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🚗 Vehicle Parking and Bicycles

Designated Parking Only

You must not park a vehicle, motorcycle, or bicycle on any part of the common property unless the Body Corporate has either designated it for vehicle, motorcycle, or bicycle parking or given prior written consent.

Vehicle Park Usage

If you have a designated vehicle park, you must:

• Only use it for parking vehicles
• Keep it tidy and free of litter
• Not use it for storage without Body Corporate approval
• Ensure vehicles are parked within the boundaries of your space
• Clearly mark any vehicle parks designated solely for use by your employees or customers

Bicycle Storage

You must not leave, place, or store any bicycle on verandas, terraces, decks, or in corridors, lifts, lobbies, or any part of the common property other than designated areas.

Removal of Vehicles

The Body Corporate may remove a vehicle, motorcycle, or bicycle from any part of the unit title development if it considers it is parked in breach of these rules, at the expense of the owner or the vehicle concerned. The Body Corporate shall not be liable for any resulting damage, loss, or costs.

Visitor, Contractor, and Customer Parking

• Visitors (as opposed to invitees) must not park in any area designated for visitor parking for longer than 30 minutes
• Invitees of unit owners will be allowed to park in any area designated for visitor parking for a maximum stay of no longer than three (3) hours, other than between 6pm and 7am the following morning, and for no more than three (3) consecutive nights
• An owner may only allow an owner-employed contractor to park in the visitor's parking area by prior arrangement with the Building Manager
• The Body Corporate may designate short-term or reserved parking areas in which case no owner will use the common property in a manner inconsistent with that designation

🏢 Common Property

As an owner, you must:

• Not interfere with the reasonable use or enjoyment of common property by other owners
• Not obstruct any lawful use of common property
• Not restrict any light or air in any unit or common property
• Not damage or deface the common property
• Not drive, operate, or use any vehicle or machinery on common property of a size and weight likely to cause damage
• Not use any facilities within common property for any use other than their designated purpose
• Not use any part of common property or easement areas as entrance or access ways to the building except for entering or leaving
• Not do anything that detracts from the amenity value of the common property
• Not use any common area rubbish bin for household or commercial purposes

The Body Corporate reserves the right to:

• Exclude or evict any owner or other person from areas within the common property who in the opinion of the Body Corporate is under the influence of intoxicating liquor, drugs, or other substances, or who acts in a manner that breaches these rules
• Close all or some areas within the common property as necessary for security, maintenance, or repair purposes

You must not store or leave anything on the common property except in designated areas.

🐾 Animals and Pets

General Rule: Subject to Rules 17.2 and 17.3, you must not bring or keep any animal or pet in any unit or on the common property.

Permitted Animals

You may keep either one of the following without Body Corporate consent:

• One cat weighing less than 8kgs, or
• One small dog weighing less than 8kgs

Pet Consent Required

Any pet or animal not included in the list in Rule 17.2 may be considered on a case-by-case basis on application to the Body Corporate. Apply for pet consent here.

Owner Responsibilities

You must ensure that any animal or pet permitted under these rules:

• Does not cause any noise or disturbance to other owners or interfere with their quiet enjoyment
• Does not damage or soil any part of the unit or common property - all damage must be promptly cleaned or repaired at the owner's cost
• Animal waste matter must not cause any breach of rubbish or pest control rules

Removal of Animals

The Body Corporate may, upon reasonable grounds, consider that the keeping of any animal by an owner is undesirable and may give written notice to the owner that the animal is not or no longer permitted in the unit or common property, whereupon the animal must be removed.

Dogs in Common Areas

You must ensure that any animal or pet permitted under Rule 17.2, 17.3, or 17.7 is kept within your unit at all times, apart from ingress or egress on common property. All dogs must be on-leash or carried at all times while outside of the unit, if required from time to time by the Body Corporate, be muzzled.

Guide/Assistance Dogs: Any owner who relies on a guide, hearing, or assistance dog may bring or keep such a dog in a unit and may bring such a dog onto the common property.

🔇 Noise, Behaviour and Conduct

General Conduct

You or persons under your control shall not make or permit any objectionable noises or activities in the building or on the common property, nor interfere in any way with the peaceful enjoyment of other owners or those having business with them, or any person lawfully using the common property.

Music and Audio Equipment

You must ensure that all musical instruments, radios, stereo equipment, television sets, and such like shall be played and operated so that the sound arising therefrom shall be reasonable and not cause annoyance to other owners or occupiers. The volume of musical instruments, radio, television receivers, and stereo equipment or any other electronic device or medium shall be kept as low as possible at all times and shall not be operated in a manner as to be unreasonably audible in any other unit.

Quiet Hours

You must ensure that all their guests and visitors entering or leaving a unit or the building between the hours of 10:00pm and 8:00am do so quietly and in a manner that does not disturb the owners of other units.

Complaints to Authorities

You shall not make any complaint to any Authority in respect of any activity that is a permitted activity in the district/regional plan, provided such activities are operating in accordance with Authority requirements and in accordance with any restrictions imposed as part of a resource consent.

♻️ Rubbish and Pest Control

Rubbish Collection Schedule

Regular Collection: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
Green Bin: Available for lawn waste - collected when full

Owner Responsibilities

You must:

• Not leave rubbish, recycling material, trade refuse, or waste on the common property except in areas designated for rubbish collection by the Body Corporate
• Dispose of rubbish and recycling material promptly, hygienically, and tidily using properly secured and sealed rubbish bags
• Not burn any rubbish anywhere on the common property or in any unit
• Ensure that your unit is kept clean at all times and that rubbish, recycling, or trade waste is regularly collected from your unit and not allowed to accumulate
• Keep your unit free of vermin, pests, rodents, and insects - if you do not, the Body Corporate shall be entitled to engage pest exterminators and recover all costs from you
• Comply at all times with approved rubbish collection and delivery schemes, rules, regulations, and/or any other waste management strategies implemented by the Body Corporate
• Ensure that any rubbish bins or receptacles are not unsightly and are covered and/or screened at all times so they cannot be seen by the public

Breach Consequences

Where there is any breach by an owner of Rule 8.1, then the owner in breach must pay all costs incurred by the Body Corporate in removing and disposing any rubbish, recycling or trade waste, and remedying any damage caused by the non-removal of the same.

🪴 Balconies and Outlets

Storage and Cleanliness

You must:

• Not use your balcony or deck or permit it to be used for storage
• Not store any items on your balcony or deck whatsoever other than non-combustible outdoor furniture such as galvanised steel or aluminium
• Ensure your balcony or deck is kept clean and tidy at all times

Cooking Equipment

You must not use or permit to be used any cooking apparatus including but not limited to a barbeque, smoker, grill, outdoor oven, or gas cooker on your balcony or deck unless you have obtained prior written consent from the Body Corporate.

Heating Equipment

You must not use or permit to be used any heating apparatus including but not limited to a patio heater, gas heater, gas fire, fire pit, brazier, or chimenea on your balcony or deck unless you have obtained prior written consent from the Body Corporate.

Enclosures and Modifications

You must ensure your balcony or deck is kept open at all times and shall not enclose your deck or balcony or any part of it, nor hang any blinds, sheeting, curtains, awnings, screens, or shields to the exterior area of any deck or balcony unless you have obtained prior written consent from the Body Corporate.

Drainage

You must ensure any drain located on the balcony or deck can function as it was designed and ensure it drains correctly and does not become obstructed or blocked.

Damage and Defects

Upon becoming aware of any damage or defect in the balcony or deck drain or upon that balcony or deck drain becoming obstructed or blocked you must immediately notify the Body Corporate. If you cause or permit any damage, loss, or costs to be incurred then you shall pay for such damage, loss, or costs.

Air Conditioning Units

You must not install any air conditioning or heat pump unit to the exterior of your unit or place any part of any air conditioning or heat pump unit on the balcony or patio of your unit without the prior written approval on placement and positioning of such an air conditioning or heat pump unit from the Body Corporate.