Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2011
addition, reducing the on-site car parking bays would reduce the load placed on the
existing surrounding road network which is particularly congested during peak periods.
The desired future character of the Southport Street Node is for larger, taller buildings, to
take advantage of the Node's close proximity to West Perth, the city centre, the
Leederville town centre, and the three nearby railway stations, as well as good freeway
access. In order to support this increased development intensity, consideration will need
to be given to reducing the car parking requirements to make such developments
commercially viable.
The applicant has advised that the ground floor café would have to be removed from the
development is more car parking or cash-in-lieu was required to be provided. From a
planning perspective, the café is preferred over additional parking due to its wider social
and economic benefits to the area and the aesthetics of the building on the streetscape.
In view of the above comments, using the car parking ratio of 1 bay/30 m 2 NFA for the café and
reducing the overall parking requirement by 20% due to the availability of public transport and
the provision of bicycle parking and end-of-trip facilities, the total requirement for the
development is reduced from 58 bays to bays, leaving a shortfall of 35 bays. The table below
shows this calculation:-
Use
Required
Office Office: 1 bay/30m 2 NFA 1074m 2 = 36 bays
Café Office: 1 bay/30m 2 NFA 98m 2 = 3 bays
Total required
(with 20% reduction)
Total provided
Shortfall
31 bays
19 bays
12 bays
Policy 5.1: Off-street Parking allows Council to consider cash-in-lieu of parking where
developments have a shortfall. The policy does not, however, specify a figure for parking bays
or outline the means by which cash-in-lieu contributions will deliver definite results to address
future parking needs.
At the Council meeting held on 22 March 2011, Council adopted a scope of works for the review
of access and parking policy for commercial areas and having particular regard for the adoption
of a cash-in-lieu policy to contribute towards meeting future parking needs in these areas. As
this scope of works has only just been adopted, it will be at least several months before the
outcomes of the study are known.
It is considered acceptable to require payment of cash-in-lieu for the shortfall identified after
applying reductions for the café tenancy and for the site's proximity to public transport facilities
and provision of bicycle parking and end-of-trip facilities (shortfall of 12 bays). Council has
previously taken cash-in-lieu for parking shortfalls at $7,500 per bay, which is simply based on
at-grade parking cost. Based on this figure, cash-in-lieu required for this development would be
$90,000. It should be noted that the figure of $7,500 per bay covers only the construction cost
of an at ground car bay, and does not include any land cost.
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