South Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1998
43Development for the purpose of a backpackers’ hostel or serviced apartment
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43 Development for the purpose of a backpackers’ hostel or serviced apartment
43 Development for the purpose of a backpackers’ hostel or serviced apartment
(1) A person must not carry out development for the purpose of a backpackers’ hostel or serviced apartment, except with the consent of the Council.
(2) In determining an application for development consent to carry out development for the purpose of a backpackers’ hostel or serviced apartment, the Council must consider—
(a) the need to maintain the stock of low-cost, long-term rental accommodation in the City of South Sydney, particularly (but not exclusively) accommodation in the form of boarding houses, and
(b) the need to control the establishment of backpackers’ hostels and serviced apartments in the City of South Sydney, and
(c) the need to prevent the reduction in residential amenity associated with the encroachment of backpackers’ hostels and serviced apartments into primarily residential areas.