Bay Harbour: June 20, 2018

Wednesday June 20 2018
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Tank requirement deemed unfair
• By Sarla Donovan
PROPERTY OWNERS say a
requirement to provide water
tanks for firefighters is onerous
and unfair.
Under the Fire and Emergency
New Zealand code of
practice, a new house built in an
area without a reticulated water
supply must have an additional
45,000 litres of
stored water
available for firefighting
purposes
because of being
on a restricted
water supply.
Geoff Ettrick
David
Griffiths
and Peter Reeves,
property owners
at Birdlings Flat,
spoke to the Banks Peninsula
Community Board about the
water supply requirements last
week.
They said the cost and the
amount of space taken up by the
two tanks that were needed, was
more slanted to a “lifestyle block
scenario” than houses on an
urban-sized section.
Mr Ettrick estimated it would
take two tanks occupying about
17 sq m to provide sufficient
water.
A 30,000 litre tank retails for
around $4600 and a 15,000 litre
for around $3100.
“The whole thing is just
bizarre,” Mr Ettrick said. “At the
end of the day we’re being forced
to put storage there which is the
responsibility of the city council
or the Fire Service.”
They want a communitywide
approach to be taken in
Birdlings Flat, suggesting community
water tanks would be a
cheaper, more efficient option.
A FENZ spokesman said
the code of practice applied
wherever territorial authorities
had adopted it in their district
plans, but there was room for
negotiation.
“The code provides for developers
and building owners to
engage with us and territorial
authorities to determine appropriate
needs and ensure they
are met. That means that when
houses are close enough and the
terrain permits, water tanks can
be shared.”
WATER:
Property
owners are
unhappy
with the
requirement
that a new
house without
a reticulated
water supply
must have
an additional
45,000 litres of
stored water
available for
firefighting.
City council head of planning
and strategic transport David
Griffiths said the measure had
been introduced in 2015 after
the New Zealand Fire Service,
“through consultation under
stage one of the District Plan
review” asked that a water
supply for firefighting rule
be included for all residential
zones.
The board has asked city
council staff to prepare a report
on the issue.
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PREDATOR-FREE GRANT
The backyard pest trapping
project, Predator Free Port Hills,
has been given a funding boost of
$45,000 from the Spreydon-Cashmere
Community Board. The
project aims to boost the population
of native birds and wildlife
by getting the public involved in
trapping rats, stoats, possums,
weasels and ferrets. It currently
has 350 traps in circulation but
aims to eventually have 4000.
FIRE BRIGADE FUNDRAISER
Diamond Harbour’s On the
Spot store has raised more
than $2129 for the Diamond
Harbour Volunteer Fire Brigade.
The money will go towards the
purchase of a new support vehicle.
Store owners James Grant and
Laura Palmer marked their first
year of business in the settlement
with a week of fundraising,
including a sausage sizzle and
daily specials.
WOOLSTORE
Last week Bay Harbour News
published a photo of what was
thought to be Spooky Boogie
cafe and record store owner
Oscar Guerrero in an article on
the Woolstore development. The
photo was in fact Mr Guerrero’s
father. Bay Harbour News apologies
for the error.
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