21CZoning controls for Zone No 10 (c)—the Mixed Uses “C” Zone

21C Zoning controls for Zone No 10 (c)—the Mixed Uses “C” Zone

21C Zoning controls for Zone No 10 (c)—the Mixed Uses “C” Zone

(1) What are the objectives of the zone? The objectives of Zone No 10 (c) are—

(a) to promote mixed use development in the Green Square Centre by encouraging urban housing in conjunction with appropriate business activities which contribute to economic growth and employment opportunities, and

(b) to require the provision of a minimum of 25% non-residential use of the total floorspace proposed for each development site, and

(c) to promote the vitality of the public domain by encouraging the location of active retail and entertainment uses at ground level, particularly in areas fronting the Green Square Railway Station, and

(d) to ensure through the design of a high quality public domain that a high level of amenity is provided for pedestrians, shoppers and workers within the zone, and

(e) to minimise any adverse impact, including social impact, on residential amenity by devising appropriate design assessment criteria and applying specific impact mitigation requirements by the use of development control plans, and

(f) to ensure that the nuisance generated by non-residential development, such as is caused by operating hours, noise, loss of privacy, vehicular and pedestrian traffic or other factors, is controlled so as to preserve the quality of life for residents in the area, and

(g) to ensure that development contributes to a sustainable, vibrant community, and reflects equal and integrated consideration of social, economic and environmental design issues, and

(h) to enhance and enliven Green Square through the implementation of public art where appropriate.

(2) What does not require development consent? Exempt development referred to in clause 10A.

(3) What requires development consent? Development for the purpose of—

advertising structures, backpackers’ hostels, bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, clubs, child care centres, commercial premises, community centres, dwellings attached to, or within, a building used or intended to be used for a land use which is permissible within the zone, educational establishments, high technology industries, home industries, hotels, light industries, local businesses, medical centres, multiple dwellings, places of assembly, places of public worship, private hotels, public art, public buildings, recreation areas, recreation facilities, restaurants, roads, serviced apartments, shops.