Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                   COLUMN 1                                            COLUMN 2                                               ASSESSMENT
             SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                        PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
h) present well articulated facades where garages                                                            Typically the building facades that address the
   or carports are not the dominant visual                                                                   internal private road networks are articulated with
   element when viewed from the street.                                                                      balconies, screens and varying building planes.
                                                                                                             Where garages face the accessways, they are
                                                                                                             articulated by intermediated screened courtyards
                                                                                                             (eg B + D Blocks), or positioned on site to reduce
                                                                                                             the continuous length of garages (G Block). The
                                                                                                             buildings cannot be viewed from any street.
O44                                                 S44.1                                                    Complies with specific outcome.
Buildings and structures take the form of small     Buildings have no more than 6 attached dwelling          The architectural philosophy of the proposal
separate buildings rather than large single bulky   units.                                                   which results from the topographical condition of
developments.                                                                                                the subject site(as it was with the adjacent Viridian
                                                                                                             Residences), is for each villa to be independent of
                                                                                                             the villa adjacent in terms of structure, form, level
                                                                                                             and roof form. Because of the way the villas are
                                                                                                             typically sited in a skewed relationship with the
                                                                                                             internal road, the villas each have their own roof
                                                                                                             form, creating the appearance of individual
                                                                                                             buildings sitting adjacent to each other. (eg G
                                                                                                             Block)
Garages and carports
O45                                                 S45.1                                                    Not applicable.
Garages and carports are designed and sited to      Garages and carports                                     a) The width of the proposed garages are of a
visually integrate with the building and avoid      a) have a front boundary setback of at least 6m;            minimum width.
dominating the street.                                  and                                                  b) The resort units have a basement car park
                                                    b) adopt a roof form and building style that are the        that is typically within the footprint of the
                                                        same as that of the building; and                       units above. Given the topography of the site,
                                                    c) present a minimum width to the streetscape               it is considered to be environmentally
                                                        (the total width of garage doors is no more than        insensitive for the garages of the resort villas
                                                        6m or 50% of the frontage width, whichever is           to do the same. By articulating the garages,
                                                        the lesser, where the structure faces the street);      the villas and garages are able to be vertically
                                                        or                                                      positioned to minimise the extent of
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