66Public car parking restrictions

66 Public car parking restrictions

66 Public car parking restrictions

(1) Restrictions that apply in all cases Before granting consent to development for the purpose of any public car parking, the consent authority must be satisfied that the public car parking—

(a) will not prejudice attaining the objectives of this Part, and

(b) will not encourage commuter car parking nor reduce the proportion of public transport users travelling to the city each day, and

(c) will be used for short-stay public car parking only that is regulated by a restriction in opening hours or fee structure, or both, and

(d) will be located underground, and

(e) will be included for the purpose of calculating floor space ratio in the floor space area of the building in which it is situated, and

(f) will be consistent with, and does not compromise, high quality urban design of buildings on the land and adjacent to the land on which it is situated, and

(g) is not likely to cause or increase adverse pedestrian impacts or local or city-wide vehicular traffic impacts, and

(h) in the opinion of the consent authority, is not likely to cause or contribute to an unacceptable level of vehicle saturation of intersections in the vicinity, or an unacceptable reduction of environmental capacity of roads in the vicinity, of the public car park.

(2) New public car parks Consent may be granted to development for the purpose of public car parking on land where no public car parking already exists, but only where the consent authority is satisfied that the public car parking directly services major retail, cultural, recreational or entertainment uses which, in the opinion of the consent authority, are not reasonably or adequately serviced by either—

(a) public transport (either existing or planned), or

(b) existing public car parking.

(3) Existing tenant car parks Without affecting subclause (2), consent may be granted to development for the purpose of public car parking on land on which tenant car parking already lawfully exists, but only to the extent of converting to public car parking any car spaces that are in excess of the maximum number of parking spaces allowed by clause 65 (1).