STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Few have the landscaping, sealing and painted markings required of permanent car parks. John Higgins, head of resource consents for the council, said the conditions imposed with the new consents would vary according to the site. “Landscaping has been proposed already by applicants, so the question is whether further improvements can be made to the landscaping, which is a case specific consideration,” he said. It was unlikely that the council would require temporary car parks to be sealed entirely, Higgins said.
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An upgraded and landscaped Wilson Parking car park on the corner of Colombo and Hereford streets.
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They had until April 30 to comply or the council could issue a $300 fine and an abatement notice to cease the operation. Council regulatory compliance head Tracey Weston this week said 26 car parks had closed and another 19 had applied for a consent. One had so far been successful in gaining a consent. No fines or abatement notices had been issued.
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The Christchurch City Council is considering changing its central city parking policy. It says there is a perception the city lacks parking, but is asking if that is really the case or a myth. (First published August 2020) Weston said council staff were yet to visit the 50 sites that had not closed or applied for a consent to verify if they were still operating.
Christchurch rowdy rooster Babs ruffles feathers after complaint to council over noisy crowing
20 Apr, 2021 12:30 AM
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Olivia Cook talks about Babs the rowdy rooster. Video / George Heard
A rowdy urban rooster, ruffling feathers with its daytime crowing, has been told to pull its neck in.
Babs has fallen foul of his residential neighbours - and earned a visit from council inspectors who have warned his owner that crowing roosters are considered a noise nuisance .
Olivia Cook, a 24-year-old part-time dispatcher who fosters all sorts of animals, rescued Babs and his sister Ginger – named from the animated movie Chicken Run - from across the other side of Christchurch last year as tiny chicks.