Code Assessments · MCU21/0015

CODE ASSESSMENTS

Landscaping Code
Performance outcomes                              Acceptable Outcomes                                        Response
         2. define parking areas;         AO11.3                                                  N/A
         3. provide advanced canopy trees Runoff from car parking areas is directed to
                                          landscaped areas to minimise contaminated runoff,
            to shade vehicles and to      including hydrocarbons, entering the stormwater
            reduce reflected radiation;   system and watercourses.
         4. maximise opportunities for    AO11.4                                                  N/A
            infiltration of rainwater on- Canopy trees are protected from vehicle damage
            site; and                     by providing adequate sized garden beds.
         5. minimise contaminated runoff AO11.5                                                   N/A
            entering the stormwater       Plants with thorns, fruit or berries are avoided in car
            system and a watercourse.     parks.

                                                  Editor's note— Refer to Figure AP3-5B
Services, utilities and infrastructure                                                                       N/A
PO12                                              AO12.1
Vegetation does not pose a risk to the            Vegetation planted within the easement of an overhead
safety or reliability of services, utilities or   powerline or, where there is no easement, the area of
                                                  influence of a powerline, has a mature height of no more
infrastructure including substations, overhead    than 3.5 metres.
powerlines, power poles and transformers,
street lamps, stormwater catchment pits, and      AO12.2                                                       N/A
underground services and utilities.               Vegetation planted within an underground powerline
                                                  easement does not have a mature root system in excess
                                                  of 150 millimetres in depth and is not located directly over
                                                  the powerline.
                                                  AO12.3                                                     N/A
                                                  Regardless of the width of the
                                                  easement, vegetation adjoining easements must be
                                                  separated from the power pole or other infrastructure by
                                                  a distance at least equal to the maximum mature height
                                                  of the vegetation.
                                                  AO12.4                                                     Complies
                                                  For power lines that connect to a premises, the
                                                  height of plant species at maturity provides for a 2
                                                  metre clearance below the power line.

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