Part I - Other Considerations - Richmond Valley Council

Richmond Valley Development Control Plan 2012‣ No spruikers of any kind shall operate within the road reserve, nor anyinternal car parking area, or on the land outside the building.(4) Car Parking - Restricted Premises‣ On site car parking shall be provided at the rate of one space peremployee of the premises working at any time and one space per 40m 2plus one space for every three nominated employees (based upon aminimum of two for reception and one for each nominated guest room).• Some reduction in car parking provision may be considered (up to50% only for the restricted premise floor space area) if theapplicant can demonstrate there is a provision of adequate nearbyon-street car parking which will not conflict with the hours parkingwould be required by nearby land uses. In addition to providing this,the applicant must demonstrate there will be no resulting impactand/or congestion of adjoining streets which may adversely affectadjoining properties or the amenity of the area. Businesses withinthe CBD area may be acknowledged to have car-parking creditbased upon the premises pre-existing as a commercial premise(see Section I4 – Car Parking for detail).‣ Car parking provided shall be easy for clientele to locate.(5) Signage – Restricted Premises‣ Signage must be limited to the identification of the premises as providingrestricted items of sale and/or hire. Signage shall not be descriptive innature and must only serve to notify items of a restrictive nature areavailable for sale or hire within the premises. Signage constituting thename of the business can be in accordance with normal provisionsrelating to ‘business identification signs’, however the name of thebusiness and description of the premises to the extent it is advertised assignage may not be overtly violent, sexual or otherwise lewd in nature. Incircumstances where the sale and/or hire of restricted items constitutethe majority of the business, signage shall be limited to an area notexceeding 6m 2 of the total exterior of the premises.‣ Additionally, the following provisions must apply to signage:• Signage relating to the sale or hire of restricted items (includingitems of an overtly violent, sexual or otherwise lewd nature) mustbe restricted to six metres squared (6m 2 ) of the total exterior of thepremises.• Must not contain any characters, depictions, pictures or drawings• Must not be representative by shape and/or form other than thenumber of the premises.• Must not be illuminated, flash or move in any wayPart I – Other Considerations – Sex Services Premises I.144