2015-01-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                     15 JANUARY 2015


                                         As mentioned in the previous report, a large portion of the garage will
                                         not be visible from the street. The resultant development will have the
                                         appearance that it has a site cover of <50% for the ground floor and
                                         <30% for the upper storey, which is compatible with other detached
                                         houses and buildings in the locality.
b)    does not          present an       As described in the previous report, most of the garage level is built in
appearance of bulk to adjacent           to the existing hill, with substantial terraced and landscaping areas
properties, roads or other areas         above. The combination of providing mature landscaping and high
in the vicinity of the site;             quality finishes are both important components making the
                                         development not appear bulky when viewed from Mitti Street.
c) maximises the retention of            Although the development proposes to remove nearly all the trees
existing vegetation and allows for       from the site, a landscaping plan is included for the planting of mature
soft     landscaping     between         screening trees and supplementary plantings along the Mitti Street
buildings;                               frontage to screen much of the building’s bulk. The proposed
                                         landscaping plan also provides for landscaping around the frontages
                                         and between the different building elements.
d) allows for adequate area at           The development provides open grassed and recreating areas along
ground      level   for    outdoor       the northern Park Road frontage, which makes use of the existing
recreation, entertainment, clothes       terraced benches on site. As a result, there is considered to be
drying and other site facilities;        adequate area at the ground and podium levels for outdoor recreation,
and                                      entertainment, clothes drying and other site facilities.
e) facilitates on-site stormwater        Appropriate vehicular access and stormwater management can be
management        and    vehicular       facilitated on the site, without causing any concerns on the adjacent
access.                                  road reserve or properties.

After Monday’s General Committee meeting, the architect provided Council with additional
perspective drawings of the proposed development, which are included as Attachment 3.

Officer Recommendation

Staff maintains the previous recommendation for this application detailed in the original report.

Departments/Sections Consulted:

    Community Services                                 X    Planning & Infrastructure
    Disaster Management & Public Order                      Building & Plumbing Services
    Waste & Environmental Health                       X    DA Planning
    Community Facilities                                    Strategic Land Use Planning
    Cultural Facilities                                     Asset Design & Investigations
                                                            Asset Planning
                                                            Civil Operations
                                                            Environment

    Executive Office                                        Corporate Services
    Community Engagement                                    Finance
    Customer Service                                        ICT
    Executive Support                                       Procurement & Fleet
    Governance                                              Property & Facilities
    Human Resources                                         Revenue Services




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