Use – Caretaker's accommodation

PO1

Development:

1. is ancillary to the primary use
2. provides adequate private open space for the caretaker
3. does not compromise ground level business activities being established.

AO1.1

No more than 1 caretaker's accommodation unit is established on the site.

AO1.2

Caretaker's accommodation is a maximum of 100m2 GFA.

AO1.3

Caretaker's accommodation is located above the ground floor level, or to the rear of ground level business activities

AO1.4

Caretaker's accommodation is provided with a private open space area which:

1. is directly accessible from a habitable room, and
2. where a balcony, a verandah or a deck, has a minimum area of 15m2 with a minimum horizontal dimension of 1.25m.

PO2

Development does not compromise ground level business activities being established.

AO2

Dwelling units are located either above the ground floor level, or to the rear of ground level business activities.

PO3

Development must provide sufficient and accessible open space for residents needs.

AO3

Development provides a minimum of 16m2 private open space for each dwelling with a minimum dimension of 3m in any direction.

Uses – Food and drink outlet and Club

PO4

Hours of operation are limited to minimise nuisance to any surrounding residential uses.

AO4

Hours of operation are limited to between 7am and 10pm.

PO5

The use does not adversely impact on the amenity of the surrounding land uses and local character.

AO5.1

Development of the sales office is in place for no more than 2 years.

AO5.2

There are a maximum of 2 employees on site at any one time.

PO6

Retail, commercial and community based development:

1. occurs at a scale which provides for the day to day convenience needs of neighbourhood residents in the surrounding neighbourhood
2. does not impact on the viability of the region's other centres
3. does not include large format, land consumptive commercial uses.

AO6.1

The combined area of the neighbourhood centre including all existing and proposed shops, offices, service industries, health care services and food and drink outlets does not exceed a total GFA of 1,500m2.

Note—This acceptable outcome does not apply if only involving the reuse of an existing building.

AO6.2

GFA of the following uses does not exceed:

1. 1,000m2 for Shop
2. 250m2 for Health care services
3. 150m2 for:
   1. Adult store
   2. Car wash
   3. Club
   4. Community care centre
   5. Community use
   6. Educational establishment
   7. Food and drink outlet
   8. Function facility
   9. Funeral parlour
   10. Garden centre
   11. Hardware and trade supplies
   12. Indoor sport and recreation
   13. Market
   14. Office
   15. Place of worship
   16. Service industry
   17. Veterinary services

​Building height (if involving building work)

​PO7

Building height:

1. is low rise
2. protects residential amenity through minimising overshadowing and overlooking where adjoining an existing residential use or residential zone, and
3. does not result in a significant loss of visual amenity.

AO7

Building height does not exceed 8.5m 

Land use and tenancy mix ​

PO8

Development provides for a range of small scale retail, commercial, community, entertainment and recreation activities through a mix of building types and tenancy sizes.

Centre design ​

PO9

Development:

1. is proportionate to the size and street frontage of the site
2. maintains and enhances the existing streetscape
3. protects adjacent residential amenity
4. maintains appropriate levels of light and solar penetration, air circulation, privacy for adjoining properties
5. provides for public space and landscape areas, and
6. reduces building bulk.

PO10

Buildings are designed to:

1. overlook the external street network by having buildings built up to or close to street alignments and providing active building frontages to public streets and spaces
2. respect and complement the existing character of the area
3. maintain an appropriate human scale
4. minimise the use of highly reflective materials, and
5. respond to climatic conditions.

PO11

Design elements contribute to an interesting and attractive streetscape and building through:

1. variations in material and building form to enable articulation of facades and differentiation between buildings
2. modulation in the façade, horizontally or vertically
3. articulation of building entrances and openings
4. corner treatments to address both street frontages, and
5. elements which assist in wayfinding and legibility.

PO12

Building caps and rooftops contribute to the architectural distinction of the building, and effectively screen service structures, lift over–runs, plant and equipment.

PO13

Development is designed to facilitate the safety and security of people and property having regard to:

1. maximising casual surveillance and sight lines
2. exterior building design that promotes safety
3. adequate lighting
4. appropriate signage and wayfinding
5. minimisation of personal concealment and entrapment locations, and
6. building entrances, parking, loading and storage areas that are well lit and have clearly defined access points.

Note—Applicants should have regard to Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Guidelines for Queensland.

PO14

Buildings are oriented to address all street frontages, public open space and public areas to:

1. promote interaction and casual surveillance
2. concentrate and reinforce pedestrian activity
3. create consolidated street edges
4. avoid opaque facades to provide visual interest to the frontage, and
5. clearly define the public realm.

PO15

Buildings and pedestrian entries:

1. are visible from the street and car parking areas
2. incorporate sun and rain shelter, such as overhangs or awnings, and
3. are defined by design elements (such as doors and landscaping, etc.)

PO16

Buildings includes windows and openings to:

1. promote street life and business activities
2. encourage strong indoor/outdoor relationships at ground level, and
3. to facilitate casual surveillance.

PO17

Development contributes towards high quality streetscape outcomes that integrate effectively with the street and along key pedestrian and cycle routes.

PO18

Buildings include awnings that:

1. complement and integrate with the front building façade
2. protect street footpaths from rain and sun
3. are continuous and compatible with existing pedestrian shelter and awnings on adjoining buildings
4. allow for street trees and other landscaping
5. are visually safe and amenable
6. are cantilevered from the main building and do not include posts within the footpath, and
7. are constructed of lightweight materials.

PO19

Development must ensure safe, convenient and legible connections and pathways are provided:

1. for pedestrians and cyclists to, from and within the site
2. to public transport infrastructure, open space, parkland, centres and community–related activities.

PO20

Landscape elements are integrated in the building design through planting at various levels including on top of podiums, rooftops and within storeys.

Note—Refer also to the Landscaping code.

PO21

Landscape treatments includes hard and soft elements that:

1. is of a character and durability that reflects the centre
2. enhance the appearance of the centre
3. extends from the street edge into building entrances, foyers and onto podiums
4. emphasises a clear pedestrian entry point
5. screen unsightly components
6. provide shading, and
7. reflects and reinforces a subtropical image through integrating landscape, outdoor and indoor spaces.

Note—Refer also to the Landscaping code.

PO22

Development is located, designed and operated so that adverse impacts on privacy and amenity on nearby land in a residential zone are minimised.

AO22.1

Buildings are set back 3m from any boundary shared with a residential zone.

AO22.2

A 1.8m high solid screen fence is provided along all boundaries shared with a residential zone.

AO22.3

A landscaped buffer with a minimum width of 2m and consisting of dense screen planting is provided along all boundaries shared with a residential zone.

AO22.4

Windows that have a direct view into an adjoining residential use are provided with fixed screening that is a maximum of 50% transparent to obscure views and maintain privacy for residents.

PO23

Development minimises impacts on surrounding land and provides for an appropriate level of amenity within the centre, having regard to:

1. noise
2. hours of operation
3. traffic
4. visual impact
5. signage
6. odour and emissions
7. lighting
8. access to sunlight
9. privacy, and
10. outlook.

Note—Applicants may be required to engage specialists to provide detailed investigations into the above matters in order to demonstrate compliance with this performance criterion.

PO24

All uses are located, designed, orientated and constructed to:

1. minimise noise dust, odour or other nuisance from existing lawful uses, and
2. minimise nuisance caused by noise, vibration and dust emissions generated by the state–controlled road and rail network in the vicinity.

PO25

Parking and loading areas do not visually dominate the streetscape.

AO25.1

Parking areas are:

1. located in a basement or semi basement, or
2. setback a minimum of 15m from any street frontage and screened to allow a building edge for active uses.

Note—Refer also to Diagram 6.2.7.3.1—Parking design in neighbourhood centres.

AO25.2

Vehicle loading areas are screened from footpaths, streets and public areas by fences with screening at least 1.5m in height and are 50% visually permeable.

Storage areas ​

PO26

Ancillary storage of goods or materials must be located in a manner that does not detract from the visual amenity of the local area.

AO26

Equipment, materials, goods and/or, machinery used on site are either:

1. stored behind the front building setback and screened from view, or
2. stored within a building.

Effects of development ​

PO27

Development responds sensitively to on–site and surrounding topography, coastal foreshores, waterways, drainage patterns, utility services, access, vegetation and adjoining land use, such that:

1. any hazards to people or property are avoided
2. any earthworks are minimised
3. the retention of natural drainage line is maximised
4. the retention of existing vegetation is maximised
5. damage or disruption to sewerage, stormwater and water infrastructure is avoided, and
6. there is adequate buffering, screening or separation to adjoining development.

Use – Child care centre ​

PO28

Development is:

1. compatible with neighbouring uses
2. complementary to local character and amenity
3. supports the day to day needs of residents
4. located on a site which must adequately accommodate activity needs and space requirements.

PO29

Where adjoining a residential use or land in the residential zone, development must ensure residential amenity is maintained on adjoining properties.

AO29.1

Development provides a 1.8m acoustic screen fence where adjoining a residential use.

AO29.2

Hours of operation are limited to between 6am and 7pm daily.

PO30

Development minimises:

1. the hazards of heavy traffic
2. introduction of non–local traffic into minor, residential streets, and
3. on–site conflict between children's activities, pedestrian movement, vehicle movement and car parking.

AO30.1

The use is not accessed from:

1. arterial/sub–arterial routes, or
2. an access street or access place.

AO30.2

Parking spaces are located so that children are not required to cross the driveway or vehicular access way to reach the building.