MCU19-0132 Applicant's Response to Council's IR

       a) the type and intensity of land use;
       b) any existing parking available on the site;
       c) hours of operation;
       d) likely numbers of users;
       e) the peak parking demand periods of uses on the site; and
       f) the availability of alternative carparking.


   a) The applicant is able to ascertain the number of carparking spaces required for their proposed use
   based on their current customer base. As Anytime Fitness Noosa is simply relocating, it is to be
   expected that existing membership numbers will remain the same. The intensity of the land use is
   validated through the patron usage data collected by the gym operators over the months of August
   and September 2019 (Attachment 2).

   b) A reconfiguration of the existing carparking arrangement is proposed. The redesign of the
   carparking area in front of the existing building will enable an additional 3 spaces to be provided. The
   reconfiguration of the carparking arrangement enables a more efficient use of land whilst not
   impeding on the ability of the site to be accessed by trucks or service vehicles.

   c) As Anytime Fitness Noosa operates as a 24-hour gym, this enables members to utilise the gym
   facilities at all times of the day. This flexibility reduces the impact on carparking as a result of peak
   attendance. As demonstrated by the patron usage data (Attachment 2) and the data complied on
   Australian gymnasiums (refer to Planning Report, Section 5.2), the periods of peak attendance are
   generally outside of peak business hours.

   d) The likely number of users can be ascertained by the patron usage data complied by the applicant
   (Attachment 2). Sufficient carparking infrastructure is provided to meet the likely number of uses at
   any one time as demonstrated within Tables 1 and 2 below.

   e) The peak parking demand periods are in direct correlation to the peak attendance rates by the
   members (Attachment 2). This data demonstrates that peak times generally occur in the mid-morning
   and early afternoon, and generally occurs outside peak business hours.

   f) In addition to complying with the carparking requirements as evidenced in (Tables 1 and 2 below),
   on-street carparking is available throughout the industrial estate. Venture Drive and the connecting
   roads are all approximately 12 metres wide (Figure 1) which facilitates on-street parking. Directly
   adjacent to the site’s crossover, there is sufficient space for at least two additional vehicles to be
   parked.

   Additionally, public transport is available to gym members with a bus stop located approximately 700
   metres from the gymnasium (Eumundi – Noosa Road).

As an impact assessable application, compliance with the probable solutions within the codes is not
mandatory. Probable solutions apply only to accepted development and are only one way of meeting
the Specific Outcomes of the code for Code Assessable applications. On this basis the proposed indoor
gymnasium has sufficient carparking available on site to address the expected parking demands. The

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