The lengthy process of developing new planning rules for Dunedin is continuing, with six days of hearings on the city's residential zones.
The second generation Dunedin city district plan (2GP) residential zone hearings start today and will include arguments about proposed rules on residential zone boundaries as well as density and height rules.
The proposed rules have prompted a strong response, with 138 submission points made in support and 461 either seeking amendments or opposed.
Council policy planner Jacinda Baker recommended many changes as a result of the submissions, but stuck to the original proposal on other points.
This included her response to a call to control the student spread into City Rise and submitters saying the plan should protect views
''Views would be impossible to put into a measurable performance standard without identifying them through mapped viewscapes from every location.''
It would require resource consent for all development which was ''overly onerous and not efficient''.
When it came to stopping the student spread, she said the 2GP does not prevent ''any sector of the community from living in a specific area or have responsibility for controlling the behaviour of residents''.
The proposed residential zone rules include a number of changes from the current rules and takes into account Dunedin's ageing population and expected population growth.
A summary of the changes on the 2GP website said those demographic changes required a more diverse range of dwelling options.
As a result, the proposed 2GP increased provision for family flats (commonly known as granny flats), supported living facilities, including retirement villages and rest-homes, and added new medium density areas.
