36Landscaped area

36 Landscaped area

36 Landscaped area

(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows—

(a) to ensure adequate opportunities for the retention or provision of vegetation that contributes to biodiversity,

(b) to ensure adequate opportunities for tree retention and tree planting so as to preserve and enhance the tree canopy of Sutherland Shire,

(c) to minimise urban run-off by maximising pervious areas on the sites of development,

(d) to ensure that the visual impact of development is minimised by appropriate landscaping and that the landscaping is maintained,

(e) (Repealed)

(f) to ensure that landscaping carried out in connection with development on land in Zone 11—Employment is sufficient to complement the scale of buildings, provide shade, screen parking areas and enhance workforce amenities.

(2) Site The following is taken to be excluded from the site of proposed development for the purposes of this clause—

(a) land on which the proposed development is prohibited under this plan (other than land on which the proposed development is prohibited solely because of the application of clause 17),

(b) in the case of an internal lot—

(i) any access corridor to or from the lot (if the lot is a hatchet-shaped lot), and

(ii) any right of way that traverses another lot,

(c) 40 square metres of the area of any lot on which there is, or is intended to be as part of the proposed development, a swimming pool that is ancillary to a dwelling house.

Note—

Among other things, clause 17 imposes certain restrictions on the erection of buildings on land traversed by a foreshore building line.

(3) Controls The minimum landscaped area of the site of any development for the purpose of a building on any land in Zone 1—Environmental Housing (Environmentally Sensitive Land) or Zone 2—Environmental Housing (Scenic Quality) is indicated in the Table below—

| Area of site (m2) | Minimum landscaped area (m2) | | Less than 850 | | | 850–less than 1,200 | | | 1,200– less than 1,800 | | | 1,800 or more | |

where AS is the area of the site in square metres.