Recommendations - City of West Torrens - SA.Gov.au

6.0
Overview of Possible Parking Actions
6.1 Use of relevant standards
The standards listed in Section 3.0
should be used to assess parking issues
in on-street and off-street parking
areas. In addition, the following design
guidelines should also be used for
assessing new developments:
• Guide to Traffic Generating
Developments Road Traffic Authority
New South Wales
• Planning Bulletin – parking for
selected land uses (SA)
• Land use Parking Generation
Guidelines (SA).
Recommendation
• Ensure that the relevant parking
standards are used in the design and
assessment of parking matters.
6.2 Development Plan
A review of the Development Plan is
currently in progress. This review would
also look at the appropriateness of
the previous parking rates for various
land uses. Parking rates should reflect
the future trends in parking and the
changing nature of various land uses.
Recommendation
• Review and update the parking
rates in the Development Plan for
assessing new developments.
• Ensure that the Development Plan
requirements and other relevant
standards are used to determine
parking provision for new
developments.
6.3 Key parking reviews
There have been few area-wide
parking reviews undertaken in the
City, the exception being the Ashford
Parking Study completed in 2006.
An area-wide study would allow parking
management strategies on an area-wide
basis to be developed. Such an approach
would consider the spread of the
existing parking demands, the parking
characteristics of the users and the
impacts on surrounding land uses. From
this assessment, strategies on parking
controls, such as what time limit controls
to use, can then be formulated. The
implication of making parking control
changes in one street and the impact on
another street can be forecast.
Five key areas identified for such a
review as follows:
Key Area 1 - District Centre
Torrensville
This is a major District Centre in the
City with a variety of land uses such
as restaurants, shops, supermarket,
offices and residential properties.
Many of the streets are currently time
limited. However, there has not been
a major review undertaken of the
usage of on-street parking,
how long customers stay and also
the occupancy of the many off-street
car parks.
This major review would allow
the City to amend and develop
an improved parking management
strategy for all users on a
strategic level.
Key Area 2 - Kurralta Park Centre
Future expansion of the centre could
result in increased parking in the
adjacent residential streets. In the past,
there have been concerns about truck
servicing the centre parking in the
nearby streets.
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