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178Minimum lot size for residential flat buildings or shop top housing
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#### 178 Minimum lot size for residential flat buildings or shop top housing
178 Minimum lot size for residential flat buildings or shop top housing
> > (1) This section applies to development for the purposes of residential flat buildings or shop top housing on land in a low and mid rise housing area in Zone R3 Medium Density Residential or R4 High Density Residential.
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> > (2) A requirement specified in another environmental planning instrument or development control plan in relation to the following does not apply to development that meets the standards in section 180(2) or (3)—
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> > > (a) minimum lot size,
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> > > (b) minimum lot width.
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> **s 178:** Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1\[3\].