Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2011
Development
Standard
Current Policy
Proposed Policy
considering applications for
development and subdivision
approval.
Plot Ratio 1:1 1:1
Bonus Plot Ratio
(additional floor
area)
For mixed use development
comprising commercial and
residential uses, maximum plot
ratio of 1.5:1 provided no more
than 25% of additional floorspace
is used for non-residential
purposes.
Building Height Minimum height of 6 metres (9
meters for corner buildings).
No maximum height specified.
Street Setbacks
Side and Rear
Setbacks
Design Elements
Buildings built to street alignment
to promote strong urban form.
Nil side setback.
No requirement for rear setbacks.
Ground floor levels to be set at
abutting footpath level.
Buildings to be provided with
awning over footpath.
Parking and Access Vehicular access discouraged
from Loftus Street, Cambridge
Street and Railway Parade where
alternative access is available.
Opportunities for bonus plot ratio if
strategic objectives are achieved:
Residential - 1:1
Extension of Nicholson Street - 1:1
Public Parking - 1:1
Ceding of land for ROW - 0.5:1
Land for ROW widening - 0.2:1
Pedestrian connections - 0.2:1
Lot amalgamations - 0.2-0.5:1
Public spaces - 0.5:1
Underground parking - 0.5:1
Parking behind street fronts - 0.2:1
(Bonus plot ratio is accumulative)
Minimum 2 storeys to maximum 8
storeys.
Maximum 10 storeys if bonus plot
ratio applicable.
Nil for first three storeys, except:
Cambridge Street - 2 metres
Railway Parade, Loftus and
Abbotsford Street - 4 metres
Nicholson Street - 2 metres
Further setbacks for fourth storey
and above.
Maximum height for boundary
walls is 3 storeys.
Standards for side and rear
setbacks (above three storeys),
ranging from 3 to 4 metres.
Performance assessment for
boundary walls where adjoining
property is zoned residential.
Awnings, architectural design
elements and defined building
entries, no exposed blank walls to
street or laneways, articulated
street elevations, no obscured
glazing to windows at ground floor
level, roof pitch requirements.
Standards for location of parking
and access to be taken from
laneways, wherever possible.
Residential Residential density R80. 'R-AC 0' (multi-housing) code.
Retention of building
stock
Variations permitted to standards
where original building is retained.
Cambridge High Street Node (Previously Rosslyn Street Commercial Area)
vi. Propose new development standards for the Cambridge High Street Node (existing
development standards for Rosslyn Street Commercial Areas deleted).
N/A
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