Subdivision 19 Fences (rural)

2.37   Specified development

The construction or installation of a fence or gate is development specified for this code if it is:

(a)  constructed or installed on land in Zone RU1, RU2, RU3 or RU4, and

(b)  not constructed or installed on or in, or adjacent to, a heritage item or a draft heritage item or in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area.

(c)  (Repealed)

Note. If the fence is a dividing fence, the Dividing Fences Act 1991 also applies.

2.38   Development standards

The standards specified for that development are that the development must:

(a)  be not higher than 1.8m above ground level (existing), and

(b)  subject to paragraph (d), be constructed using post and wire or post and rail, and

(c)  if it is electrical fencing—be constructed in accordance with AS/NZS 3014:2003, Electrical installations—electric fences, and

(d)  if any part of it is a masonry decorative feature associated with an entrance gate on a boundary that has a frontage to a public road—not extend more than 3m from either side of the gate, and

(e)  if it is on a sloping site and stepped to accommodate the fall in the land—be not higher than 2.2m above ground level (existing) at each step, and

(f)  not redirect the flow of surface water onto an adjoining property, and

(g)  if it is constructed or installed on a flood control lot—not redirect or interrupt the flow of surface water on that lot.