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8.10.1 General
Every owner or occupier of land shall provide for off-street parking and loading of vehicles used in conjunction with the site.
All parking, loading and trade vehicle storage areas, except residential parking areas containing less than six spaces, shall be designed to ensure that vehicles are not required to reverse either onto or off the site.
All parking spaces shall be set back from the road at least 5m, measured either as a straight distance from the road boundary or curved.
The provision for parking required by the Plan may be made in any case as part of the yard space of any site.
Three or more activities on different sites may utilise a parking and loading area for their common use, the total provision to be the sum of their individual requirements. Council reserves the right to reimpose the individual requirement should circumstances change with respect to the right of any person to use the joint parking area.
8.10.2 Vehicle Parking Standards
Off street parking places on the site of the activity must be available according to the following requirements. At least one of the spaces required for commercial and industrial activities should be available for loading. Parking spaces must be formed and made available for use if need for them is generated by the activity.
(a) Dwellings:
1 space per dwelling
(b) Other residential activities and travellers accommodation:
1 space per bedroom
(c) Commercial activities (other than those defined as community facilities):
1 space per 50 m² of gross floor area
(d) Industrial activities:
1 space per 100 m² of gross floor area
(e) Community facilities, recreation and visitor facilities, restaurants and taverns:
1 space per 5 people the facility is designed to accommodate
Parking shall be laid out in accordance with the requirements set out in Figures 8.2a and 8.2b and to the dimensions specified in Table 8.10.
Table 8.10: Manoeuvring and Parking Space Dimensions
Parking
Angle
Width of
Parking
Space (m)
Kerb
Overhang
(m)
Depth of
Parking
Space
(m)
Manoeuvring
Space
(m)
Total
Depth
(m)
90o
2.5
2.6
2.7
1.0
4.9
8.2
7.3
6.4
13.1
12.2
11.3
75o
2.5
2.6
2.7
1.0
5.2
5.5
4.9
4.3
10.7
10.1
9.5
60o
2.5
2.6
2.7
1.0
5.2
4.0
3.7
3.7
9.2
8.9
8.9
45o
2.5
2.6
2.7
0.8
4.9
3.7
8.6
30o
2.5
2.6
2.7
0.6
4.0
3.7
7.7
Parallel
Parking
2.5
2.6
2.7
0.4
2.1
3.7
6.1
Note: Spaces adjacent to walls should be 300 mm wider.
Manoeuvring areas shall accommodate the 90 percentile design motor vehicle.
Manoeuvring and loading and parking areas for commercial vehicles and coaches should be designed for vehicles expected to use the site to the specifications in Diagram 8.2(b).
