Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005
100Design for car parking
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100 Design for car parking
100 Design for car parking
(1) The amount of the street frontage (including the front elevation) of a dwelling house that may be taken up by openings for garages or carports is limited to—
(a) a maximum of 4 metres where the width of the allotment is less than 15 metres, or
(b) a maximum of 6 metres where the width of the allotment is equal to or greater than 15 metres.
(2) Garages and car parking areas should preferably be located behind the rear alignment of the building and are not to form a visually prominent element of the streetscape.
(3) For car parking spaces that are used in association with development that is required to be accessible to people with a disability, in accordance with the relevant part of the Council’s Better Living DCP, the car parking spaces are to be linked by a continuous accessible path of travel, constructed of a non-slip surface, to the building entrance.