Home found for Raetihi game chiller

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 360, 30 October 1990, Page 1

Home found for Raetihi game chiller

Raetihi's game chiller finally has a home after the council regulatory committee approved siting the Mair Venison Limited chiller at 29 Seddon Street, behind Dekker Machinery. The town planner suggested three conditions on the approval: that the chiller be connected to the sewer; that the noise emitted be no greater than 45dBA at any Turnpage2 jjwfi

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From page 1 boundary; that the chiller be kept clean and tidy. The company accepted the conditions and said the unit was no noisier than a home freezer. Only two trucks per week will pick up meat from the «hiller, the committee Was told. One of the committee commented that the chiller might be less noisy than the play-

ground it would be next to, but planner Ted Fox said 45dBA can be heard quite a distance at night and with a stop-start noise, could cause a nuisance. The town planner said in his report that the applicant should be aware that even if approval is granted and a nuisance is created at a later date the council could take action to have the nuisance abated.