Part I - Other Considerations - Richmond Valley Council

Richmond Valley Development Control Plan 2012‣ Any signage associated with development provided for within thissection must be discrete and not cause offence to the general public ordraw unnecessary attention to services offered by the premises orbusiness.‣ To promote the occupational health, welfare and safety of workers in thesex industry by providing opportunity for legal business to be conductedsubject to regulated practise.‣ Provide for additional advertising and notification procedures.I14.2 Design standards/controls – SexService Premises(1) Location – Sex Service Premises(a) Richmond Valley Local Environmental Plan 2012Clause 6.15 of the Richmond Valley Local Environmental Plan 2012 (the LEP)provides for consideration of where sex service premises should be located.Extract from the Richmond Valley Local Environmental Plan 2012Clause 6.15 Location of sex services premises(1) The objective of this clause is to minimise land use conflicts and adverse amenity impacts byproviding a reasonable level of separation between sex services premises, specified land usesand places regularly frequented by children.(2) In deciding whether to grant development consent for development for the purposes of sexservices premises, the consent authority must consider the following:(a) whether the premises will be located on land that adjoins, is directly opposite or isseparated only by a local road from land:(i) in Zone RU5 Village, Zone R1 General Residential or Zone RE1 PublicRecreation, or(ii) used for the purposes of a child care centre, a community facility, a school ora place of public worship,(b) the impact of the proposed development and its hours of operation on any place likelyto be regularly frequented by children:(i) that adjoins the proposed development,(ii) that can be viewed from the proposed development, or(iii) from which a person can view the proposed development.This clause is a prescribed ‘model’ local provision for sex service premises.(b) Additional locational guidelines for Sex Service PremisesIn addition to the definitive LEP restrictions, this DCP provides guidance as tothe location, appearance and operation of Sex Service Premises withinRichmond Valley.‣ Sex Service Premises may only be located within the following zones (inaccordance with the LEP land use permissibility tables):• Zone B3 Commercial Core• Zone IN1 General IndustryPart I – Other Considerations – Sex Services Premises I.139