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                                         vehicle damage by providing
                                         adequate sized garden beds.

                                         AO11.5
                                         Plants with thorns, fruit or berries are
                                         avoided in car parks.

                                         Editor's note— Refer to Figure AP3-
                                         5B
Services, utilities and
infrastructure                           AO12.1
PO12                                     Vegetation planted within the
Vegetation does not pose a risk to       easement of an overhead powerline
the safety or reliability of services,   or, where there is no easement, the
utilities or infrastructure including    area of influence of a powerline, has
substations, overhead powerlines,        a mature height of no more than 3.5
power poles and transformers, street     metres.
lamps, stormwater catchment pits,
and underground services and             AO12.2
utilities.                               Vegetation planted within an
                                         underground powerline easement
                                         does not have a mature root system
                                         in excess of 150 millimetres in depth
                                         and is not located directly over the
                                         powerline.

                                         AO12.3
                                         Regardless of the width of the
                                         easement, vegetation adjoining
                                         easements must be separated from
                                         the power pole or other infrastructure
                                         by a distance at least equal to the
                                         maximum mature height of the
                                         vegetation.

                                         AO12.4
                                         For power lines that connect to a
                                         premises, the height of plant species
                                         at maturity provides for a 2 metre
                                         clearance below the power line.

                                         AO12.5
                                         With the exception of electricity
                                         infrastructure, trees and large shrubs
                                         are located a minimum of—

                                         (a) 4 metres from street lamps;
                                         (b) 2 metres from stormwater
                                             catchment pits; and
                                         (c) 2 metres from underground
                                             services and utilities.

                                         AO12.6
                                         Plants are located to enable
                                         tradespersons to access, view and
                                         inspect service meters, such as
                                         water and electricity meters.

                                         AO12.7
                                         Root barriers are installed around
                                         trees that are located within 3 metres
                                         of any infrastructure or that have
                                         potentially invasive roots.
Landscaped entry statement               AO13.1                                     N/A
PO13                                     Tree and plant massing are the
Entry statements to residential or       dominant features of entry
business estates are:                    statements, rather than the entry
                                         being dominated by built elements
                                         such as masonry walls, waterfalls
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