Original Application Part 5 - Traffic Impact Assessment Report [As Published] · 132008.1787

Seahaven Resort, q ) Cardno

Noosa Heads, Traffic Impact Assessment Eppell Olsen

It should be noted that the requirements for retail and dining use areas have been treated as
stand-alone sites and therefore do not take account of cross-utilisation i.e. a visitor parking
undertaking trips to multiple retail tenancies. Within this type of proposed mixed-use
development, cross-utilisation can conservatively be estimated to be 20% between the food
and beverage, and retail tenancies. Such cross-utilisation would reduce the requirement from
46 spaces for both uses to 37 spaces.

In total, by taking account of cross-utilisation between the frontage tenancies, the parking
requirement is considered to be only 59 spaces compared to the proposed 68 spaces.

The proposed site also provides a higher proportion of parking provision compared to the
existing use and is therefore expected to provide further parking opportunities for visitor
parking.

A tandem layout has been proposed solely for residents and staff bays as it is considered the
valet service that will be provided to residents negates the requirement for single bays, and
long-stay staff parking is also conducive to this arrangement.

Therefore it is sufficient and considered that the proposed parking provision for this
redevelopment is appropriate.

3.5 Parking Spaces for People with Disabilities

Reference is made in the Noosa Plan to the Australian Standards with regard to parking bays
for people with disabilities. The provision of suitably dimensioned bays has been made and
accounts for more than 2% of the total parking provision. The bays are located close to an
accessible entrance into the development and to the retail frontages and are therefore
appropriate.

3.6 Motorcycle Parking

The site layout plan, shown at Appendix A, proposes two car parking spaces which would be
allocated for staff parking only (labelled as “small car” at Appendix A). It has also been shown
as an option to convert the small car space to motorcycle parking. Effectively, one “small” car
parking space would provide capacity for two motorcycle spaces in an end-on layout or 3
spaces if perpendicular to the adjacent car space. As there is 41 car parking spaces proposed
relating to the frontage tenancies, it is recommended that the two car spaces described above
be used for motorcycle parking, which would provide up to 6 motorcycle spaces.

 

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