or event.

9.6 No person shall ride or cause to be ridden any horse on a beach within 15 metres of any person, unless the horse is ridden by at the walking pace of the horse.

9.7 No person may lead, ride or swim any horse, cattle or other animal on or from any part of any beach such that in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, a nuisance, danger or inconvenience is or may be created for other users of the beach.

9.8 No person shall use any vehicle on any beach where in the opinion of an Authorised Officer, a nuisance, danger or inconvenience is, or may be, created for other users of the beach.

9.9 No person shall:
a) Break any bottle or deposit or cast any foul or offensive matter, refuse, glass, tins, bottles, or any other article or thing likely to cause any nuisance or danger to the public health or safety on a beach;
b) Be or remain upon any part of a beach in view of other persons unless properly and sufficiently dressed or in designated areas set aside by the council for the purposes of nude bathing;
c) Play games in or loiter in any dressing shed;
d) Use any dressing shed except for dressing or undressing;
e) Where over the age of eight years old, enter or use any place, room or building on any beach set aside for the use of the opposite sex.
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9.10 No person shall remove any wood or driftwood from the foreshore, where in the opinion of an Authorised Officer a permit is necessary, unless consent from the Council has firstly been obtained, and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the council.

9.11 The council may at its discretion authorise any Life Saving Club to:
a) Provide and use on any beach lifesaving equipment to the approved standards of the NZ Surf Life Saving Association.
b) Erect or place on any beach any danger notices, or signs requiring swimming within specified area of the beach, or any sign prohibiting bathing from time to time as is necessary.

9.12 Unless authorised by the council no person shall use, display, injure, destroy, or otherwise interfere with any appliance or signal bell provided by the council or by any Life Saving Club unless such use or displacement is necessary for the purpose of saving life, or such injury or destruction is caused while such appliance or signal bells are being used for such purpose.

10.0 Vehicle crossings
10.1 This part of the bylaw deals with vehicle crossings which are a properly formed vehicle access from the road to the property as required by Section 335 of the Local Government Act 1974.

10.2 No person shall construct, remove, repair or widen any vehicle crossing without firstly having made application and obtained a written permit from the council.
Any application made is subject to fees set by the council and requires the applicant to either:
a) Pay the council to construct a vehicle crossing; or
b) Select a “council approved contractor” for the construction or upgrading of the vehicle crossing which shall be paid for directly by the applicant.

10.3 Where a crossing is in a bad or unsafe state of repair, or there has been significant deterioration or change in vehicle crossing use, the council may by notice require the owner to upgrade or renew the crossing.
Where notice is served on the owner to upgrade or renew any crossing, the appropriate works (having firstly obtained a written permit) shall be completed within the period stated in the notice.

10.4 Any new or upgraded vehicle crossing shall be constructed to comply with the council’s Codes of Practice.

10.5 Where a permanent vehicle crossing is not required, but access to a construction site or for any other purpose is required, a temporary vehicle crossing is necessary. No person shall use any temporary vehicle crossing without firstly have made an application and obtained a written permit from the council which shall be subject to such fees and conditions as considered necessary.
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11.0 Identification of land or buildings
11.1 No person shall give any name to or affix, set up or mark any name on any road, private road or public place without the prior permission in writing of the council.

11.2 The owner or occupier of any area of land on which a building is situated and to which a number has been allocated by the council (for electoral, postal or other purposes) shall display that number in a position visible from the road, and which clearly identifies the building with the allocated number.

11.3 The number shall be affixed to the building in such a position as to render the number readily visible from the road, or if no such position is available, the number shall be placed upon a post, fence, letterbox or gate near or adjacent to and readily visible from the road.

11.4 The council may at any time alter the number allocated to any area of land or building, and in which case the owner or occupier of that building shall number the building accordingly.

11.5 Rural properties within the New Plymouth District shall be numbered in accordance with the Rural Address Property Identification System (RAPID) or such other system as may be adopted by the New Plymouth District Council from time to time. The owner or occupier of any rural property shall display the allocated RAPID number on a post or other structure adjacent to the vehicle entrance to the property so as to be clearly visible to persons in vehicles approaching the entrance from either direction. The provision and maintenance of posts and numbers, including the trimming or removal of vegetation or other objects which may obscure the number, is the responsibility of the property owner.

12.0 Trading in public places
12.1 No person shall without a permit from the council use any part of any street, beach, reserve or public place for the purpose of setting up any stall, mobile shop or offer for sale any product or service whether from a motor vehicle or not.

12.2 a) No person shall for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions, collections or donation, or for the purpose of promoting or furthering any product or project or form of belief or activity in any portion of any street or public place within the District, accost or impose upon any person or distribute or sell any handbills, tickets, pamphlets or other printed or reproduced matter to any other person whether or not for financial gain or reward without the prior written permission of the council and then only in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as the council may require.
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b) Application for such permit shall be in writing and shall be made no later than 14 days prior to the date on which it is desired to commence operating under such permit and such application shall state:

• The purpose for which subscriptions, collections or donations or the profits from the business to be carried on shall be used;
• The date of the proposed collection;
• The place or places where it is desired to station collectors or erect a stall or stalls;
• The names and addresses of the promoters.

c) The fee for any such permit shall be as the council may from time to time by resolution prescribe.

12.3 No person shall make, do, or suffer any act, matter, or thing, either on any public place or on land adjacent thereto, whereby other persons may be caused or induced to collect or congregate on any public place so as to impede the traffic on such public place, or cause an obstruction or impede, annoy or inconvenience, any persons passing.

13.0 Behaviour controls
13.1 No person shall act in any manner, including the playing of games, in or on any public place so as to cause any damage, annoyance, danger, inconvenience or obstruction of any person or property.

13.2 No person shall use any loud speaker or other broadcast system in or on any street or public place, without the prior permission of the council.

13.3 Any person or persons wishing to sing or play any musical instrument may do so providing no annoyance, nuisance or any other inconvenience is created. Where any complaint is received regarding the singing or playing of musical instruments by the council, an Authorised Officer may, by notice in writing, require cessation of that activity and until permission is obtained from the council, no person shall resume that activity.

13.4 No person shall make noise by any means which is likely to cause annoyance to persons in any street or public place, or disturb any meeting or congregation.

13.5 No person shall place any placard, poster or other document on, or write, draw or otherwise disfigure any road, wall, building or other structure (including any tree, shrub or flowerbed) or fitting on or abutting any public place.

13.6 No person shall expose to view or distribute or offer for sale in any public place any placard, handbill, print, or other document whatsoever of any offensive or indecent character.The council may at any time undertake to remove any offensive or indecent matter in or adjoining any public place, at cost to the person(s) responsible for the placement of the offensive or indecent matter in the public place.

13.7 No person shall loiter or stand or remain in any one place on any public place after being directed to move on by an Authorised Officer.

13.8 Every person commits any offence against this part of the bylaw who wilfully or maliciously destroys, pulls down, obliterates, or defaces the name of any street, or the number of any building, or paints, affixes, or sets up any name of any street, or any number to any building, contrary to the provisions of this part of the bylaw.
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14.0 Camping in public places
No person shall erect, put up, use or occupy any tent, marquee, portable hut or other similar enclosure or other temporary living accommodation on any portion of any public place other than on an area which has been designated as a camping ground site and has been set aside by the council.

15.0 Vehicles in public places
15.1 No person shall keep or leave, or cause or suffer to be kept or left, any vehicle or motor vehicle stationary and unattended in or on any public place otherwise than for or in connection with bona fide purposes of travel and stopping incidental to such travel.

15.2 No person shall use or cause to be used any road, road side or berm, or any other public place for the purpose of:
a) Repairing, maintaining or making alterations to any vehicle or motor vehicle;
b) Construction, building, rebuilding, panel beating or painting any vehicle or motor vehicle.
Repair of vehicles
15.3 No person shall leave, place or allow to remain any vehicle or motor vehicle on any public place which in the opinion of the council:
a) Is dilapidated, or of such a condition as to be unsightly or a nuisance to any person;
b) Is so parked as to hinder the ordinary passage of any motor vehicle into or out of any driveway;
c) Is so placed (without one or more wheels) or is suspended above ground by blocks, car jacks or similar apparatus which may be dangerous or cause injury should the vehicle or motor vehicle fall or be dislodged.
Vehicles – dangerous or unsightly
The council may remove, shift or alter any vehicle or motor vehicle as outlined in clauses 15.3 (a), (b) and (c) of this part of the bylaw at the cost to the owner or person in charge of the vehicle, where such person fails to remove the vehicle within the time specified in any notice, or in the case where no notice can reasonably be given to an owner.

15.4 a) No person shall, at any time, cause or permit or allow any vehicle or motor vehicle owned by them or under their control to remain stationary or parked on any road (including footpaths, berms and reserves) for the purpose of sale of that vehicle or motor vehicle unless it is parked outside the registered owners place of residence.
b) Where any road is defined as a state highway (as defined by Section 2 of the Transit NZ Act 1989) no person may stop or park a vehicle on any section of the state highway for the purpose of selling that vehicle, unless permitted pursuant to clause 3(2) of the Transit New Zealand (Sale of Vehicles on State Highways) Bylaw 1999/14 and subject to all relevant conditions to be complied with.
c) Where a vehicle is parked for the purpose of sale outside the registered owners place of residence, there shall be no more than one vehicle or motor vehicle permitted to remain stationary or parked for the purpose of sale of that vehicle outside any property at any one time. The owner of any vehicle displaying a ‘for sale’ sign shall remove the vehicle as directed by the council at any time.
d) Any such motor vehicle or vehicle which is permitted to remain outside any property for the purpose of sale shall also be used or capable of being used for bona fide purposes of travel and in accordance with clause 15.1 of this part of the bylaw.

15.5 The use of mobile vehicles for the purpose of temporary accommodation in a public place shall be subject to the following:
a) Temporary accommodation shall occur for a maximum of two nights in any calendar month at any single location;
b) Mobile vehicles must be self-contained with a water storage facility and equipped with a minimum three day storage capacity for toilet and grey water waste;
c) All waste (including refuse, toilet and grey water) shall be disposed of in approved sites or dump points as the case may be;
d) Occupiers shall be mindful of the proximity of residences, or camping grounds in the immediate vicinity;
e) Occupiers of mobile vehicles are required to comply with any request to move on, by an officer of the council;
f) No person shall use a mobile vehicle for temporary accommodation in any area which may from time to time be specified by the resolution of the New Plymouth District Council, publicly notified.
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