POLICY PURPOSE
CONTENTS
PAGE
PART 1
1.0 Earthquake-prone buildings....................................................................................................................................................................4
2.0 Policy development approach................................................................................................................................................................4
3.0 Identifying earthquake-prone buildings Process overview.......................................................................................................5
4.0 Earthquake-prone buildings - Process detail ...................................................................................................................................5
5.0 Detailed assessment of earthquake-prone status...........................................................................................................................6
6.0 Taking action on earthquake-prone buildings..................................................................................................................................6
7.0 Required level of structural improvement.........................................................................................................................................6
8.0 Alterations to buildings and change of use;......................................................................................................................................7
9.0 Recording a buildings earthquake-prone status and access to information........................................................................7
10.0 Economic impact of policy......................................................................................................................................................................8
11.0 Buildings which can be excluded from this policy..........................................................................................................................8
12.0 Priorities..........................................................................................................................................................................................................9
13.0 Heritage buildings.......................................................................................................................................................................................9
PART 2
14.0 Dangerous buildings................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
15.0 Identifying dangerous buildings.......................................................................................................................................................... 10
16.0 Assessment criteria.................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
17.0 Taking action on dangerous buildings.............................................................................................................................................. 11
18.0 The dangerous buildings policy and the Building Act 2004..................................................................................................... 11
19.0 Access to dangerous building information..................................................................................................................................... 11
20.0 Economic impact of policy................................................................................................................................................................... 12
21.0 Priorities....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
22.0 Heritage buildings.................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
PART 3
23.0 Insanitary buildings.................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
24.0 Identifying insanitary buildings........................................................................................................................................................... 13
25.0 Assessment criteria.................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
26.0 Taking action on insanitary buildings............................................................................................................................................... 14
27.0 The insanitary building policy and the Building Act 2004........................................................................................................ 14
28.0 Recording of insanitary buildings....................................................................................................................................................... 14
29.0 Heritage buildings.................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix A................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
PART 1
1.0 EARTHQUAKE-PRONE
BUILDINGS
1.1 BACKGROUND
1.2 CONTEXT
2.0 POLICY
DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
to buildings;
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
4.0 EARTHQUAKE-PRONE
BUILDINGS - PROCESS DETAIL
Auckland Council has adopted a staged approach
as outlined below.
STAGE 1
8.0 ALTERATIONS
TO BUILDINGS AND
CHANGE OF USE
8.1
S112 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS
TO EXISTING BUILDINGS NOT INVOLVING A
CHANGE OF USE AS DEFINED IN REGULATION 5
10.0 ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF POLICY
12.0 PRIORITIES
d.
PART 2
14.0 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
14.1 BACKGROUND
14.2
POLICY PRINCIPLES
15.0 IDENTIFYING
DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
he council will:
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(a) May seek advice from members of the New Zealand Fire Service who have
been notified to the territorial authority by the Fire Service National Commander
as being competent to give advice; and
(b) If the advice is sought, must have due regard to the advice.
building is dangerous;
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20.0 ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF POLICY
21.0 PRIORITIES
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PART 3
23.0 INSANITARY BUILDINGS
23.1 BACKGROUND
23.2
E2 (External Moisture)
G1 (Water Supplies)
G1 (Personal Hygiene).
24.0 IDENTIFYING
INSANITARY BUILDINGS
he council will:
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he council will:
28.0 RECORDING OF
INSANITARY BUILDINGS
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APPENDIX A
IMPORTANCE LEVELS FOR BUILDING TYPES - NEW ZEALAND STRUCTURES*
Importance level
1
Comment
Examples
This table has been reproduced from AS/NZS 1170.0:2002 with the permission of Standards
New Zealand under Copyright License 000908. Copies of the complete Standard may be
purchased from www.standards.co.nz.
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