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MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL<br />

18 SEPTEMBER 2012<br />

Other Policies<br />

Local Planning Policy 5.6 – Scarborough Design Guidelines – Scarborough Redevelopment<br />

Zone<br />

These guidelines incorporate the provisions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>’s LPS3 requirement as well as<br />

providing additional design guidelines.<br />

Local Planning Policy 6.7 – Parking<br />

The <strong>City</strong>’s Parking Policy contains the following objectives:-<br />

a) To facilitate the development <strong>of</strong> adequate parking facilities;<br />

b) To ensure safe, convenient and efficient access for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists;<br />

c) To ensure that a major parking problem is unlikely to occur;<br />

d) To ensure that car parking and access ways do not have a detrimental impact on the<br />

character and amenity <strong>of</strong> an area; and<br />

e) To ensure that an oversupply <strong>of</strong> parking foers not occur that discourages alternative<br />

forms <strong>of</strong> transport and is detrimental to the urban design and character <strong>of</strong> the locality.<br />

Part 11 <strong>of</strong> Parking Policy gives Council the power to vary parking standards for small scale<br />

developments within the Scarborough Special Control Area in certain instances. The Policy<br />

specifies that all <strong>of</strong> the following items would need to be met in order to void the cash-in-lieu<br />

requirements:-<br />

a) The addition is non-residential;<br />

b) The change <strong>of</strong> use is to a non-residential use, or occurs upon a site which is zoned<br />

mixed use;<br />

c) The addition and/or change <strong>of</strong> use would not require more than 3 additional parking<br />

bays;<br />

d) The addition does not increase the non-residential floor space <strong>of</strong> a building by more<br />

than 50m²;<br />

e) The applicant satisfies Council that the addition will not substantially increase the<br />

intensity <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> the site.<br />

Part 12 <strong>of</strong> the Policy gives Council the ability to consider variations in accordance with the<br />

objectives <strong>of</strong> the Policy.<br />

Background<br />

A development application for a change <strong>of</strong> use from Office to Fast Food Outlet was received<br />

by the <strong>City</strong> on 16 July 2012 (DA12/1640 refers).<br />

The subject site is located on the ground floor <strong>of</strong> an existing development along<br />

Scarborough Beach Road. The existing site comprises <strong>of</strong> two (2) ground floor shops, one (1)<br />

<strong>of</strong>fice,<br />

one (1) ground floor residential unit and one (1) upper floor residential unit.<br />

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