Bylaws (Ture ā-Rohe)

The purpose of this Bylaw is to prescribe fees for all matters for which fees payable to Upper Hutt City Council are prescribed in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 in accordance with the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulations 2013 and the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fee-setting Bylaws) Order 2013.

The goal of this bylaw is to help reduce the severity and number of injuries which may be caused by the following treatments: 

Tattooing, Body Piercing, Acupuncture, Hair Removal, Waxing, Tweezing or Threading, Electrolysis, Red Vein Treatment and Derma Rolling/Stamping, Exfoliation, Manicure, Pedicure, Pulsed Light and Laser Treatment, and Extractions. 

This bylaw covers anyone offering these treatments, which might be carried out at beauty salons, cosmetic clinics, spas, shops, or by mobile and/or home-operators.   

The bylaw comes into effect on 1 July 2022, and operators have until 1 July 2023 to register with Council and complete any necessary improvements to their premises and/or processes. 

This Bylaw aims to:

1. allow temporary signs to be erected or displayed in locations that are visible from public places as of right, without the need to obtain prior Council permission, where the requirements of the Bylaw are satisfied;
2. ensure that temporary signs are appropriately erected, maintained and displayed in locations that are visible from public places so that they do not present a hazard or danger to public safety, and to ensure the maintenance of aesthetic standards; and
3. where a temporary sign is subject to, but does not comply with, the requirement/s of the Bylaw, allows an application to be made to the Council for an exemption from compliance with the Bylaw.

This Bylaw covers:

• Control of menacing dogs
• Limit the number of Dogs permitted (depending on where you live, and how you can apply for a permit to keep more dogs)
• Show where Dogs can be exercised in public places, and must be kept on a leash
• Cleaning up after your Dog
• Standards for keeping Dogs
• Probationary and Responsible Dog Owners
• Barking Dogs
• Applying for a Dog Licence

The purpose of this Bylaw is to:

a. Control trade wastes discharges into the wastewater system to:

i. Protect the wastewater system

ii. Promote cleaner production

iii. Protect the stormwater system

iv. Protect workers operating in or with the wastewater system

v. Protect the environment by ensuring compliance with the Resource Management Act 1991 - in particular, ensuring the necessary resource consent requirements for the wastewater system are met.

b. Provide a basis for:

i. Consenting and monitoring discharges from industry and trade premises;

ii. Charging trade waste users of the wastewater system to cover the cost of conveying, treating and disposing of or reusing their wastes; and

c. Ensure that the costs of treatment and disposal are shared fairly between trade waste and domestic wastewater dischargers.

This bylaw covers what animals may be kept in the residential/urban areas of Upper Hutt City.

 The reason for this is to:

• Protect the public from nuisance
• Protect, promote and maintain public health
• Maintain the urban environment

This Bylaw aims to control the consumption and possession of liquor in public places in and around the CBD. 

It also sets out a method for obtaining exemptions.

Signs are erected to let people know which areas are affected by this bylaw.

This bylaw aims to:

• Protect the public from nuisance related to fires and smoke; and
• Protect and maintain public health and safety around fires and smoke (other than those aspects controlled by the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017). 

This Bylaw aims to regulate and control a diverse range of activities that can be carried out in Public Places, to ensure that acceptable standards of convenience, safety, visual amenity and civic values are maintained for the wellbeing and enjoyment of the community. 

• Public Safety
• Access & Vehicles
• Damage and use of Public Places
• Trading in Public Places
• Assembly
• Barbed wire & Electric fences
• Animals in Public Places

This Bylaw aims to control the consumption and possession of liquor in public places in Silverstream. 

It also sets out a method for obtaining exemptions.

Signs are erected to let people know which areas are affected by this bylaw.