APPENDIX B - Local Assessment

Specific Outcomes            Probable Solutions                                  Response
                             Entrances/exits are located to provide a direct
                             link to driveways and carparking areas;

                             S24.4
                             Recessed doorways are avoided where the
                             recess is of sufficient size to conceal a person.
                             Where recessed doorways are unavoidable,
                             measures are used to enhance safety, as
                             follows—
                             a) good lighting installed;
                             b) strategically placed mirrors installed;
                             c) angled approaches provided; or
                             d) gates which restrict access provided.

O25
Uses are arranged within     S25.1
buildings and on sites to    Windows and main entrances are positioned
enable external areas to     to allow for casual surveillance.
be monitored.

O26
Communal open space,         S26.1
including congregation       Communal open spaces, including
and seating areas, is        congregation and seating areas are situated
located where it can be      where they are in the line of sight of windows,
monitored.                   doors and/or balconies of buildings, or can be
                             seen from a street or other public space.

O27                          S27.1
Buildings and structures     Buildings or structures that are visible from a
are designed to minimise     public street or laneway—
opportunities for             a) avoid the use of solid fences and blank
vandalism.                        walls which attract graffiti. Where solid
                                  blank surfaces are unavoidable,
                                  measures in the form of landscaping,
                                  creepers, murals, vandal resistant paint,
                                  etc are used;
                              b) use toughened glass, security screens
                                  and other measures (but not including
                                  security shutters that obscure the view of
                                  shopfronts) are used in windows which
                                  are provided at ground level, to deter
                                  break and enters; and
                              c) use hardy vandal proof materials and
                                  antigraffiti paint are used in the
                                  construction of buildings.
O28
Lighting of appropriate      S28.1
intensities is provided to   Lighting of appropriate intensities is provided
maximise safety.             which satisfies the requirements of
                             Australian Standard AS1158: Public Lighting
                             Code, unless otherwise specified in this Code;

                             S28.2
                             External lighting of a graduated intensity is
                             provided which starts at a lower level of
                             brightness at the perimeter of the site and