12. Code Assessment

Performance outcomes                                  Acceptable Outcomes
disabilities, seniors, or people requiring assisted           1. providing an accessible path of travel
living.                                                          from the footpath or car parking area
                                                                 to the front entry of the
                                                                 residential building;
                                                              2. incorporating the kitchen,
                                                                 living/dining area, at least
                                                                 one bedroom, a bathroom, and the
                                                                 laundry on the ground floor if the
                                                                 residential building spans two or
                                                                 more storeys in height;
                                                              3. providing 1.2 metre wide
                                                                 passageway and doorways of at
                                                                 least 920 millimetres wide and level
                                                                 entry thresholds to all accessible
                                                                 rooms on the ground floor; and
                                                              4. ensuring ground floor kitchen and
                                                                 bathroom facilities are accessible or
                                                                 have sufficient physical dimensions
                                                                 to allow for wheelchair access.

                                                      Editor’s Note—Compliance with this acceptable
                                                      outcome can be achieved by meeting the planning
                                                      and design standards and key design elements
                                                      of PDA guideline no. 02 Accessible
                                                      housing published by the Queensland Department
                                                      of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
                                                      May 2015
PO14                                                  AO14                                              AO14 Complies
Buildings and outdoor spaces are designed to          Development of the site enhances:                 The site is an existing premise in a rural residential
allow for natural surveillance without adversely                                                        area. The hospice has been appropriately
impacting the privacy of on-site or adjoining                 1. opportunities for passive surveillance designed to facilitate natural surveillance and sited
residents.                                                       of common spaces including             far enough away to avoid impacts on the privacy of
                                                                 providing well-lit, active and         adjoining residents.
                                                                 overlooked places and routes;