Animals Local Law 2016
838GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017
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838 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 January 2017 (2) A person must not adopt, use or display a street number other than that street number assigned by the local government. (3) Where the location of a street number causes confusion or is misleading, or an unauthorised street number is being used or displayed on a lot, the local government or an Authorised Person may serve notice in writing on the owner or occupier of the land specifying remedial action to be taken. Division 6—Stormwater and Wastewater Disposal 2.13 Containment of stormwater The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that all rainwater or stormwater received by the lot and any building or house on the lot, is contained within the lot and is not permitted to discharge onto, or run-off into, or cause damage to any structures, on an adjacent lot, thoroughfare, right of way, public place or reserve. 2.14 Guttering and downpipes (1) The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that each building or house on the lot is provided with adequate guttering and downpipes sufficient to receive, without overflow, all rainwater from the roof of the building or house, in accordance with AS 3500.2.2003 and AS 3500.3.2003. (2) The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that all guttering and downpipes to each building or house on the lot are maintained in a good state of repair and free from obstruction. 2.15 Rainwater disposal systems (1) The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that all rainwater from the roof of each building or house on the lot, or the overflow from rainwater storage tanks is discharged into subsurface rainwater disposal systems, or by other methods approved by the local government, in accordance with AS 3500.3.2003 (2) The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that all rainwater from paved areas of the lot is discharged into subsurface rainwater disposal systems of adequate capacity in accordance with AS 3500.3.2003. (3) The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that all subsurface rainwater disposal systems on the lot are maintained in a good state of repair and free from obstruction. 2.16 Containment and disposal of swimming pool wastewater (1) Wastewater and backwash water from swimming pool filtration systems must be contained within, and disposed onto or into the lot on which the swimming pool is located. (2) A soakwell system having a minimum capacity of 140 litres, and located a minimum of 1.8m away from any building and lot boundaries satisfies the requirement of subclause (1). PART 3—NUISANCES AND DANGEROUS MATTERS Division 1—Outdoor Lighting 3.1 Tennis court lighting (1) A person must not erect floodlights or other outdoor lighting for the illumination of a tennis court on a lot without the written approval of the local government. (2) In determining an application in respect of the erection or use of floodlights or other outdoor lighting for the illumination of a tennis court on a lot, the local government must not approve the application unless— (a) the owners of adjacent lots are given the opportunity to make submissions in respect of the application; (b) outdoor light fittings are mounted not more than 3.6m above natural ground level; (c) the outdoor light fittings are of a type mounted horizontally or of a type approved by the local (d) the level of illumination from the floodlights or external lights on any land more than 1m from the lot boundary must not exceed 10 lux. (3) A person must not permit floodlights or other outdoor lights for the illumination of a tennis court to cause a nuisance or to be operated between 10.00pm and 7.00am. (4) Obtrusive or spill lighting on adjacent residential lots from floodlights or other outdoor lights used for the illumination of a tennis court on a lot must not exceed 10 lux when measured in a vertical plane parallel to the relevant adjacent lot, to a height commensurate with the height of the potentially affected dwellings. 3.2 Outdoor and security lighting (1) Where artificial light is emitted or reflected from anything on a lot so as to contravene the requirements of AS 4282.1997 entitled “Control of obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting”, then an owner or occupier of the lot commits an offence. (2) An owner or occupier who fails to maintain all lighting installations, as specified in subclause (1), as defined within the Australian Standard AS 4282 entitled “Control of obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting”, in good working order and repair at all times, commits an offence. (3) Obtrusive or spill lighting on adjacent residential lots from outdoor or security lights on a lot must not exceed 10 lux between the hours 7.00am to 10.00pm Western Standard time and 2 lux between