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Properties in the urban or township area of the district shall have an urban number when:
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The property is within a currently operative District Plan Living or Business Zone in a township;
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The property adjoins or has access to a road that has a speed limit of 70kph or less, as established by Council's Speed limit bylaw.
Urban numbers will be allocated in accordance with AS/NZS 4819:2003, even numbers shall be allocated to the right side of the road travelling away from its origin. Odd numbers shall be allocated to the left side of the road.
When there are multiple properties off a private road or right of way or when a property has been subdivided and all sequential numbers have been allocated, an urban number pertaining to the adjoining legal road shall either be retained or assigned and an additional alphabetical suffix shall be used to differentiate the individual properties eg. 3a, 3b, etc. Individual letterboxes shall be erected at the beginning of the private accessway, where it adjoins the legal road boundary.