Appendix G - Code Responses

                                                                 LANDSCAPING CODE
Performance outcomes                                   Acceptable Outcomes                                Applicant’s Comments
         5. minimise contaminated runoff               AO11.3
             entering the stormwater system            Runoff from car parking areas is directed to       Not applicable
             and a watercourse.                        landscaped areas to minimise contaminated          Runoff is proposed to be captured prior to
                                                       runoff, including hydrocarbons, entering the       entering the proposed car parking area.
                                                       stormwater system and watercourses.


                                                       AO11.4
                                                       Canopy trees are protected from vehicle            Not applicable
                                                       damage by providing adequate sized garden
                                                       beds.


                                                       AO11.5                                             Complies
                                                       Plants with thorns, fruit or berries are avoided   Plants with thorns, fruit and berries are not
                                                       in car parks.                                      proposed in car parking areas.

                                                       Editor's note— Refer to Figure AP3-5B

Services, utilities and infrastructure
PO12                                                   AO12.1
Vegetation does not pose a risk to the safety or Vegetation planted within the easement of an             Not applicable
reliability of services, utilities or infrastructure   overhead powerline or, where there is no
including substations, overhead powerlines,            easement, the area of influence of a powerline,
power poles and transformers, street lamps,            has a mature height of no more than 3.5
stormwater catchment pits, and underground             metres.