Bylaws

Bylaws are rules or regulations created to make our city and district a safe and healthy place.  They largely cover health, safety and environmental issues such as the control of dogs and stock, nuisances and food premises and trading in public places. 

The  following are the Gisborne District bylaws for: 

• Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw 2008
• Dog Control Bylaw 2010 (497kb 15 pages)
• Fire Prevention Involving Vegetation Bylaw 2008 
• Food Hygiene Bylaw 2008
• Freedom Camping Bylaw 2008 (190kb)   
• Keeping of Animals, Bees and Poultry Bylaw 2005   
• Mobile Shops, Hawkers, Stalls & Itinerant Traders Bylaw 2008 
• Navigation and Safety Bylaw 2004 
• Public Places Bylaw 2008 (606kb)
• Public Places Liquor Control Bylaw 2003  
• Reserves Bylaw 2008
• Speed Limits Bylaw 2005 (569kb)
• Stock Control Bylaw 2008
• Trade Waste Bylaw 2008   
• Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2008 
• Water Supply Bylaw 2008 (1.2MB)

This list does not include bylaws that were made by the local authorities before the 1989 amalgamation into the Gisborne District Council.