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Design Guidelines

These guidelines have been developed to help make your home-building process as easy as possible. The contents provide you, or your designer with the necessary information to design your house in accordance with the Pegasus vision.

Welcome to Pegasus Town

Contents

Design Guidelines

Contact

E planapprovals@pegasus-town.co.nz

Intention of the Pattern Book

Pegasus Zones Map

Design Approval Process

Soak Pit Contribution

Landscape Design

Fencing

Building and Design Guidelines

Things to Remember

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Pegasus Zones Map

• Differentrulesapplytodifferentzones within Pegasus.

• ThePegasusZonesMap(Figure1)ontheright is a guide to the zones within Pegasus and it is not intended to replace the Waimakariri District Council planning maps.

• PleaserefertotheWaimakaririDistrictCouncil district plan for the correct and accurate zoning for properties within Pegasus.

To provide design guidelines for residential building within Pegasus and Mapleham.

• Theseguidelinesaretobereadin conjunction with the covenants that are attached to your lot title.

DISCLAIMER

These Design Guidelines are for aesthetic purposes only. The guidelines, rules and restrictions set out in this document and the approval of dwelling and landscaping plans submitted to the Pegasus Town Design Review Panelareinadditionto(andnotinsubstitutionfor)anyrules or requirements imposed by the Waimakariri District Plan, the Building Act and Regulations, and any other applicable laws. In promulgating these Design Guidelines and approving dwelling and landscaping plans Todd Property Pegasus Town Limited gives no warranty as to the compliance with such laws, or the quality or suitability of the dwelling.

Intention of the Pattern Book

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Design Approval Process

You are required to submit the following information to the Pegasus design committee before submitting plans to the Waimakariri District Council for building consent.

• Fullcontactdetailsofpurchaserandbuilder

• Identificationofstagenumberandlotnumber

• Buildingplans,whichshouldinclude: o Siteplan(locationofbuildingsonthelot) o Floorplan(withdimensions) o All elevations

• Exteriorcoloursandfinishes,including: o Externalwalls o Roof

• Landscapeplan,whichshouldinclude: o Proposed access from streets and right of ways o Offstreetparking o Location,heightandfinishofanyfences o Locationandfinishofdriveways&paths

• SignedcopyofthePegasusTown Construction Rules

o These rules are signed by the purchaser at the time of purchasing your lot from the Pegasus Town developer

o If you do not have a copy of these rules we can provide you with a copy

• Constructionbondof$2,000 (tobepaidwhenfinalplansaresubmitted) – refer to Section 4

• Paymentofasoakpitcontributionof $1,950.00plusGST(tobepaidwhenfinal plansaresubmitted)–refertoSection5 (ThisfeedoesnotapplytoMapleham, Stages12&13andsomeofstage10)

When all of the items above are received the design committee reviews the information.

• Iftheinformationiscompleteanditmeets the pattern book requirements it is then processed for approval

• Approvalisgrantedgenerallywithin1week

• Thestampedapprovalplanswillbe posted to you to the address provided at submission

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Submit your information via:Email to

planapprovals@pegasus-town.co.nz

Submit information to Design Committee

Processing and approval

Soak Pit Contribution

Where Pegasus Town has constructed a private stormwater soak pit on your lot as part of the overall town’s stormwater system, you are required to pay Pegasus Town a contribution towards the cost of the soak pit. Thiscontributiontotals$1,950.00plusGST,and is payable at the time of plan approval.

The soakpit contribution does not apply to thefollowinglots:

• AlllotsinMapleham

• Stages12and13

• Lots1141,1144–1163,1167, 1170–1172,1211-1213

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5. Landscape Design

All housing developments within Pegasus must include an element of landscaping that is in keeping with the development of the town.

• Whensubmittingalandscapeplanyou needtoshowthefollowing:

o All fences, paths, driveways and their construction materials

o The location of clothes lines and sheds

o Identify areas of grass and gardens, and nominate the heights of plantings specified

Fencing

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The Pegasus lots fencing layout requirements are shown in Figures 2 and 3.

Seephotosofexamplesofacceptableopenstyle fences in Figure 4.

• Forverticalpalingsspacingistobenoless than 40mm, no greater than 90mm, and the

• Forhorizontalpalingsspacingistobeno less than 90mm and the palings are to be less than 60mm

The Mapleham lots fencing layout requirements are shown in Figure 5.

• Allexistinglotboundaryfenceswithin Mapleham are to remain in place

• Substitutionoftheexistingboundaryfence is not permitted

• Fencingthefrontandrearboundariesof Mapleham lots is not permitted

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Pegasus Solid Fencing

Pegasus Open Fencing

Mapleham Fencing

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Building and Design Guidelines

The following building and design guidelines are not intended to replace the Waimakariri District Council planning rules.

• TheWDCdistrictplanrulestakeprecedence over the Pegasus guidelines

• Itisessentialyouseekplanningadvicefor your building project

• Onlyonehouseperlotispermitted

• Housesaretobebuiltfromnewmaterials

• Norelocatedhomesarepermitted

• Pegasushasreticulatedgassupply, no bottles are permitted

• Cleanaircompliantfiresarepermitted

• Vehiclecrossingsaretobeconstructedprior to starting your house construction

• Exteriorcolourstobeapprovedby Pegasus Design Comittee

• Housesaretobebuiltfromhighquality new building materials

• Unpaintedcladdingisnotpermitted

• AllZincalumeandcoloursteelroofingis to be painted

• Concretedrivewaysaretobefinishedas exposedaggregate,oraretobesuitably coloured

• Plainconcreteisnotpermitted

• SetbackguidelinesareshowninFigs5,6&7

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Key points

Building materials

Building setbacks

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• Acrossingpermitmustbegainedfrom the Waimakariri District Council for your driveway

• Extremecaremustbetakenwhen excavatingthecrossing–theremaybe irrigation and other services in the berm

• Apermanentortemporaryfencemust be erected prior to the build commencing

• Mowingofthegrassberm/swalealong your property frontage is your responsibility

Things to Remember

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