Palmerston (Public Places) By-Laws 2001

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

public place means a public place that is under the care, control or management of the council.

works includes:

digging or excavating on, through or under a public place or on land abutting a public place where the digging or excavating encroaches, will encroach or is likely to encroach (including if the digging or excavation or a wall of the digging or excavation were to collapse) on the public place or the excavated material encroaches, will encroach or is likely to encroach on the public place;

removing turf, sand, clay, soil or other material from or from beneath a public place;

erecting, building, planting, placing or maintaining any matter, thing, plant, pipe, cable, conduit or structure, whether of a temporary or a permanent nature and whether it causes an obstruction, on or over a public place or permitting any matter, thing, plant, pipe, cable, conduit or structure to encroach on or over a public place; and

installing, connecting, replacing or repairing underground services.