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Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy 7.5 The Town Entry The ‘Town Entry’ means the entry from the Great Western Highway into the Town Centre, which includes the highway, the intersections of Katoomba Street and Parke Street, Yeoman’s Bridge to the roundabout, and the Station area. 7.5.1 General Planning Strategies and Possible Regulations The Charrette found that the Great Western Highway improvements of the 80’s, including Yeoman’s Bridge and the closure of the on-grade crossing of the railway at Katoomba Street had compromised access to and commercial exposure of the heart of town along Katoomba Street, from along the highway. Furthermore, the increased traffic passing by the town entry now tempts fast food outlets to seek to locate along the highway, possibly jeopardising the character and economic feasibility of the rest of the Town Centre. The Charrette proposed to rectify these entry image and access problems, and to deal pro-actively with further proposals for fast food outlets. Town entry access improvements per se are dealt with in Section 8 of this Report. A Town Entry Study was prepared for Council prior to the Charrette; the Charrette recommendations should be compared rigorously with those of that Study to evolve a single set of Council policies for the Town Entry. Appropriate uses for the Town Entry should be identified and regulated. Action 7.5.1 - Designate a town entry precinct, within the relevant statutory instrument, that identifies design and character guidelines for development that reflects the character of the Town Centre. This precinct should identify appropriate uses that are more limited than those permitted for the broader Town Centre. 7.5.2 Fast Food Performance Criteria There was considerable divergence in how stakeholders viewed the prospect of fast food outlets on or near the Highway, ranging from desires for outright rejection to inclusion. The Charrette proposed some key criteria for fast food outlets, which, if complied with, might allow such development: there shall be no drive-through facilities, only sit-down or take-away facilities. such facilities shall locate only within the heart of Katoomba, not at its entry, and shall locate in such a way that such outlets encourage their patrons to linger in Katoomba and to patronise other businesses, as well. all fast food outlets (or ‘family restaurants’) shall respect their surrounding neighbours in terms of noise and other emissions. the external and internal building design and image of all fast food outlets shall be consistent in scale and detailing with Katoomba’s character, and the character and scale of adjoining properties in particular. car parking for such facilities shall be either on-street or intra-block, not on-site in front of such facilities. 34
Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy Slide of well-behaved McDonalds Restaurant demonstrating the design brief noted above Action 7.5.2 - Prepare regulations for fast food restaurants, embodying the above performance criteria. 7.5.3 Town Entry Streetscape The streetscape itself of the Town Entry is ordinary and lacks any real ‘Katoomba identity’. The highway is void of street trees in this area and is anonymous, basically identical to long distances of highway either side of Katoomba. The Council Offices are pulled back from the Highway with a void between them and the Highway. The intersection of Katoomba Street with the Highway is void of meaning or a sense of invitation (see Section 9.3 for information and design proposals for the Gearin’s Hotel improvements and the SRA Depot Site). There is an exposed rock cutting on the north side of the Highway to accommodate a grade change, which might offer some sort of public art opportunity. The Charrette proposed that both the streets with their landscaping, plus adjoining buildings, should celebrate the character of Katoomba, and should be positioned so as to frame key views in to the heart of town. Sketch of the potential for the town entry to Katoomba Action 7.5.3A - Plant vegetation in the highway reserve to the east and west entrances to central Katoomba that highlights views to the town centre and signifies arrival in a special town. 35
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