Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                   COLUMN 1                                                 COLUMN 2                                            ASSESSMENT
             SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                            PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
O6                                                      S6.1                                                    Not applicable.
Street trees and plantings in towns and villages, car   Street trees and trees in car parking areas achieve a   The development does not abut roads nor are
parks and other areas where potential conflicts         maximum of 900mm clear trunk height for a 2.0m          there any surface car parks.
with vehicles and pedestrians are evident, are          high tree at planting and are able to attain a clear
planted so as to maximise vehicle and pedestrian        trunk height of 1900mm on maturity;
safety.
                                                        S6.2
                                                        All scrub planting to be a maximum height of
                                                        700mm from the road pavement (not top of kerb).
Services and utilities
O7                                                      S7.1                                                    Not applicable.
All landscaping works maintain adequate safe            Plant species used in landscaping adjacent to           The development is well clear of transmission
distance from services and utilities including          substations, or adjacent to or on electricity           lines.
substations, overhead powerlines, power poles and       transmission line easements, are less than 4m high at
transformers, street lamps, stormwater catchment        maturity and do not encroach within 3m of a
pits, and underground services and utilities.           substation boundary;
                                                        OR

                                                        S7.2
                                                        For trees higher than 4m, trees are planted at a
                                                        distance from any part of an electricity
                                                        transmission line at least equal to the expected
                                                        height of the tree at maturity (see Figure 14-18);

                                                        S7.3
                                                        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-
                                                        19)



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