Appendix D - Table 9.4.5.3 Landscaping Code · OPW16/0303.02

Performance outcomes                        Acceptable Outcomes

Services, utilities and infrastructure                                                    PO12 achieved – refer to landscape plans
PO12                                          AO12.1
Vegetation does not pose a risk to the safety Vegetation planted within the easement of
or reliability of services, utilities or      an overhead powerline or, where there is no
infrastructure including substations,         easement, the area of influence of a
overhead powerlines, power poles and          powerline, has a mature height of no more
transformers, street lamps, stormwater        than 3.5 metres.
catchment pits, and underground services
and utilities.                                AO12.2
                                              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