Tracy Stevens submission MCU180019 24 June 2018 · MCU18/0019

            Three residential driveways opposite the proposed commercial access on Val Crescent

32.   The close proximity of the roundabout, the residential driveways opposite and the
      restricted sight distances, combined with the fact that the access is on a narrow
      residential street and that pedestrians use the road as a thoroughfare, as there are no
      footpaths (see below) will greatly increase the risk that vehicles and trucks using the
      access will have an accident with other vehicles, cyclists or pedestrians on the street.
33.   This risk cannot be reduced to an acceptable level by way of placing conditions on the
      development.
34.   Whilst it is appreciated that the DA has in excess of the minimum number of car parks
      required under the Driveways and Parking Code for a residential aged car facility, the 52
      bay basement car park will not have sufficient car parking to accommodate the facility at
      peak times, particularly the week day afternoon shift changeover.
35.   The Applicant has advised that the typical day shift will finish at 3.00pm and the
      afternoon shift will commence at 2.45pm. The maximum number of staff on the day shift
      is 35. The Applicant has not provided the number of staff for the afternoon or night shift,
      only to say that it is less than the day shift. Assuming then that the facility had 25 staff on
      the afternoon shift, it would require, at a minimum, 60 car parks to accommodate staff
      at the afternoon shift changeover as both day staff and afternoon staff would require
      parks at the same time.
36.   The above figure does not take into account any car parks utilised by visitors, volunteers
      or any other service vehicles who may be at the facility at this time. If say, in the mid-
      afternoon, 5% of residents had a visitor, there were two volunteers on site and one
      service vehicle, this would take the total car parking requirement up to around 67. This
      would mean that 15 vehicles would have to park off site on either Val Crescent or
      Goodchap Street at this time.




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