Urban Forest Act 2023
8Meaning of built-up urban area
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8 Meaning of built-up urban area built-up urban area— (a) means an area in any of the following zones identified in the territory plan: (i) residential zone (RZ); (ii) commercial zone (CZ); (iii) community facility zone (CFZ); (iv) industrial zone (IZ); (v) urban open space zone (PRZ1); and (b) includes an area that is a verge of a road, and the road is in or adjacent to a zone mentioned in paragraph (a); but (c) does not include the following areas: (i) a reserve; (ii) an area in the hills, ridges and buffer zone (NUZ3); (iii) a rural lease. (2) Despite the definition of built-up urban area, paragraph (c), the Minister may declare an area mentioned in paragraph (c) to be a built-up urban area. (3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument. reserve—see the Nature Conservation Act 2014, section 169. rural lease—see the Planning Act 2023, section 256.