Medium Density Residential Code

Performance Outcomes                              Acceptable Outcomes
      6. ensure plantings between the front
         fence and the footpath does not create            1. the solid portion of front fences and
         an impediment for pedestrians using                    walls is no more than 1.2 metres high;
         the footpath                                           or
                                                           2. the walls contain openings or
                                                                materials that ensure it is 50%
                                                                transparent and has a height not
                                                                exceeding 1.8 metres.


                                                  AO17.3
                                                                                                         Not applicable
                                                  Solid front fences and walls may be 1.8 metres in
                                                  height if the property has frontage to an arterial
                                                  road or a distributor road.


                                                  AO17.4
                                                                                                         Not applicable
                                                  The area of land between the front fence and the
                                                  boundary is landscaped to screen the fence from
                                                  the street however landscaping does not encroach
                                                  more than 500 millimeters into the road reserve or
                                                  within 1.5 metres of a sealed footpath.


                                                  Editor's note— for examples refer to figure AP3-
                                                  4A and figure AP3-4B