2015-06-29 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                           29 JUNE 2015


           iv.           Any modifications to and realignment of the existing residential access
                         driveways,
           v.            A 2m wide concrete footpath connecting the bus stop to the existing footpath in
                         Goodchap Street.
           In this regard a schedule of works, specifications and plans detailing this work shall
           be prepared and submitted to Council as part of an application for Operational Works.
B.   Agree to delete condition 15;
C.   Give notice to the property owner to comply with the conditions of the approval and that the
     unapproved works within the Lake Doonella Reserve must be removed and reinstated back
     to its original condition to the reasonable satisfaction of Council within 6 months.



REPORT
A report on a request to change the conditions of an existing mixed use development approval at
the ‘Noosaville Medical & Professional Centre’ situated at 90 Goodchap Street, Noosaville was
considered by the Planning & Organisation Committee Meeting. During the course of discussions
at the meeting, Councillors requested further information about the parking assessment
associated with the current mix of uses on the site and whether there would be sufficient spaces
for the current uses if the multi storey carpark was constructed.
The applicant indicates that the Adult Education Use is currently tenanting 2,723m2 of floor
space, and the total use area on site is 6,054m2 (excludes corridors and foyer areas). As
described in the previous report, Beard Traffic Engineering advises the current split of uses could
be reasonably assessed as requiring 402 spaces (see Table.1).

Table.1 – On-site parking demand for the current use areas at the ‘Noosaville Medical &
Professional Centre’ situated at 90 Goodchap Street, Noosaville.
                                 Parking Rates Previously Applied       Parking Spaces Required
                     2
 Office – 1,141m                 1:20                                   57 spaces
                         2
 Medical – 1,869m                1:20                                   94 spaces
                         2
 Education – 800m                1:20                                   40 spaces (prior approval)
                             2
 Education – 1,923m              1:10                                   192 spaces
                 2
 Retail – 321m                   1:16.7                                 19 spaces
                                          2
 TOTAL                           6,054m                                 402 spaces


If the applicant were to construct the 142 bay multi-storey carpark, there would be 395 carparks
available on the site (not including the 40 bays in the child care centre and/or the reserve area).
Beard Traffic Engineering advises that, if the applicant were to build the multi storey carpark with
the current amount of Adult Education Use on the site, there would only be a shortfall of 7 onsite
spaces described in Table.1. This would mean the design peak parking demand would be
exceeded approximately 20hrs per year. While this does raise some concerns given the limited
on street car parking in Goodchap Street, this parking would be within the acceptable range.
Notably, the report to the Planning & Organisation Committee indicated that 355 spaces would
mean the design peak parking demand would be exceeded about 20 hours per year, this figure
has been corrected by Beard Traffic Engineering to 30hrs per year.
An alternative recommendation is included which allows for the current adult education use to
remain on the site subject to the multi storey carpark being constructed.


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