872GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021

872 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 March 2021 (2) The person responsible for the works in subclause (1) is to be taken to be the registered proprietor of the lot. (3) The registered proprietor of the lot shall keep the temporary crossing in good repair and in such a condition so as not to create any danger or obstruction to persons using the thoroughfare until such time that the temporary crossing is removed. Subdivision 2—Redundant vehicle crossings 2.5 Removal of redundant crossing (1) Where works on a lot will result in a crossing no longer giving access to a lot, the crossing is to be removed and the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the thoroughfare affected by the removal are to be reinstated to the satisfaction of the local government. (2) The local government may give written notice to the owner or occupier of a lot requiring her or him to— (a) remove any part of or all of a crossing which does not give access to the lot; and (b) reinstate the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the thoroughfare, which may be affected by the removal, within the period of time stated in the notice, and the owner or occupier of the lot shall comply with that notice. Division 3—Verge treatments 2.6 Interpretation acceptable material means any material which will create a hard service or is approved by the 2.7 Application This Division only applies to the townsite. Subdivision 2—Permissible verge treatments 2.8 Permissible verge treatments (1) An owner or occupier of land which abuts on a verge may on that part of the verge directly in front of her or his land install a permissible verge treatment. (2) The permissible verge treatments are— (a) the planting and maintenance of a lawn; (b) the planting and maintenance of a garden provided that— (i) clear sight visibility is maintained at all times for a person using the abutting thoroughfare in the vicinity of an intersection or bend in the thoroughfare or using a driveway on land adjacent to the thoroughfare for access to or from the thoroughfare; and (ii) where there is no footpath, a pedestrian has safe and clear access of a minimum width of 2m along that part of the verge immediately adjacent to the kerb; (c) the installation of an acceptable material being all forms of loose aggregate materials such as pebbles, stones, crushed brick and gravel are acceptable. The materials shall be no larger than 50mm and no smaller than 20mm in diameter. The material must be contained within the verge area at all times; or (d) the installation over no more than one third of the area of the verge (excluding any vehicle crossing) of an acceptable material in accordance with paragraph (c), and the planting and maintenance of either a lawn or a garden on the balance of the verge in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b). 2.9 Only permissible verge treatments to be installed (1) A person shall not install or maintain a verge treatment which is not a permissible verge treatment. (2) The owner and occupier of the lot abutting a verge treatment referred to in subclause (1) are each to be taken to have installed and maintained that verge treatment for the purposes of this clause and clause 2.10. 2.10 Obligations of owner or occupier An owner or occupier who installs or maintains a permissible verge treatment shall— (a) keep the permissible verge treatment in a good and tidy condition and ensure, where the verge treatment is a garden or lawn, that a footpath on the verge and a carriageway adjoining the verge is not obstructed by the verge treatment; (b) not place any obstruction on or around the verge treatment; and (c) not disturb a footpath on the verge.