Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                           COMMUNITY USES CODE
                                                                                                                                      Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                                                                                                                                       COUNCIL USE
         SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                             PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                   SOLUTIONS*                         COMMENTS
                                                                                                                                                                          ONLY
O15 Lighting of appropriate intensities is   S15.1 Lighting of appropriate intensities is       ✓        S15.1 Complies
provided to maximize safety.                 provided which satisfies the requirements                   Lighting will comply with the relevant Australian
                                             of Australian Standard AS1158: Public                       Standard.
                                             Lighting Code, unless otherwise specified
                                             in this Code; and
                                             S15.2 External lighting of a graduated            N/A       Not Applicable
                                             intensity is provided which starts at a                     This outcome is considered inappropriate given the
                                             lower level of brightness at the perimeter                  rural zoning of the land and the primary use of the site
                                             of the site and rises to a greater intensity                as a residential care facility.
                                             at the entrance to buildings, or at the
                                             centre of the site; and
                                             S15.3 Lighting is directed onto the site           ✓        S15.3 Complies
                                             and away from neighbouring properties;                      Light from the development will be directed away from
                                             and                                                         neighbouring properties.
                                             S15.4 Vandal-resistant lighting is used in         ✓        S15.4 Complies
                                             public and publicly accessible areas.                       Areas most at risk of vandalism will be appropriately lit.
Mechanical plant and equipment and                                                              ✓        Complies with S16.1
storage areas                                                                                            Mechanical plant and equipment will be located so that
O16 Mechanical plant and equipment           S16.1 Mechanical plant and equipment                        it is not visible from within the development and from
(including air conditioning equipment) and   are—                                                        neighbouring properties.
storage areas are designed and located       (a) located more than 2m from any
to—                                              property boundary;
(a) avoid adverse visual impacts when        (b) where located at ground level,
     viewed from the street and adjoining        screened by fencing 1.5m in height or
     properties; and                             dense vegetation of at least 1.5m in
(b) be visually integrated with the              width incorporating grouped trees and
     building design.                            shrubs with maximum separation
                                                 distance of 1m measured from the
                                                 centre of the tree or scrub; and
                                             (c) are visually integrated into the line
                                                 and plane of the building and roof
                                                 design and do not project beyond the
                                                 height or width of the building when
                                                 viewed from the street and adjoining
                                                 properties.

Table 14.32 – Transport and Access

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

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