Local Government (Council Meetings) Local Law 2016
1714GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017
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1714 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017 estate boundary fence means the fence erected around the external boundary of a subdivision of land to indicate the extent of that subdivision and includes any special works or construction that identifies the entrance to that land; fence means any structure used or functioning as a barrier, irrespective of where it is located and includes any gate; front boundary means the boundary line between a lot and the thoroughfare upon which that lot abuts, or in the case of a lot abutting on more than one thoroughfare the boundary line between the lot and the primary thoroughfare; front fence means a fence erected on the front boundary of a lot or on a line adjacent to the front boundary; front setback area means the area between the building line of a lot and the front boundary of that lot; general agriculture lot means a lot where a rural use— height in relation to a fence means the vertical distance between— (a) the top of the fence at any point; and (b) the ground level or, where the ground levels on each side of the fence are not the same, the higher ground level, immediately below that point; industrial lot means a lot where an industrial use is or may be permitted under the local planning scheme and is or will be the predominant use of the lot; licence means an electrified fence licence or a razor wire fence licence; light industrial has the same meaning as industrial lot; local government property means anything— (a) which belongs to the local government; (b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration Act 1997; or (c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” under section 3.53 of the Act; local planning scheme means a current local planning scheme of the local government made under the Planning and Development Act 2005; lot has the meaning given to it in and for the purposes of the Planning and Development Act 2005; notice of breach means a notice referred to in clause 5.1; occupier has the meaning given to it in the Act; owner has the meaning given to it in the Act; rear setback area means the area between the building line of a lot and the rear boundary of that lot; residential lot means a lot where a residential use— retaining wall means any structure which prevents the movement of soil or retains soil or structures in order to allow ground levels of different elevations to exist adjacent to one another; rural residential lot means a lot where a rural residential use— rural smallholding lot means a lot where a rural smallholding use— rural townsite lot means a lot where a rural townsite use— Schedule means a Schedule to this local law; special mix residential means a lot where a special mix residential use— sufficient fence means a fence that satisfies clause 2.1 and includes a fence of the description and quality agreed upon by the owners of adjoining lots; thoroughfare has the meaning given to it in the Act; and