The Star: October 11, 2018

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Fire rages, homes at risk
list rises by 15
The city council recorded five
owners as probationary, meaning
they cannot become the owner
of any new dogs but may keep
any registered dogs they have and
may be required to do dog education
or obedience courses.
The status lasts about two
years.
There was one dog owner disqualified
from owning dogs for
four years, meaning they cannot
own a dog at all.
“The council took three
prosecutions, one prosecution
resulted in a conviction where the
dog owner was disqualified from
owning dogs for four years,” a
city council report said.
“The breeds were one labrador
cross, two american pit bull
terriers cross type dogs,” Ms
Weston said.
Fifty two dogs were classified
as menacing based on acts of aggression,
taking the total number
to 241.
There were also 20 new dogs
added to the menacing register
based on their breed, which increased
the number to 156.
Breeds which are immediately
classified as menacing are
brazilian fila, dogo argentino,
japanese tosa, american pit bull
types and perro de presa canario.
Meanwhile, the city council
received 9633 complaints relating
to dogs barking, wandering, fouling,
rushing, attacks on domestic
animals and unregistered dogs.
Two hundred and forty complaints
were attacks on people.
It investigated 726 priority one
complaints for dogs attacking
people, stock, poultry, domestic
animals and protected wildlife or
traffic hazards relating to wandering
on roads.
Also in the last year, the city
council issued 1411 infringement
notices for breaches against the
Dog Control Act.
Earthquake strengthening
for Kmart in The Palms
• By Julia Evans
KMART’S SITE in The Palms
Shopping Centre has a rating of
less than 34 per cent of the new
building standard.
It comes following the store’s
sudden closure for repairs a
week ago.
The building was added to the
Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment’s register
of earthquake-prone buildings
on October 4.
A spokesperson for The Palms
said the current rating of the
store does not meet the 34 per
cent threshold, making the
works a necessity to ensure it
meets all standards for compliance.
“The necessary consents and
approvals have been obtained,
and the seismic strengthening
upgrades are under way. The
Palms is working hard to confirm
a reopening date, and we
aim to have an update as soon as
possible.”
The new building standard
said earthquake-prone buildings
are those “likely to collapse
causing injury or death, or
damage to any other property,
during or following a moderate
earthquake.”
A spokesperson for Kmart
told The Star the shop temporarily
closed in order to undergo
some seismic strengthening upgrades,
following feedback from
a recent routine assessment.
“Although the store passed all
safety assessments, additional
recommendations were made
given that Christchurch is an
area with high levels of seismic
activity. We decided to implement
improvements immediately,
as the safety of our team
members and customers is our
number one priority.”
A block of eight flats on the
central city’s Dorset St were also
added to the register last month.
It is a category one heritage
building.
There are currently 588
buildings in Christchurch on the
Government’s earthquake-prone
building register.
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