Town Planning Assessment Report

Mechanical plant, equipment                                                 AO25.1 – Complies
and storage                         AO25.1                                  Mechanical plant, equipment
PO25                                Mechanical plant, equipment and         and storage areas will not be
Mechanical plant and equipment      storage areas including vents and       visible from the street frontage.
(including air conditioning         exhausts are not visible from an
equipment) and storage areas are    street or public space.
designed and located to:
a) avoid adverse visual impacts     AO25.2                                  AO25.2 – Complies
    when viewed from the street     Mechanical plant and equipment          Mechanical plant and equipment
    and adjoining properties; and   are:                                    are will setback and screened so
b) visually integrate with          a) located more than 2 metres           as to not cause a nuisance to
    the building design.                from any property boundary;         adjoining properties.
                                    b) where located at ground level,
                                         screened by fencing 1.5 metres
                                         in height or
                                         dense vegetation of at least 1.5
                                         metres in width incorporating
                                         grouped trees and shrubs with
                                         a maximum separation
                                         distance of 1 metre measured
                                         from the centre of the tree or
                                         scrub;
                                    c) visually integrated into the line
                                         and plane of the building and
                                         roof design and do not project
                                         beyond the height or width of
                                         the building when viewed from
                                         the street and adjoining
                                         properties;
                                    d) fully enclosed or screened
                                         where above ground level such
                                         that they are not visible from
                                         the street frontages nor
                                         adjoining properties; and
                                    e) acoustically screened from any
                                         adjoining sensitive land use.
PO26                                AO26                                    AO26 – Complies
Sufficient landscaped areas are     The minimum area required for           32.6% of the site will comprise of
provided to:                        providing landscaping is no less        soft landscaping. The land does
a) reduce the impervious area       than 10% of the site area with the      not adjoin a residential zone and
    and enhance the visual          following minimum dimensions:           therefore is not required to
    amenity and natural                                                     incorporate minimum widths to
    landscape character of the      …                                       the side and rear boundaries.
    area, streetscape and local
    area;                           Pomona, Boreen Point, Kin Kin
b) retain existing                  and Cooran
    native vegetation and
    enhance buffer areas around     a) Frontage— 0.0 metres; and
    property boundaries;            b) Side or rear boundaries—3
c) suit the relative size and          metres width along all
    nature of the development          boundaries that adjoin land in a
    and its setting;                   residential zone except
d) reduce the visual impact of         for garden centre or hardware
    large or bulky structures and      and trade supply uses where
    fencing along watercourses;        the setback is 5 metres.


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