Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                          COMMUNITY USES CODE
                                                                                                                                     Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                                                                                                                                     COUNCIL USE
         SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                             PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                   SOLUTIONS*                        COMMENTS
                                                                                                                                                                        ONLY
                                             (b) strategically placed mirrors are
                                               installed;
                                             (c) angled approaches are provided;
                                             (d) gates which restrict access are
                                               provided.
O12 Uses are arranged within buildings       S12.1 Windows and main entrances are               ✓        Complies with S12.1
and on sites to enable external areas to     positioned to allow for casual surveillance.                Community uses are located on either side of the
be monitored.                                                                                            central courtyard and on the internal road, allowing for
                                                                                                         casual surveillance opportunities.
O13 Communal open space, including           S13.1 Communal open spaces, including              ✓        Complies with S13.1
congregation and seating areas, is located   congregation and seating areas, situated                    The courtyard and community uses are easily visible
where it can be monitored;                   where they are in the line of sight of                      from the development’s internal roads.
                                             windows,            doors             and/or
                                             balconies/verandahs of buildings, or can
                                             be seen from a street or other public
                                             space.
O14 Buildings and structures are             S14.1 Where buildings or structures are            ✓        Complies with S14.1
designed to minimise opportunities for       constructed in view of a public street or                   The community uses are located within the larger
vandalism.                                   laneway—                                                    facility and therefore the community uses do not have
                                             (a) the use of solid fences and blank                       solid fences or other structures which attract graffiti.
                                                 walls which attract graffiti is avoided.
                                                 Where solid blank surfaces are
                                                 unavoidable, landscaping, creepers,
                                                 murals, vandal resistant paint, etc are
                                                 used; and
                                             (b) toughened glass, security screens
                                                 and other measures (not including
                                                 opaque security shutters) are used in
                                                 windows which are provided at
                                                 ground level, to deter break and
                                                 enters; and
                                             (c) hardy vandal proof materials and
                                                 antigraffiti paint are used in the
                                                 construction of buildings, where
                                                 appropriate.
                                             (d) height of 0.75m, to avoid clumping
                                                 and to retain sightlines.

1    Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution                                                                                                                                    Appendix O
               A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                                           Cooroy Care Farm
               N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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