Appendix G - Code Responses.pdf

                                                         LANDSCAPING CODE
Performance outcomes                           Acceptable Outcomes                              Applicant’s Comments
                                               rather than materials which require regular      maintenance. Refer to the material and finishes
                                               treatment or maintenance.                        palette in Appendix A).


Street Trees
PO3                                            AO3.1                                            Not applicable.
Street trees within road reserves provide      A minimum of 2 street trees are provided per     Duke St is a commercial strip which includes
effective canopy shading having regard to the lot or every 8 metres of frontage, whichever is street trees.
size and scale of the road reserve and the     the greater.
location of services and other structures.
                                               AO3.2
                                                                                                Not applicable
                                               Street trees are planted a minimum of 1m from
                                                                                                Refer above.
                                               the back of the kerb in the road reserve verge
                                               and are of a species that do not impact on
                                               services.

PO4                                            AO4                                              Complies
Street trees in towns and villages, are        Where a street or locality has an identified     The proposed landscaping works are designed
consistent with the existing streetscape       character derived from existing vegetation,      to retain the existing character through the use
character.                                     similar or identical species are used.           of similar species.


                                               Editor’s Note— character trees may be exotic
                                               species not endemic to the area such as
                                               Jacaranda, Poinciana or Fig trees.