Appendix E Traffic Impact Assessment Report · MCU22/0038

 Proposed Medical Centre                                                          SLR Ref: 620.30769-M01-v1.0 Traffic Impact
 Lot 22, Noosa Business Centre                                                                    Statement 2022 03 16.docx
 Traffic Impact Statement                                                                               Date: 16 March 2022




Table 6       Minimum Bicycle Parking Requirements
 Land Use Group                      Proposed Yield        Minimum Parking Rate         Minimum Parking Provision
 Commercial – Type 2                  2,170m2 GFA              1 space per 50m2 GFA             43.4 (43) spaces

The information presented in Table 6 suggests that the subject development would need to provide at least 43
bicycle parking spaces to meet the requirements of Council’s superseded planning scheme, which equates to
approximately one bicycle parking space for every two car parking spaces. This is however considered to be
excessive given the nature of the proposed use would attract a significant volume of ill, elderly and/or mobility
impaired people who would be unlikely to cycle to and from the site.

Whilst not directly comparable this provision would be much higher than that inferred as being required by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Journey to Work data, which recorded a 2.8% bicycle mode share for
employees within the Noosaville area given it is expected that the primary generator of bicycle demands within
the site would be staff. On the other hand, the proposed provision of eight bicycle parking spaces would equate
to a supply of one space per 12 car parking spaces and provide sufficient capacity to accommodate a mode share
of up to 8%, which is almost three times higher than that recorded by the ABS.

With this in mind, the provision of eight bicycle spaces at the front of the building are considered to be more
than sufficient in accommodating the functional requirements of the facility.

5.3         PWD Parking

Council’s superseded Driveways and Parking Code defers to the requirements of the AS2890 suite of Australian
Standards regarding the required supply of parking spaces for Persons with a Disability (PWD). AS2890.6, in turn,
references the Building Code of Australia (BCA) for PWD parking supply rates, which for a building of the type
and size proposed herein (being Class 9a as defined within Part A6 therein) requires the provision of one PWD
space for every 50 parking spaces of part thereof.

Given the subject development proposes to provide a total of 99 parking spaces, the provision of two PWD
spaces is therefore considered to be sufficient and in accordance with BCA requirements.

6           Servicing Considerations

As previously mentioned in Section 4.5 herein, Council’s superseded planning scheme is silent on service vehicle
requirements for medical centres such as that proposed. Consequently, the subject development has made
provision for ambulance vehicles only based on the minimum requirements for Type 1 wellbeing uses (i.e.
hospitals) as defined within the superseded Driveways and Carparking Code, with the ambulance bay sized to
accommodate all emergency vehicles up to and including bariatric ambulances. The swept path drawings
provided at Attachment B confirm that ambulances can enter and exit the site with suitable clearances as
needed.

Regarding waste storage and collection, the proponent has advised that medical waste will be managed via the
individual tenancies within the development, which would generally consist of vehicles no larger than a van
arriving at the site to collect and dispose of any medical or biological waste. General waste and recycling will be
stored within two 1,100L bulk bins along Easement AB for easy access by the centre’s existing third-party waste
collection contractor, who will prop in the service road behind the Emporium Showroom Complex and wheel
the bins to the vehicle as currently occurs.




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