16 March 2016
Car Parking Advisory Committee 2011
c/- Planning Panels Victoria
Level 1, 8 Nicholson Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Attention: The Chairperson
Dear Chairperson
CAR PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2011 – VEPLA PLANNING CONVENOR
GROUP SUBMISSION
We refer to the Draft Clause 52.06 ‘Car Parking’ currently circulated by the Department of
Planning and Community Development for review and the request for submissions.
The VEPLA Planning Convenor Group makes the following comments in relation to the
Draft Clause 52.06 ‘Car Parking’.
52.06-3
Permit Requirement
A permit may be granted to reduce the requirement for car parking or to vary the
requirement to provide car parking on the land, however no criteria is specified as to when
the requirements can be reduced or varied.
52.06-4
The number of car parking spaces required
Child care centre – a rate of 0.2 spaces per child is considered low and a rate of 0.22 is
considered to represent actual peak demands.
Convenience shop if the leasable floor area exceeds 80sqm – a rate of 10 spaces to each
premise outside an activity centre is considered very high considering shop is 4.0 spaces
per 100sqm.
Display home – Zero car spaces to each dwelling for five or fewer contiguous dwellings then
2 car spaces to each additional contiguous dwelling. Why zero spaces for 5 dwellings and
then 2 spaces for 6 dwellings?
Fuel depot – the provision of 10% of the site area for parking is considered very high given
the nature of the use.
Gambling premises other than listed in this table – a rate of 0.4 spaces to each patron
outside an activity centre is considered low and a rate of 0.6 spaces per patron is
considered to represent actual peak demands if this rate only reflects the actual gaming
room.
Home Occupation – The provision of 1.0 car space to each person who works in the home
occupation who is not a resident of the dwelling is considered high as it assumes that all
employees will drive.
Market – The provision of 8.0 spaces per 100sqm of leasable area outside an activity centre
is considered high especially in relation to the rate for a shop of 4.0 spaces per 100sqm. A
rate of 6.0 spaces per 100sqm of leasable area is considered to represent actual peak
demand.
Motor Repairs – The provision of 3.0 spaces to each 100sqm of net floor area is considered
very high particularly give the additional requirement for 1 car space for each vehicle being
serviced, repaired or fitted with accessories (including vehicles waiting to be serviced,
repaired or fitted with accessories, or to be collected by their owners).
Primary School – A rate of 1.0 space per equivalent full time (EFT) employee is considered
appropriate for Primary Schools.
Residential Village not provided by the Office of Housing – How is a residential village
classified, traditional residential, retirements village other??
Restaurant – The provision of 0.4 spaces per patron outside an activity centre is considered
high for some locations.
Retirement Village not provided by the Office of Housing – The proposed resident parking
demand is considered high for 3 bedroom dwellings, a total provision of 1 spaces per
dwelling is considered to represent actual peak resident parking demands.
Secondary School - A rate of 1.0 space per equivalent full time (EFT) employee is considered
appropriate for Secondary Schools.
Veterinary centre – A requirement for 5 spaces to the first person providing animal health
services plus 3 spaces to every other person proving animal health services is considered
high.
52.06-6 Car parking plan requirement
The allocation of car parking spaces to different land uses or tenancies, if applicable should
not be required in all cases and the wording is considered to be ambiguous.
The requirement to show landscaping and water sensitive urban design treatments are
only applicable to at-grade parking areas.
Design requirements for car parking plans
Design requirement 1: Accessways
The requirement to allow vehicles parked in the last spaces of a dead-end aisle in a public
car park to exit in a forwards direction with one manoeuvre is considered onerous. The
Australian standard allows for a correction manoeuvre for residential and office parking
uses in both public and private parking. The requirement to allow vehicles parked in the
last spaces of a dead-end aisle in a public car park to exit in a forwards direction with one
manoeuvre should only apply to short term parking e.g. retail uses.
The provision of at least 2.1 metres headroom is considered acceptable for a 2.8m
wheelbase; however consideration could be given to specifying the 85th percentile vehicle
rather than the wheelbase. Also what high clearance is required for a B99 vehicle?
Design requirement 2: Car Parking spaces
The requirement that car parking and accessways should have the dimensions as outlined
in Table 2, are considered restrictive, and do not refer to AS 2890.1. Reference should be
retained/ included to AS2890.1 to allow car parking designs to better reflect individual site
constraints. Furthermore no reference has been made to the dimension for disabled
parking.
Diagram 1: Clearance to car parking spaces
The diagram does not allow flexibility in design for example, how does this diagram work
with vehicles when parked with wider spaces and narrower aisles.
Design requirement 3: Entries and exits
The provision of a turning space so that vehicles can exit the site in a forwards direction
should only apply if the accessway serves 4 or more car parking spaces and connects to a
Road Zone.
How is the requirement for a corner splay or at least 50% clear of visual obstruction
extending at least 2 metres along the frontage of the road from the edge of an exit and 2.5
metres along the exit lane from the frontage, to provide a clear view of pedestrians on the
footpath of the frontage road assessed?
Design Requirement 4: Gradients
With regards to gradients it is considered that reference should be retain/made to the As
2890.1 which better reflects ramp designs that takes into consideration of individual site
constraints.
Design requitement 5: Mechanical parking
The requirement for at least 25% of the mechanical car parking spaces to accommodate a
vehicle clearance height of 1.8 metres should be assessed on a case by case basis, rather
than a minimum percentage.
Design requirement 6; Urban Design
Ground level car parking, garage doors and accessways should not visually dominate public
spaces. This may not be practical given individual site constraints, particularly narrow
frontage sites.
Design of car parking should take into account their use as an entry point into the site. The
intent of this is unclear.
Pedestrian routes through car parking areas and building entries and other destination
points should be clearly marked and separated from traffic in high activity parking areas.
This is considered extremely onerous and not practical, especially considering that parking
areas are shared zones with low speed limits.
Ground level car parking spaces should include trees planted with flush 2 metres by 2
metres set at 45 degrees to the car spaces at the rear corners. Spaces should be
determined having regard to the expected size of the selected species at maturity. This is
considered to be inflexible and does not take into consideration ground level parking
provided above basement parking.
Please contact me on 8663 3860 if you wish to further discuss the above comments.
Yours sincerely
Jamie Govenlock
On behalf of:
VEPLA Planning Convenor Group
PO Box 1291
Camberwell 3124
Email: JGovenlock@urbis.com.au