minutes - City of Stirling

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
18 SEPTEMBER 2012
Submission
Number
Submission Details
Officer's Comment
8
9
10
Two other car washes already exist in
close proximity – there is no need for an
additional car wash in this area.
The car wash will have result in
additional traffic coming to and from the
site and travelling through the
surrounding residential area, including
exacerbating the existing problem of “rat
running”.
Additional vehicle traffic as a result of the
car wash will increase the existing risk to
pedestrians.
The proposed car wash will result in
noise pollution due to additional vehicle
movements and noise of machines used
to clean the cars.
Trading hours, particularly once Sunday
trading is introduced, will result in an
adverse impact upon the ability for
surrounding residents to have “quiet
time” in the area.
The car wash will have result in
additional traffic coming to and from the
site and travelling through the
surrounding residential area, including
exacerbating the existing problem of “rat
running”.
The lack of footpaths in the area already
puts pedestrians at risk – additional
vehicle traffic as a result of the car wash
will increase this risk.
The proposed car wash will result in
noise pollution due to additional vehicle
movements and noise of machines used
to clean the cars.
Trading hours, particularly once Sunday
trading is introduced, will result in an
adverse impact upon the ability for
surrounding residents to have “quiet
time” in the area.
The car wash should be located in an
alternative location, such as
underground off Ellen Stirling Boulevard.
Commercial viability and business
competition are not valid planning
considerations.
The proposed manual vehicle wash is not
considered to exacerbate the current levels
of traffic on the basis that the vehicles
being washed will be visiting the site for
shopping purposes in any case. The
proposal is therefore not expected to have
an adverse impact upon pedestrian safety.
The car wash is manual with all cleaning
completed by hand-held equipment, and
the development will be required by the
City’s Health and Compliance Business
Unit to comply with the Environmental
Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997. Noise
impacts are therefore expected to be
minimal and controllable.
Trading hours are not a valid consideration
as these are determined by the State
Government.
The proposed manual vehicle wash is not
considered to exacerbate the current levels
of traffic on the basis that the vehicles
being washed will be visiting the site for
shopping purposes in any case. The
proposal is therefore not expected to have
an adverse impact upon pedestrian safety.
The car wash is manual with all cleaning
completed by hand-held equipment, and
the development will be required by the
City’s Health and Compliance Business
Unit to comply with the Environmental
Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997. Noise
impacts are therefore expected to be
minimal and controllable.
Trading hours are not a valid consideration
as these are determined by the State
Government.
The City is required to determine the
application based on the proposed location.
Notwithstanding that, an application has
previously been considered by Council for
a car wash in the recommended location,
however that was refused by Council on 27
September 2005 because the facility was
not expected to be able to operate safely in
that location. The proposed location is
therefore considered a preferable location
to that previously proposed.
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