EDIT: Sorry for the false alarm. The Building Act 2004 already has this defintion. Nelson is simply adding the same definition to their plan. From my not-a-lawyer perspective, it seems that this is a benign change and there is no threat to people living in Tiny Houses.
Original Post:
Submissions close today at 4pm on Nelson’s Plan Change 29. One new passage in Chapter 2 Meanings of words quietly redefines vehicles as buildings:
In the Residential, Inner City, Suburban Commercial and Industrial zones, a building includes a vehicle or motor vehicle (including a vehicle or motor vehicle as defined in section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998) that is immovable and is occupied by people on a permanent or long term basis.
You can make a submission here: https://shape.nelson.govt.nz/plan-change-29
This is definitely written with Tiny Homes in mind. A lot of them up that way… Actually seems pretty generous compared to some councils (the immovable clause gives some leeway)