The Council proposes to revoke its Mobile Trading Bylaw 2008 and is seeking your views.
The bylaw was adopted in 2008 to address concerns raised around the behaviour of some mobile traders. The bylaw required all mobile traders to obtain a Mobile Trading Licence from Council and enabled Council to set licence fees. Conditions were attached to the granting of a licence which licence holders were required to carry when engaged in mobile trading.
The bylaw also set requirements around compliance with the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 and outlined limitations around where traders could operate and how long mobile traders could remain in an approved site.
The review of this bylaw has identified a number of issues. Council has determined through this review that existing statutory and regulatory controls adequately provide for the management of mobile trading in Whakatāne without the need for a new bylaw, and does not propose to make any new bylaw to replace the bylaw it proposes to revoke.
Documents
More information on the proposal is available via the documents below.
- Statement of Proposal - (PDF, 500 KB)
- Provided for reference is the current Mobile Trading Bylaw 2008 - (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Consultation and Submissions
Council invites the community to give us feedback on the proposal to revoke Part 4: Mobile Trading of the Whakatane District Council Consolidated Bylaw 2008.
The formal consultation process will take place between 23 January and 2 March 2018. Council will hold a hearing in early April 2018.
Any person or organisation is welcome to make a submission on the proposal to revoke Part 4: Mobile Trading of the Whakatane District Council Consolidated Bylaw 2008. The Council take into account all submissions when it decides on the final content of the bylaw.
How to make a submission
Submissions closed at 5pm on Friday 2 March 2018.
