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Part 2 General restrictions on development of land

pt 2, table: Am 11.2.2000; 14.4.2000; 25.8.2000; 22.12.2000; 28.9.2001; 7.6.2002; 26.3.2004; 26.11.2004; 2005 (557), Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2006 (143), Sch 1 [5]; 2011 (399), Sch 1 [5].

Table

Zone No 2 (Residential Zone)

Zone objectives

The objectives of this zone are—

(a) to preserve and enhance the character and amenity of established residential areas,

(b) to allow a variety of housing types within existing residential areas,

(c) to encourage the conservation of residential areas which include individual buildings and streets of heritage significance,

(d) to encourage greater visual amenity by requiring landscaping and permitting a greater variety of building materials and flexibility of design,

(e) to enable redevelopment for medium density housing forms, including townhouses, villas, cluster housing, semi-detached housing, residential flat buildings and the like, where such development does not interfere with the amenity of surrounding residential areas, and

(f) to allow people to carry out a reasonable range of activities from their homes, where such activities are not likely to adversely affect the living environment of neighbours.

Zone No 3 (a) (Neighbourhood Business Zone)

Zone objectives

The objectives of this zone are—

(a) to provide for small scale retail and business activities to serve the needs of the surrounding local community, and

(b) to provide for development of a scale and type compatible with the amenity of the surrounding residential area, and

(c) to facilitate retail and business activities at ground floor level to provide active street frontage.

Zone No 3 (b) (City Centre Business Zone)

Zone objectives

The objectives of this zone are—

(a) to designate sufficient areas of land to meet the projected needs of the Hurstville Town Centre as a multi-functional regional centre,

(b) to facilitate development of land within the Hurstville Town Centre for commercial, retail, residential and community purposes,