This document sets out Council’s approach to managing town centre parking for cars and other vehicles in
Motueka and Richmond.
It focuses on Motueka and Richmond because these are our largest urban areas and parking in these towns is under the greatest strain.
Read the Richmond Motueka town centre car parking strategy here. (pdf, 2.2 MB)
Delineation is a term used to describe elements that provide guidance to motorists using roads. Such elements include road markings, signage and raised pavement markings. The Road Delineation policy provides guidelines for the consistent use of road markings or devices.
The Council allows the grazing of livestock on road margins in rural areas to assist adjoining owners to control road margin vegetation.
In the case of Type 1 Unformed Roads these are often incorporated into an existing property.
If you have any queries regarding grazing the road margin, contact:
Engineering Services Department, Phone 03 543 8400
Every property requires an approved driveway (vehicle access crossing point) on to a legal road.
The location and standard of construction of a driveway will be specified by the road controlling authority (Tasman District Council) with an approved permit.
Driveway access can only be constructed by a Tasman District Council approved contractor.
For more information about driveways (vehicle access crossings), please contact:
Engineering Services Department, Phone 03 543 8400
This section explains how roadside spraying and vegetation control is managed in Tasman region. We also give you details on how to be added to the 'No Spray' list.
Tasman District Council roading maintenance contractor is responsible for vegetation control within the road reserve.
This includes the use of non-residual chemical herbicides to knock down vegetation growing in the roadway and around street furniture.
The contractor is also responsible for control of pest plants and other noxious weeds such as gorse, fennel, hemlock, blackberry, broom, bracken, purple pampas grass and box thorn.
Residents can request that their rural property frontage not be chemically sprayed and instead undertake the vegetation control themselves. On approval Council will mark the no spray area with red marker pegs.
An application form to have your property included on the no spray database is available below.
The completed form should be sent to:
Attention Administration Officer - Transportation
Tasman District Council, Private Bag 4, Richmond 7050.
Rural residents who choose the no spray; option must control the vegetation growth along their property frontage to ensure road users are not impeded and all roadside signs and markers are clearly visible. Vegetation height should not exceed 300mm.
Any stormwater drainage ditches need to be kept clear of excess vegetation. At intersections vegetation must be kept well clear to ensure good sight lines for traffic using the intersection.
Contractors employed by New Zealand Transport Agency undertake an ongoing vegetation control programme to ensure that roadside vegetation does not affect the safety or operation of the regions state highway network.
This programme includes the spraying of chemical herbicides including the following active ingredients: Glyphosate, Metsulfuron, Terbuthylazine and Triclopyr.
Persons wishing to register their property as a no-spray zone, which requires a commitment to maintain a property and highways frontage to specifications provided by NZTA, may do so by contacting:
Lea O’Sullivan or Donna Hills - Opus 03 548 1099
International Consultants, c/- Private Bag 36, Nelson.
If you wish to talk to someone at the Council about the no spray list, please contact:
Engineering Services Department, Phone: 03 543 8400
The council manages the naming of streets throughout the District and endeavours to meet suggested names that are submitted by developers or residents. The use of Māori names is encouraged. Duplication of names within Tasman and Nelson City is discouraged.
Any person or utility operator wishing to remove any trees in the road reserve irrespective of whether the trees have occurred naturally, planted by others or planted for street beautification purposes, shall require written permission, unless the Council agrees to remove the trees at its own cost for safety or genuine nuisance reasons.
The cost of removal, should permission be granted, shall generally be at the applicant's expense.
Where the need to remove the trees is associated with some form of development which will require consent then approval will be subject to all such consents being issued first.
Trees in Road Reserve - Policy (pdf, 103 KB)
If you need more information about trees in the road reserve, contact:
Engineering Services Department
Phone 03 543 8400
