Ture ā-Rohe Our bylaws

  • How bylaws work

    What bylaws are and how we make them.

  • Alcohol Control Bylaw 2014

    This bylaw protects public safety by enabling alcohol bans in public places that experience high levels of alcohol-related crime or disorder.

  • Animal Management Bylaw 2015

    This bylaw promotes responsible animal ownership and interactions. It includes rules about and animals in public places and being a good neighbour.

  • Cemeteries and Crematoria Bylaw 2014

    This bylaw promotes the sustainable and safe use of council cemeteries and crematoria. It contains rules about burials, cremation, memorials and exhumation.

  • Dog Management Bylaw 2019

    This bylaw promotes responsible dog ownership. It includes rules about where to take your dog, picking up your dog's waste and keeping more than two dogs in urban areas.

  • Food Safety Information Bylaw 2020

    This bylaw promotes high food safety standards. It requires most Auckland restaurants, bars, cafés and takeaways to display a food safety information certificate.

  • Freedom Camping in Vehicles Bylaw 2022

    This bylaw promotes responsible freedom camping in Auckland. It includes rules about where you can and cannot freedom camp in vehicles.

  • Health and Hygiene Bylaw 2013

    This bylaw protects the health of people using commercial services that involve skin contact such as tattooing, health and beauty treatments, therapeutic massage and colon hydrotherapy.

  • Navigation Bylaw 2021

    This bylaw promotes safe recreational and commercial use of Auckland's waters. It includes rules about wearing lifejackets, jet ski registration, moorings and areas where swimming and vessels are restricted.

  • Property Maintenance and Nuisance Bylaw 2015

    This bylaw helps protect the public from poorly maintained private property. It includes rules about hoarding, overgrown vegetation, unoccupied buildings and industrial cooling tower water systems.

  • Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw 2013

    This bylaw helps people enjoy public places. It includes rules about behaviours in public places including restrictions for fires, fireworks, drones, camping in tents and set net fishing.

  • Public Trading, Events and Filming Bylaw 2022

    This bylaw helps people enjoy Auckland's public places. It includes rules about business, events and filming activities that require council approval.

  • Signs Bylaw 2022

    This bylaw provides for signs that protect people and environment. It includes rules for permanent and temporary signs on private and public property, including sign location, number, size, content and illumination.

  • Stormwater Bylaw 2015

    This bylaw helps protect Auckland’s public stormwater network. It includes rules about connections, use, nearby activities and private systems.

  • Trade Waste Bylaw 2013

    This bylaw protects people, the environment and infrastructure from harmful substances being put into the public wastewater system from commercial and industrial activities.

  • Vehicle Use and Parking Bylaw 2025

    This bylaw includes rules about the use and parking of vehicles in Auckland, including on council-controlled land and the Auckland transport system.

  • Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw 2019

    This bylaw helps to manage and minimise rubbish, recycling and compost in Auckland. It includes rules about kerbside collections and requirements for the waste industry, businesses and multi-unit residential properties.

  • Water Supply and Wastewater Network Bylaw 2015

    This bylaw helps protect public water supply and wastewater services in Auckland. It includes rules about water connections and use, and nearby activities.