P2623.001L Tewantin Noosa RSL Stage 4, 5 & 6 RFI Response

                                                                                                         MCU16/0079



                  12        Demonstrate that proposed shade structures, buildings and vegetation do not
                            impact on heavy vehicle manoeuvring paths.

                  Issue – Parking Demand
                  It is difficult to identify the true parking demand where on street overflow parking exists in
                  the street where that on-street parking is also shared by other commercial users in the area.
                  Council previously recommended to the applicant that the on-street parking survey be
                  expanded to the other sides of the street, and in distance from the site. This would have
                  assisted in identifying the true parking demand of the existing RSL particularly when other
                  uses in the area are closed or operating at low levels of activity.

                  The submitted survey provides little certainty the existing peak parking demands of the
                  development have been appropriately identified. The true peak parking demands for the
                  existing development are necessary to estimate the likely parking demands associated with
                  the expanded proposal, and then the extent of overflow parking likely in the street. This is
                  critical to understand due to the general shortage of on-street parking in the area during the
                  day, and also for estimating the likely extent of additional on-street parking, particularly
                  along the front of existing dwellings in Doonella Street in the evening.

                  In addition, the following is noted in relation to the parking survey:

                      Site inspection indicates that 6 of the existing parking spaces in the existing basement
                       parking area are used for storage associated with the bottleshop. Thus, it is not
                       surprising that the surveys indicated peak on-site parking demands of 80 cars verses a
                       capacity for 86 cars (6 empty spaces). Those spaces were not empty, they were simply
                       not available for visitors to use. It is not that the on-site capacity was not utilised, it is
                       simply that 6 of the on-site parking spaces were not available for car usage.

                      The parking survey concluded at 7.30pm but parking demands were still increasing at
                       that time, and were almost at the level of the peak midday parking demands. 7.30pm
                       may have been the time of the evening peak but it could have been later. If the survey
                       had extended longer into the evening then this would have been clarified.

                  The Bitzios report also adopts the 85th highest day as the design day for parking demands.
                  The 85th highest day is appropriate for identification of design traffic generation, but not for
                  design parking demands. For example, Brisbane City Council identifies design parking
                  demands as the greater of the peak parking demand generated in an annual average week,
                  or the 30th highest hourly demand in the year. From the supplied patronage data, it is
                  estimated the appropriate design day would be at about the 800 persons per day level,
                  compared with the 700 person per day level for the Friday survey and the 650 person per
                  day level for the Saturday. The surveyed parking demands should be increased to
                  represent design parking demands associated with the 800 person day level.

                  Information Required
                  13     Additional parking survey is required to provide information on a Friday and
                         Saturday evenings, from 6pm till 9pm, including the on-site parking area, both sides
                         of the streets forming the block that surrounds the site including Pelican Street,
                         Poinciana Ave, Memorial Ave, and Doonella Street, and extending along Doonella
                         Street east to Lake Street, would provide additional certainty to the parking
                         assessment. It is likely that at the peak in the evening, there will be a clear
                         demarcation along each street where the extent of RSL parking finishes.




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Version: 1, Version Date: 08/09/2016                                                               Print Date: 8 September 2016, 2:10 PM