Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                        LANDSCAPING CODE
                                                                                                                                Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                                                                                                                           COUNCIL      USE
USE OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT                    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS                            SOLUTIONS*   COMMENTS
                                                                                                                                                           ONLY
                                                boundaries that adjoin land in a
                                                residential zone.
Community Uses
Education use Type 1 Childcare              Minimum dimensions—
                                            (a) Frontage—
                                                (i) Standard—6m width; or
                                                (ii) Exception—2m width for vehicle
                                                     parking and manoeuvring areas;
                                                     and
                                            (b) Side and rear boundaries—2m width.
Residential Uses
Multiple housing—                           Minimum area-
Type 2 Duplex                               (a) Standard— the proposed population
Type 3 Retirement and special needs             multiplied by 40m2, provided that a
Type 4 Conventional                             minimum of 60% of this is soft
                                                landscaping; or
Visitor accommodation—                      (b) Exception—if in the Attached Housing
Type 3 Rural                                    Zone or Visitor Mixed Use Zone—
Type 4 Conventional                             proposed population multiplied by
                                                30m2, providing that 60% of this is
                                                soft landscaping.

                                            Minimum dimensions—
                                            (a) Frontage—
                                                 (i) Standard—6m width with a
                                                      minimum average of 3m width
                                                      consisting of soft landscaping; or
                                                 (ii) Exception—2m          width     for
                                                      frontage adjacent to uncovered
                                                      visitor carparking.
                                            (b) Rear boundaries—2m width.
Multiple housing Type 6 Relocatable         Minimum area—30% of the site area (with
Visitor Accommodation Type 2 Caravan        a minimum of 30m2 of private open space
Park                                        for relocatable homes.
                                            Minimum dimensions—
                                            (a) Frontage—12m width; and
                                            (b) Side boundaries—5m width.
1   Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution
              A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                                    Cooroy Care Farm
              N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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