8General Residential Zone

8 General Residential Zone

8 General Residential Zone

(1) The objectives of the General Residential Zone are as follows—

(a) to provide for the housing needs of the community,

(b) to provide for a variety of housing types and densities,

(c) to enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.

(2) Development for any of the following purposes is permitted with consent within the General Residential Zone—

boarding houses; car parks; centre-based child care facilities; community facilities; dwelling houses; exhibition homes; group homes; home-based child care; home businesses; home industries; home occupations; hostels; multi dwelling housing; neighbourhood shops; office premises; places of public worship; recreation areas; residential care facilities; residential flat buildings; roads that are not classified roads; seniors housing; shop top housing; telecommunications facilities.

(3) Except as otherwise provided by Chapter 2, development is prohibited within the General Residential Zone unless it is permitted by subsection (2).