Height Threshold

Height Threshold The following maximum height thresholds (measured above ground level unless otherwise specified) apply to any new building or addition to an existing building: Assessment criteria where the standard is infringed: Streetscape and visual amenity effects; Dominance and privacy effects on adjoining sites; The extent to which taller buildings would substantially contribute to increasing residential accommodation in the city; and The extent to which the building would positively contribute to the sense of place and distinctive form of the City Centre where the site or proposal will be prominent. Location Height threshold Height Control Area 1 – Thorndon Quay 35.4m Height Control Area 2 – Waterloo Quay section 50m Height Control Area 3 – Bulk of Thorndon 27m Height Control Area 4 – Mid and Upper Molesworth Street 43.8m Height Control Area 5 - CBD East 48.5m-93m Height Control Area 6 - CBD West 75m-95m (MSL) Mean Sea Level as defined by the New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016 (NZVD2016) Height Control Area 7– Eastern edge of CBD 43.8m Height Control Area 8 –Te Aro 42.5m Height Control Area 9 - South-East, South-West Zone Edge 28.5m Height Control Area 10 - Adelaide Road 42.5m This standard does not apply to: Solar panel and heating components attached to a building provided these do not exceed the height threshold by more than 500mm; Satellite dishes, antennas, aerials, chimneys, flues, architectural or decorative features (e.g. finials, spires) provided that none of these exceed 1m in diameter and do not exceed the height threshold by more than 1m; and Lift overruns provided these do not exceed the height threshold by more than 4m. Fences and standalone walls; and Circumstances where up to 50% of a building’s roof in elevation exceeds the height threshold where the entire roof slopes 15° or more.