Engineering report [As Published] · 132007.2398

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7.      THE CODES
DIVISION 13: DRIVEWAYS AND CARPARKING CODE

Table 14-45 Driveways

14.130 General


Specific Outcomes                      Probable Solutions                     Proposed Measures
                                       (if code assessable)
O1 Vehicular access does not           S1.1 Vehicular access is located       The main access to the site is via
adversely impact on safety,            and designed in accordance with        Trading Post Road. A secondary
capacity and operations of the         AUSTROADS – Guide to Traffic           access is proposed off Lamonts
existing or planned road               Engineering Practice                   Road to service the aged care
network, the proposed                  requirements for sight distance        facility. Both accesses have been
driveway, cycle paths or               and Section 3 of AS2890.1              assessed by McCormack Rankin
pedestrian pathway systems.            Parking Facilities;                    & Cagney in accordance with
                                                                              Austroads guide to traffic
                                       AND
                                                                              engineering practice requirements
                                                                              for sight distance. Parking
                                                                              provisions have been designed in
                                                                              accordance with Section 3 of
                                                                              AS2890.1 Parking Facilities.

                                       S1.2 Only one footpath crossing is     Internal and external footpath
                                       provided;                              details are shown on the Master
                                                                              Plan for the site.
                                       AND

                                       S1.3 Driveways, other than within      Preliminary road design of the
                                       any setback have a maximum             proposal suggests that driveways
                                       grade in accordance with Section       will have maximum grades in
                                       3 of AS/NZS 2890.1.                    accordance with Section 3 of
                                                                              AS/NZS 2890.1.

O2 Driveways and Crossovers –          S2.1 Design of the driveway            Preliminary road design of the
                                       across the footpath is in              proposal was undertaken to
(a) are suitable and safe for
                                       accordance with Council’s              consider the following:
    their intended use; and
                                       Standard Drawings 9002 or 9005
                                                                              The abovementioned preliminary
(b) match Council                      as appropriate for he particular
                                                                              design suggests that driveways
    infrastructure.                    type of development as annotated
                                                                              traversing footpaths will be in
                                       on the drawings;
                                                                              accordance with Council’s
                                       AND                                    requirements and;

                                       S2.2 Driveways are designed and        Driveways can and will be
                                       constructed in accordance with         constructed in accordance with
                                       Council Standard Drawings 9014,        Council’s standard drawings; and
                                       9019, 9020, 9021, as appropriate
                                       for the particular type of
                                       development as annotated on the
                                       drawings;
                                       AND

                                       S2.3 The change in grades in the       Changes in grades will comply
                                       driveways and ramps is in              with Section 3 of AS2890.1
                                       accordance with Section 3 of           Parking Facilities.
                                       AS2890.1 Parking Facilities.




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