Short Term Accommodation Code

Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions

Performance Criteria / Acceptable Solutions
P1Density, bulk and scale of the building must be compatible with surrounding Residential Areas and must not compromise local amenity / A1Buildings comply with the Residential Design Code applicable to the Area in which the site is located
P2The site must be located for high accessibility to:
•Centres
•high frequency public transport
•long distance transport nodes
•social, cultural, tourist and leisure facilities and shopping facilities / A2Site is located:
•on an arterial route
OR
•on a suburban route carrying more than 6,000 vehicles per day
OR
•in a Centre or adjoining a Centre other than Multi–purpose Centre 4 (Convenience)
P3The building, including orientation of windows, must be designed to ensure the use does not intrude on the privacy of residential neighbours / A3No windows have direct views into adjoining residential buildings
P4Noise generated by the use must be within acceptable limits / A4.1The use does not emit intrusive noise that impacts on a sensitive receiving environment
A4.2The use of active recreation e.g. pools is limited to 7am to 9pm
P5Outdoor recreation areas must not create a nuisance or intrude on the privacy of residential neighbours / A5Outdoor recreation areas are positioned as far as practical from adjacent sensitive receiving environments and are bounded on sides facing adjoining properties by a minimum 2m wide landscape buffer or a 1.8m high screen fence
P6The proposal must provide for on–site mini–bus set down and turning bay / A6If backpacker accommodation is provided, a mini–bus set down and turning circle is provided and complies with the Transport, Access, Parking and Servicing Planning Scheme Policy
P7Frontage of the site must be landscaped / A7A minimum 3m wide landscape strip is provided at the frontage of the site for development not in a Centre
P8Proposals must be designed incorporating crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) principles
Note: For guidance on assessing the incorporation of crime prevention through environmental design principles refer to the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Planning Scheme Policy / A8Building design and layout incorporates the following features:
•opportunities for casual surveillance and sightlines (e.g. windows overlooking car parking and communal areas)
•appropriate locations for activity generators (e.g communal/recreation space near public pathways
•exterior building designs which promote safety (e.g. active frontages and entrances)
•adequate lighting (e.g. lighting of potential entrapment locations)
•appropriate way finding mechanisms (e.g. signage)
•minimisation of predictable routes and entrapment locations (e.g. concealed spaces near public pathways)
P9 Proposals must be designed to incorporate graffiti prevention measures
Note: For guidance on assessing the incorporation of graffiti prevention measures refer to the Graffiti Prevention Guidelines Planning Scheme Policy / A9 Building design and layout provide for non graffiti–friendly development, structures and layout by incorporating the following features where practical:
• access control measures of vegetation, fencing, lighting, or sprinklers
• designs with an absence of ‘natural ladders’
• minimal unbroken vertical surface areas
• graffiti deterrent surface treatments

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Printed on 10/12/2018