Planning Scheme Provisions (3.9 MB) - Cairns Regional Council

- 82 -Parking areas provided for Shops, Shopping Centres and Major ShoppingDevelopments shall be located to the satisfaction of the City Planner so as tobe clearly visible from the road and so that pedestrian access is availabledirectly from the parking area to the shops.Council may permit roof-top parking in the Central Business and Businesszones. Only in exceptional circumstances will Council permit roof-topparking in zones other than the Central Business and Business zones.The Council, when considering a proposal involving the construction of acarparking area which does not, in the opinion of the City Planner, includethe provision of road and pedestrian linkages with adjoining carparkingfacilities, may whether Council approves such a proposal or not, require theapplicant to submit for Council's consideration a design indicating theprovision of such linkages as may be reasonably required to best provideaccess to adjacent parcels of land.The City Planner may require that access to the parking be provided fromtwo dedicated roads.In the case where a site has access to a State-controlled road, Council willencourage and may require access via a side road or long term intersectionpoint.A parking area required shall be :-(i)(ii)kept exclusively for parking;used exclusively for parking;(iii) maintained in a fit and proper condition for parking purposes.When a parking area is required in respect of a development on a site in theCentral Business District, as depicted on Figure 2, the Council may acceptor require from the person carrying out the proposed development amonetary contribution towards the cost of establishing public carparkingfacilities in the Central Business District. The contribution shall be held intrust and expended only for the provision and/or improvement of publiccarparking facilities within 800 metres of the site. The amount of thecontribution shall be determined by the Council by resolution from time totime and Council may determine particular contributions for particularsectors within the Central Business District.Adequate space shall be provided within the site for the loading, unloadingand fuelling of vehicles and for the parking of trailers if required, and for thepicking up and setting down of passengers. Internal vehicle circulation shallbe to the satisfaction of the City Planner.Notwithstanding any of the provisions herein, the Council may require theconstruction of a greater or lesser number of parking spaces or dispense withor modify any of the requirements contained herein if it considers that suchmodification or dispensation is justified having regard to the particularcircumstances including :-(i)(ii)the likelihood of generation of a greater or less than normal pealcparking demand, including requirements for staff,the location of the site in relation to existing or proposed publiccarparking areas and other parking areas;(iii) level of pedestrian accessibility;