2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         20 MAY 2014



DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                          LEGISLATION

Power to assess and pay the owner of land reasonable compensation for Section 66
decrease in value of land because of decision not to proceed with realignment of
a road or part of a road after giving a notice of intention to acquire land and
structural improvements have been made on land that adjoins the road.
Power to acquire land that adjoins a road for use as a footpath.                        Section 67
Power to submit objection to application for opening or closing of road in local        Section 68
government area by someone other than the local government.
Power to close a road (permanently or temporarily) to all traffic, or traffic of a Section 69(1)
particular class, if there is another road or route reasonably available for use by
the traffic.
Power to close a road to all traffic, or traffic of a particular class:                 Section 69(2)
(a) during a temporary obstruction to traffic; or
(b) if it is in the interests of public safety; or
(c) if it is necessary or desirable to close the road for a temporary purpose
(including a fair, for example).
Power to publish notice of closing of road.                                             Section 69(3)
Power to do everything necessary to stop traffic using the road after it is closed.     Section 69(4)
Power to permit the use of any part of a road after it is closed to traffic for a       Section 69(5)
temporary purpose subject to appropriate conditions.
Power to make a temporary road through land adjoining the road to be used               Section 70(2)
while the road is being remade or repaired.
Power to agree with owner or occupier of land regarding local government entry Section           70(3)
and the giving of written or oral notice as specified in section 70(3) and (4) of the and (4)
Local Government Act 2009.
Power to agree with the owner of land the amount of compensation for physical Section 70(7)
damage caused by local government entering, occupying or using land under and (8)
section 70 of the Local Government Act 2009.
Power to fix and advise the owner or occupier or change the permanent level of          Section 71
a road under section 71 of the Local Government Act 2009.
Power to agree the amount of compensation payable under section 71 of the Section 71
Local Government Act 2009.
Power to assess impact on roads of specified activities under section 72 of the Section 72
Local Government Act 2009.
Power to require entity conducting activity on road to provide information under        Section 72
section 72 of the Local Government Act 2009.
Power to give the entity conducting an activity a direction about the use of the Section 72(3)
road to lessen the impact and to require the entity to carry out works to lessen
the impact or to pay an amount as compensation for the impact.
Power to categorise the roads in the local government area according to the             Section 73
surface of the road.




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