Appendix E - Code Assessment

PO18                                                  A 1.5 metre landscaped buffer separates any private
Lighting and noise associated with outdoor tennis     tennis court, half court or sports court from side
courts, half courts or sports courts do not have an   property boundaries where adjoining land in a
adverse impact upon the amenity enjoyed by            residential zone or in the Rural Residential zone.
occupants of adjoining or nearby premises nor cause
unreasonable disturbance to local fauna.              AO18.2
                                                      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.

                                                      AO18.3
                                                      Courts are not lit.

                                                      or

                                                      AO18.4
                                                      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.
Environment, Heritage and Scenic Amenity
PO19                                                  AO19.1                                                      Not applicable.
Development:                                          For landscape amenity reasons, cut or fill is less than
   (a) has minimal impact on the natural landform     1.5 metres in depth relative to the ground level.
       and landscape of the site;
   (b) does not lead to erosion or the transport of   AO19.2
       sediments off site; and