Part C - Attachments E to G

1 November 2017




Traffic Matter 3 – Additional Parking Demand Created by the Proposed Tenancy
Due to its location within the existing car parking area of the Noosa Civic site, the proposed car wash tenancy
is not visible from the external road network. Therefore, unlike car washes located at service stations etc. on
the external road network, the subject tenancy would be unlikely to attract ‘drive-by’ business.
Furthermore, as customers would have to wait for their vehicles to be washed by hand (estimated to be around
45 minutes), it is unlikely that customers would drive to the centre for the single purpose of having their car
washed.
Given the above, car parking demand for the proposed car wash tenancy would predominantly be driven by
existing Noosa Civic customers as part of a multi-purpose trip. Therefore, the proposed car parking
arrangements (i.e. no new car parking spaces provided) are considered to be appropriate.

Traffic Matter 4 - Operational Impacts of the Proposed Tenancy
Similar to Traffic Matter 3, it is unlikely that customers would drive to the centre for the single purpose of having
their car washed. Therefore, the trips generated by the car wash tenancy would predominantly be driven by
the existing Noosa Civic customers as part of a multi-purpose trip.
It is anticipated that there will be no net increase in external trips generated by Noosa Civic with the car wash
tenancy, however it is likely internal activity will increase at this location, as existing centre customers drop-off
their vehicle at the car wash during their visit to the centre.
To understand the level of activity likely to be shifted to the car wash tenancy, Cardno has forecast the likely
internal trip generation for the tenancy based on our experience using a first principles approach, and adopting
the following assumptions:
           > It would take around 15 minutes for a vehicle to progress through each station;
           > The car wash has a maximum capacity to handle one vehicle in and one vehicle out per every 15
             minutes;
           > This equates to a capacity of 4 vehicles per hour (vph) in, and 4vph out, giving a maximum total
             maximum capacity of 8vph. This is considered to be conservative, as it assumes 100% occupancy
             of all car wash bays.
Based on the above findings, it is anticipated that a maximum additional internal movements of 8vph would be
generated by the car wash, where these 8vph would likely be existing centre customers whom are benefiting
from the car wash during their visit to the centre. With regards to the external impact, there is not expected to
be any additional trips to and from the centre.
This level of activity is considered to be insignificant, and therefore will not significantly impact the operation
of the internal car park.




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