25Standards for boarding houses

25 Standards for boarding houses

25 Standards for boarding houses

(1) Development consent must not be granted under this Division unless the consent authority is satisfied that—

(a) no boarding room will have a gross floor area, excluding an area, if any, used for the purposes of private kitchen or bathroom facilities, of more than 25m2, and

(b) no boarding room will be occupied by more than 2 adult residents, and

(c) adequate bathroom, kitchen and laundry facilities will be available within the boarding house for the use of each resident, and

(d) for a boarding house on land in Zone R2 Low Density Residential or an equivalent land use zone—the boarding house will not have more than 12 boarding rooms, and

(e) for a boarding house on land in a business zone—no part of the ground floor of the boarding house that fronts a street will be used for residential purposes unless another environmental planning instrument permits the use, and

(f) for a boarding house containing at least 6 boarding rooms—the boarding house will have at least 1 communal living area, and

(g) the minimum lot size for the boarding house is not less than—

(i) for development on land in Zone R2 Low Density Residential—600m2, or

(ii) for development on other land—800m2.

(iii) (Repealed)

(h) each boarding room has a floor area, excluding an area, if any, used for the purposes of private kitchen or bathroom facilities, of at least the following—

(i) for a boarding room intended to be used by a single resident—12m2,

(ii) otherwise—16m2, and

(i) the boarding house will include adequate bicycle and motorcycle parking spaces.

(2) Development consent must not be granted under this Division unless the consent authority considers whether—

(a) the design of the boarding house will be compatible with—

(i) the desirable elements of the character of the local area, or