Code Assessments · MCU21/0015

CODE ASSESSMENTS

Medium Density Zone Code
Performance Outcomes                      Acceptable Outcomes                              Response
                                                      between 9:00am and 3:00pm on
Editor's note—Provisions for sill height,             any day of the year;
glazing, screening and window openings             3. incorporate fencing, landscaping
are to improve the residential amenity for            and screening to mitigate impacts
occupants. Thermal performance                        on adjoining residential uses.
requirements are contained
in Queensland Development Code MP4.1 Editor's note— refer to figure AP3-
Sustainable Buildings. Energy efficiency 1A and figure AP3-2A
requirements are contained in the National AO20.2                                          Complies
Construction Code.                         Transparent doors and windows are designed
                                          and located so they do not directly face
                                          transparent doors or windows or the private
                                          open space areas of other dwellings within 10
                                          metres;
                                          AO20.3                                        Complies
                                          Where windows, balconies, terraces, verandahs
                                          or decks overlook or have the potential to
                                          overlook the private open space of nearby
                                          properties or view into habitable room
                                          windows within 10 metres:

                                                  1. windows have a sill height of not
                                                     less than 1.7 metres above finished
                                                     floor level;
                                                  2. windows and other openings are
                                                     permanently screened to a
                                                     minimum height of 1.7 metres to
                                                     avoid overlooking;


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