Appendix C - Code Assessment

Rural Residential Zone Code



premises.

Sports courts                                               AO8.1                                                        AO8.1 – AO8.4 Not Applicable
PO8                                                         A 2 metre landscaped buffer separates any private            The proposal does not involve sports courts.
Lighting and noise associated with outdoor tennis courts,   tennis court, half court or sports court from side
half courts or sports courts do not have an adverse         property boundaries where adjoining land in a
impact upon the amenity enjoyed by occupants of             residential zone.
adjoining or nearby premises nor cause unreasonable
disturbance to the local fauna.                             AO8.2
                                                            Courts are fenced to a height of—

                                                                 a)   3.6 metres for a full-sized court; or
                                                                 b)   2.4 metres for a half court.

                                                            AO8.3
                                                            Courts are not lit; or

                                                            AO8.4
                                                            For lit courts:


                                                                 a)   lighting structures are not more than 8 metres
                                                                      in height and set back at least 2 metres from
                                                                      any property boundary;
                                                                 b)   the court is located at least 60 metres from the
                                                                      external wall of an existing or approved
                                                                      residential dwelling on an adjacent or nearby
                                                                      lot (as measured from the centre line of the
                                                                      court);
                                                                 c)   the vertical illumination resulting from direct,
                                                                      reflected or other incidental lighting emanating
                                                                      from the site does not exceed 8 lux when
                                                                      measured at any point 1.5 metres outside the
                                                                      boundary and at any level from ground
                                                                      level upward; and
                                                                 d)   lighting is hooded or baffled to direct lighting
                                                                      downward or is of a type that gives no upward
                                                                      component of light when mounted horizontally.