2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              15 JANUARY 2018


Condition 33
33.   Carparking shall be provided within the site generally as shown on the approved plans. All
      at grade carparking shown on the approved plans must be maintained in common property
      and available to all units. Carparking shall include 261 carpark spaces with 205 of these to
      be covered carpark spaces, and include 10 clearly defined disabled carpark spaces for the
      unit component of the development. Five carparking spaces for staff in addition to resident
      and visitor spaces are to be provided on site. Motorcycle/scooter parking spaces may be
      incorporated at a rate of 4 spaces equivalent to 1 car space.
Applicant’s requested change
It is requested that this condition be amended to reflect new car parking numbers triggered by the
proposed new unit mix as reflected on the amended architectural plans. We note that proposed
car parking numbers are in excess of the minimum requirements for both resident and visitor
parking under the Noosa Plan, as reflected in the following table:-




In addition to the number of carparks triggered for the proposed units identified in the table
above, an additional 6 car spaces are also intended to be allocated for staff parking.
Based on the above, there is an overall surplus in car spaces (circa 51 uncovered car spaces)
anticipated by the development, and it is requested that the opportunity be provided that these
surplus car spaces be able to be allocated to individual units by the developer, as exclusive use
spaces. This would increase the marketability of units without adversely impacting upon visitor
parking arrangements across the development.
In light of this, it is requested that this condition be amended to read:-
33.   Carparking shall be provided within the site generally as shown on the approved plans. All
      at grade carparking shown on the approved plans must be maintained in common property
      and available to all units. Carparking shall include 261 285 carpark spaces with 205 250 of
      these to be covered carpark spaces, and include 10 clearly defined disabled carpark
      spaces for the unit component of the development. Five carparking spaces for staff in
      addition to resident and visitor spaces are to be provided on site. Motorcycle/scooter
      parking spaces may be incorporated at a rate of 4 spaces equivalent to 1 car space
Assessment
The provision of car parking significantly exceeds the amount required under the Noosa Plan.
The applicant’s request that the surplus car parking spaces be made exclusively available to
individual units is not unreasonable, as the minimum required number of visitor spaces (35) will
remain available. In order to maintain visitor car spaces within common property, thereby
providing surety to car parking for non-residents, it is recommended that the applicant’s proposed
wording be generally accepted with a minor modification to read:
33.   Carparking shall be provided within the site generally as shown on the approved plans.
      Carparking shall include 285 carpark spaces with 250 of these to be covered carpark
      spaces, and include 10 clearly defined disabled carpark spaces for the unit component of
      the development. Five carparking spaces for staff in addition to resident and visitor spaces
      are to be provided on site. Visitor and staff carparking, including all at grade car parking
      situated between Blocks 2 and 3, must be maintained in common property and be available
      to all units. Motorcycle/scooter parking spaces may be incorporated at a rate of 4 spaces
      equivalent to 1 car space.



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