FACT SHEET 26: Sex Services Premises - SLEP

FACT SHEET 26:
Sex Services Premises
Introduction
The State Government has directed that sex services premises should be permissible
across at least one zone in each local government area in NSW. This has meant that
Council has had to change its approach to where sex services premises are permissible.
Details
Under the current Shoalhaven LEP 1985, sex services premises are only permissible in
two small defined areas within the industrial zoned land at South Nowra and South
Ulladulla. These areas are proposed to be zoned IN1 General Industrial zone. Council
considered making sex services premises permissible in the overall IN1 zone. However,
as it is proposed to use the IN1 zone at Bomaderry, Berry, South Nowra, South Ulladulla,
Sussex Inlet and Woollamia, this change would significantly increase the possible
locations sex services premises would potentially be permissible.
As an alternative, it is proposed that sex services premises be permitted in the B3
Commercial Core zone as this is only proposed to apply to the Nowra and Ulladulla CBDs.
This limits the locations where sex services premises would be permissible to two defined
areas rather than in locations throughout the City.
Clause 7.18 Location of sex services premises has also been inserted which requires
Council to consider whether the proposed sex services premises is on land that adjoins or
is separated by a road from, land:
(a) in Zone R1 General Residential, Zone R2 Low Density Residential or Zone R3,
Medium Density Residential, RE1 Public Recreation, or
(b) used for the purpose of a child care centre, for community or school uses, or place
of public worship, and
(c) whether the proposed sex service premises have any impact on any place likely
frequented by children. .
This clause will considerably reduce the areas of the two B3 zones that could be
considered for this use.
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DRAFT SLEP 2013 – FACT SHEET 26: SEX SERVICES PREMISES
Definitions
Brothel - means premises:
(a) habitually used for the purposes of prostitution, or
(b) that have been used for the purposes of prostitution and are likely to be used again for
that purpose, or
(c) that have been expressly or implicitly:
(i) advertised (whether by advertisements in or on the premises, newspapers,
directories or the internet or by other means), or
(ii) represented as being used for the purposes of prostitution, and that are likely to be
used for the purposes of prostitution.
Premises may constitute a brothel even though used by only one prostitute for the
purposes of prostitution.
Sex services premises - means a brothel, but does not include home occupation (sex
services).
Further information
For further details relating to the information in this fact sheet and the draft Shoalhaven
LEP 2013, please visit the draft Shoalhaven LEP website at
www.slep2013.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au or contact Council on (02) 4429 5377 or via email
SLEP2013@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au.
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