Appendix D Site Access & Intersection Investigation

               2.6.1 Width
               The minimum width of domestic driveways shall be 3.0 m. On curved driveways other
               than at turns into garages or parking spaces the width shall be increased as given for
               domestic property in Table 2.2.
               For apron widths at turns into enclosed garages, see Clause 5.4.
               Minimum aisle or apron widths for turns into open sided parking shall be as for user
               Class 1 or 1A requirements in Figure 2.2.
               2.6.2 Gradients
               The maximum gradient of domestic driveways shall be 1 in 4 (25%). The maximum
               gradient of the associated access driveway across a property line or building alignment
               shall be 1 in 20 (5%) and across a footpath as specified in Clause 3.3(d).
               Grade changes across a footpath and within the property shall be designed and checked
               in accordance with Appendix C to ensure that vehicles will not scrape their undersides
               when negotiating them. Transitions may be required (see Clause 2.5.3(d)). Checks may
               be required along one or both edges of a driveway as well as along the centre line if there
               are changes in the cross slope at or near a grade change.
                  NOTE: It is recognized that limiting domestic driveway grades to 25 percent maximum may not
                  be practicable in some particularly hilly residential locations. The services of a professionally
                  qualified person with appropriate experience may be required to make a judgement as to
                  whether a particular grade line design is safe and environmentally sustainable.
AND

Section 3.2.4 Sight distance at access driveway exits


               3.2.4 Sight distance at access driveway exits
               Access driveways need to be located and constructed so that there is adequate entering
               sight distance to traffic on the frontage road and sight distance to pedestrians on the
               frontage road footpath for traffic entering the frontage road, as follows:
               (a) Entering sight distance Unsignalized access driveways shall be located so that the
                      intersection sight distance along the frontage road available to drivers leaving
                      the car park or domestic driveway is at least that shown in Figure 3.2.
               (b) Sight distance to pedestrians Clear sight lines as shown in Figure 3.3 shall be provided
                      at the property line to ensure adequate visibility between vehicles leaving the car
                      park or domestic driveway and pedestrians on the frontage road footpath.


With reference to AS2890.1 Section 3.2.4 (a) an extract of AS2890.1 2004 - Figure 3.2 is shown below in
Figure 4 for sight distance checks for vehicles.

With reference to AS2890.1 Section 3.2.4 (b) and due to the ‘rural’ environment and lack of existing
pedestrian facilities along Uhlmanns Road it is considered that no sight distance checks are required for
pedestrians for this proposal.




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