Att 5 - Codes Assessment

Water management                                                                                 Complies - The proposal minimizes
O26 Landscaping works promote the effective      S26.1 The infiltration and conservation of      impervious services and provides a
use of water through appropriate plant           water is optimised through—                     coherent landscape design to
selection and layout and by maximising           a) selecting native plant species identified    conserve water for reuse in garden
opportunities for water infiltration.                 in                                         areas on the site.
                                                      PSP3 Landscaping Plants and
                                                      Guidelines;
                                                 b) grouping plants in mulched beds;
                                                 c) minimising impervious surfaces;
                                                 d) using semi-pervious pavement
                                                      surfaces; such as grass cell paving, as
                                                      a alternative to pervious surfaces
                                                 e) draining hard surfaces areas to
                                                      landscaped areas;
                                                 f) planting microphytes along driveways
                                                      to absorb hydrocarbons; and
                                                 g) using surface and subsurface drainage
                                                      swales.
O27-29 – Soil Stability on steep slopes, large                                                   Not Applicable
carparking and onstreet parking areas
Off street carparks                              S28.1 One advanced canopy tree (a               Complies –
O28 Landscaping of carparking areas is           minimum of 100 litres pot size) is provided—    -  16 major tree varieties are
designed to—                                     a) in towns and villages, shopping centres or      proposed around the perimeter
a) reduced the visual impact of the              commercial areas— for every 4 carparking           of the 48 carpark site.
development;                                     spaces; or
b) provide for advanced canopy trees to shade    b) otherwise—for every 6 carparking spaces;
vehicles and to reduce reflected radiation;      AND
c) ensure canopy trees are protected from        S28.2 A minimum area of 5m2 is provided         -   Sufficient area around each
vehicle damage by providing adequate sized       around each canopy tree, which is mulched           tree for mulching and support.
garden beds;                                     and treated; AND
d) maximise opportunities for infiltration of    S28.3 Plants are grouped in mulched beds        -   Plants are grouped in defined
rainwater on-site; and                           rather than using individual, evenly spaced         garden bed areas
e) minimise contaminated runoff entering the     trees and scrubs; AND
stormwater system and watercourse.               S28.4 Semi-pervious pavement surfaces are       -   Rainwater to be directed to
                                                 used, such as grass cell paving, to increase        garden beds for water
                                                 infiltration of rainwater and minimise              treatment.
                                                 contaminated runoff, including hydrocarbons,
                                                 entering the stormwater system and
                                                 watercourses; AND
                                                 S28.5 Runoff from carparking areas is
                                                 directed to landscaped areas to minimise
                                                 contaminate runoff, including hydrocarbons,
                                                 entering the stormwater system and
                                                 watercourses; AND
                                                 S28.6 Garden mounding is incorporated into      -   Garden mounding is
                                                 carparking areas adjacent to frontages; AND         incorporated around the
                                                 S28.7 Surface and subsurface drainage               perimeters of the carparking
                                                 swales are used to maximise stormwater              area to provide a buffer to the
                                                 infiltration; AND                                   street frontages.
                                                 S28.8 A planting bed of at least 1m width
                                                 with screen fencing and dense planting is
                                                 provided to any property boundary with an
                                                 adjacent residential development.
On-street car parks                              S29.1 Where vehicles are parked parallel to     Not Applicable – landscaping and
O29 Edges to parking and turning spaces for      the kerb, landscaping is setback a minimum      footpath works to be undertaken by
on street parking are landscaped to provide      of 500mm from the back of the kerb to allow     Council as part of the Street
shade and screening, while ensuring adequate     adequate access (see Figure 14-27); AND         upgrades.
access to vehicles.                              S29.2 Street trees are planted a minimum of
Figure 14-27 Allow 500mm for passenger           1m from the back of the kerb in the road
access                                           reserve verge.




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