Appendix 5- Response to Planning Scheme Codes · MCU17/0027

areas for personal security                                                       routes proposed.
reasons;        c) avoiding
concealment spots; and d)
maintaining      safe    sight
distances to and from road
and      building     corners,
carpark     entrances     and
driveways (see Figure 14-
16); e) maintain safe sight
distances at planting bed
ends within carparks;        f)
protecting solid fences from
graffiti by incorporating
elements        such        as
landscaping,         creepers,
murals or vandal resistant
paint; and g) separating and
defining pedestrian and
vehicle circulation routes
O5      The    provision    of    S5.1                                            Complies
landscaping      is    to    a     Landscaping provided which allows
satisfactory         standard     adequate visibility for casual surveillance
ensuring that it does not
                                  of public and semi-public spaces,
lead to opportunities for
concealment and possible          including entrances and exits to sites and
assault sites.                    buildings, by: a) planting trees which
                                  have clean trunks to a height of at least
                                  1.8 m; and b) appropriately spacing
O6     Street   trees   and       shrubs at 1.2m horizontal centres, with a
plantings in towns and            maximum height of 0.75m, to avoid
villages, carparks and other
                                  clumping and to retain sightlines.
areas     where     potential
conflicts with vehicles and        S6.1
pedestrians are evident, are      Street trees and trees in carparking areas      Not Applicable
planted so as to maximise         achieve a maximum of 900mm clear
vehicle    and    pedestrian      trunk height for a 2.0m high tree at
safety.                           planting and are able to attain a clear
                                  trunk height of 1900mm on maturity; AND
                                  S6.2
                                  All scrub planting to be a maximum              Complies
                                  height of 700mm from the road pavement
                                  (not top of kerb).
Services and utilities             S7.1                                           Not Applicable
O7                                Plant species used in landscaping
All     landscaping     works     adjacent to substations, or adjacent to or
maintain     adequate     safe
                                  on      electricity    transmission      line
distance from services and
utilities            including    easements, are less than 4m high at
substations,         overhead     maturity and do not encroach within 3m
powerlines, power poles           of a substation boundary; OR
and transformers, street          S7.2                                            Not Applicable
lamps,            stormwater      For trees higher than 4m, trees are
catchment       pits,      and    planted at a distance from any part of an
underground services and
                                  electricity transmission line at least equal
utilities.
                                  to the expected height of the tree at
Figure 14-17                      maturity (see Figure 14-17); AND
                                  S7.3                                            Complies
                                  For power lines that connect to a
                                  premises, the height of plant species at
                                  maturity provides for a 2m clearance
                                  below the power line; (see Figure 14-18)
                                  AND