2019-04-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 APRIL 2019


 Criteria                          Planning Scheme             Proposal                 Complies
 Bicycle Spaces            3.7 bicycle spaces                  Showers and toilets 
 End of Trip Facilities*   1 locker per 2 bicycle              provided.    Condition
                                                               requiring      bicycle
 *(required only where 5 + spaces and;
                                                               spaces is proposed.
 spaces are required)      1 shower cubicle with
                           ancillary change room
                           per 10 bicycle spaces


Land Use & Works Provisions
The application has been assessed against applicable codes as follows:
   Noosaville Locality Code
   Business Uses Code
   Engineering Works Codes
   Landscaping Code
The pertinent issues arising out of the assessment against the codes are discussed below.
Overall Outcome vv) ii of the Noosaville Locality Code seeks to protect the Noosaville industrial
estate for industrial functions to the exclusion of incompatible uses, including residential,
community and commercial uses, and some sport and recreation uses. Since the
commencement of the Noosa Plan in 2006, gyms, ballet schools and the like have been
approved in the Noosaville industrial area, given these uses are generally floor area consumptive
and as such difficult to locate in the business centres. The size and scale of the building floor
area for this proposal is larger than other gym uses previously approved in Industrial Zones
within Noosaville, including the 158m2 fitness studio/martial arts centre at 63 Rene Street, and
Crossfit Noosa at 9/5 Commerce Court which is 140m2. Notably, parameters for gross floor area
in the Industry zone are not specified in Noosa Plan.
Carparking
The applicant originally identified that another approved fitness centre in Noosaville’s industrial
estate (Selkirk Drive) have applied a car parking rate of 1.5 persons per car space in support of
20 patrons. The 1.5 persons per car space was applied when other uses were occurring on site
and recognizing the parking demand from those uses. A car parking survey was also conducted
for this site. An analysis determined the compatibility of other uses and their operating times and
found that on site car spaces were available for the gym use due to operating times of the
industrial uses. In this case, there are no other uses occurring on the site. Therefore, this
scenario is not accepted for this site.
The applicant proposes 13 car spaces (12 car spaces, 4 scooter spaces). The Code requires 1
car space per 20m2 of use area or 1 space per 3 persons capable of being entertained,
whichever is the greater. Based on the total tenancy use area of 377m2, 18.85 car spaces would
be required for the proposed use. If 20 patrons were proposed (as originally requested), based
on the rate of 1 space per 3 persons, 6.66 spaces would be required. This latter rate is not the
greater rate in this case and therefore not applicable.
The applicant has indicated their willingness for Council to condition the approval to mitigate any
impacts regarding class sizes and staggering of class times to ensure there is enough onsite car
spaces for peak parking demands.
To arrive at an appropriate number of people able to occupy the site, Council’s traffic consultant
was consulted with regard to such a use occupying the entire site. It was advised that in the
case for gyms, 0.85 spaces per person (including staff) is reasonable in this case. This is based
on the premise that patrons visiting gyms mostly drive their own cars, acknowledging that there is
a small amount of ride sharing, and a small amount of walk and cycle. This is especially relevant
for an industry area, when compared to a Business centre where walking and cycling would be
more common.
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