12Floor space ratios

12 Floor space ratios

12 Floor space ratios

(1) A person must not, on an allotment of land within a zone specified in Column 1 of Table 1 to the clause, erect a building with a floor space ratio that exceeds the ratio specified opposite that zone in Column 2 of Table 1.

(2) Despite subclause (1), a dwelling-house on land within Zone No 2 (a) may be erected with a floor space ratio not exceeding 0.5:1.

Table 1

| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Zone | Ratio | | 2 (a) | 0.30:1 | | 2 (a1) | 0.50:1 | | 2 (b) | 0.50:1 | | 2 (c) | 1.25:1 | | 3 (a) | 1.50:1 | | 3 (b) | 0.75:1 | | 3 (c) | 3.50:1 | | 3 (d) | 0.50:1 | | 4 (a) | 0.50:1 | | 6 (c) | 1.50:1 | | 7 (c) | 0.30:1 |

(3) Despite subclauses (1) and (2), a person may, on an allotment of land within a zone specified in Column 1 of Table 2, erect a building with a floor space ratio that does not exceed the ratio specified opposite that zone in Column 2 of Table 2, but only if—

(a) the site has an area of at least 2000 square metres of buildable land, and

(b) the proposed development provides—

(i) on land within Zone No 2 (a)—a minimum of 85 bedrooms per hectare of buildable land, or

(ii) on land within Zone No 2 (b)—a minimum of 125 bedrooms per hectare of buildable land, and

(c) the site is located within the area of land edged heavy black on the map marked “City of Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 (Amendment No 206)”.

(4) In this clause, buildable land means land on which the erection of a building is not constrained by being flood prone, subject instability, subject to easements or subject to restrictions of access.

Table 2

| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Zone | Ratio | | 2 (a) | 0.4:1 | | 2 (b) | 0.55:1 |

(5) Despite subclauses (1)–(3), a person may, on an allotment of land within the area bounded by Corrimal Street, Stewart Street, Crown Street and the Wollongong foreshore public recreation area, shown edged heavy black on sheet 4 of the map marked “City of Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 (Amendment No 114)”, erect a building with a floor space ratio not exceeding 2.5:1.

(6) Despite subclauses (1)–(3), a person on an allotment of land, being Lots 19, 20, 21 and 22, DP 37869 and part of Lot 2, DP 868593, Bank Street, Wollongong, as shown edged heavy black on Sheet 4 of the map marked “City of Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 (Amendment No 166)”, erect a building with a floor space ratio of not more than 2.5:1.