MEETING OF COUNCIL - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTESTUESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2013• a notice be sent to the Western Australian Planning Commission and local ratepayergroups.This report outlines the outcomes of advertising for Council's consideration whether to adoptthe draft Parking Policy which is contained in Attachment 1 of this Report.DETAILS:The changes to Policy 5.1 - Parking Policy are summarised below. These include changeswhich were made prior to advertising as well as modifications which have been made sinceadvertising which generally clarify the Policy.Revised Parking Bay RequirementsCar parking ratiosThe main change proposed to car parking ratios is to reduce the requirement for retail landuses from one bay per 15sqm to one bay for 20sqm floor space. For mixed use development,car parking requirements for small-scale retail developments are proposed to be calculated asper office parking standards (one bay per 30sqm) so as to encourage tenancies with activefrontages as part of these developments.As part of generally updating the Policy, additional land use categories (e.g. small bar) havealso been added to the parking requirements table. However, these are not common land usesand not considered to have a major bearing on parking requirements across the Town.There have been no other changes to car parking ratios since advertising, although in editingthe Policy, the existing parking calculation for shopping centres with a minimum floor space of1500m2 to be based on shops regardless of the individual uses in the centre, has been reinserted.The rounding of parking calculations has also been clarified slightly so as to avoidinconsistency when applying the policy.It is proposed that the Policy be reviewed in five years time to consider traffic and parkingconditions at the time and whether changes to parking requirements for other land uses mightbe appropriate at this time.Specific parking requirementsSpecific parking bay requirements have been included in the draft Parking Policy including:-• Visitor and customer bays (In particular, 50 per cent of on-site parking is proposed to beallocated to non-staff for consulting rooms);• Parking for motorcycles, scooters, gophers to be provided, at a rate of at least 2% of thecar parking bay requirement.The advertised Policy outlined that the allocation of specific parking bays would need to bespecified on Parking Management Plans and/or as a condition of planning approval. In dealingwith recent applications it is also considered necessary that the location and allocation ofspecific bays such as visitor bays, disabled bays and loading bays be specified on plans toensure the provision of these bays is examined in detail when dealing with the developmentapplication and to ensure that these bays will be provided.H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\13 MINUTES\FEBRUARY 2013\B DV.DOCX 112