Request to Amend Application and Response to Council's Information Request · MCU14/0009

In response to Item 5 of Council’s Information Request, please refer to Tod Consulting’s
Technical Notes included within Appendix B of this response, which states:

Provision of a kerb and channel along the full frontage would have serious impact on the
existing internal pavement levels, especially on the existing Hill Street access. A level on
the property boundary 250mm higher than existing bitumen, as required by the standard
cross-over detail, would actually be higher than the floor level of the existing building.

In addition, in order to provide a standard cross-over, substantial areas of existing
concrete pavement would need to be reconstructed.

Car Parking

Issue
The proposed car parking is not in accordance with AS/NZS2890.1:2004.

Information Required
6. Provide a revised layout plan that includes:

      (a) The necessary queuing from Factory Street as described in section 3.4 of
          AS/NZS2890.1:2004 or alternatively provide comment from an RPEQ that states
          that the proposed queuing is sufficient to achieve compliance with
          AS/NZS2890.1:2004.
      (b) The space widths for the relevant user type as described in AS/NZS2890.1:2004
          (employee 2.4m wide, 2.6 m wide for customers both widened where adjacent to
          obstructions).

In response to Item 6 of Council’s Information Request, Tod Consulting have undertaken a
review of the proposed car parking layout to ensure compliance with the relevant
standards including AS2890 – Part 1 – Off-Street Parking. As summarised by Tod
Consulting’s Technical Notes included within Appendix B of this response, the review has
resulted in several amendments to the proposed layout, as follows:

         Employee (User Class 1) parking spaces are all 5.4m long x 2.4m wide;
         Customer (User Class 3) parking spaces are all 5.4m long x 2.6m wide;
         Disabled (User Class 4) parking space is 5.4m long x 4.8m wide (2.4m dedicated
          space + 2.4m shared area) in accordance with AS2890 – Part 6 – Off-Street
          parking for people with disabilities;
         Aisle and circulation widths are adequate;
         2no. parking spaces at the Factory Street access have been relocated (to the south
          east corner of the site) to ensure adequate queuing length for vehicles entering the
          site, when vehicles are driving in/out of the adjacent parking spaces.

The amended Site Plan prepared by Brad Read Design Group, included within Appendix A
of this response, demonstrates the above listed amendments.

3.0       SUMMARY

In accordance with Section 278 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, we hereby provide
Council with a response to all of the information requested and ask that Council proceed
with the assessment of this application.             Following receipt of the amended
Acknowledgment Notice we trust that Council will have no outstanding issues with the
proposed development (i.e. a further information request will not be issued by Council).
Accordingly, we trust that Council will be able to provide Murray & Associates (Qld) Pty Ltd
with a list of adjoining landowners’ details in order that we may commence public