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# Small Lot Housing Code Part 1 (Single Class 1a Buildings and Associated Class 10a Buildings)

## 1.0 Maximum Street Setback

### 1.1
The front wall of a new Class 1a Building must be set back no more than 1.5 metres than the street setback specified in Table 1.

## 2.0 Minimum street setbacks and articulation
In this standard, street does not include lane, footway, alley or right of way.

### 2.1
Walls of a building must be setback from front and side street alignments the distances specified in Table 1.
*Table 1 Street Setbacks*
| Designation of the allotment in the subdivision permit | Minimum setback from front street alignment |Minimum setback from front street alignment where the lot is on a corner
|--|--|--|
|Type A| 4.0 metres for a building facing a declared road 1.5 metres for a building facing a street where there is a recreation reserve on the other side of the street and opposite the allotment 3.0 metres in any other case|1.5 metres
|Type B| 4.0 metres for a building facing a declared road 1.5 metres in any other case|1 metres

A front street setback may be to a reserve if the dwelling is rear-loaded.



### 2.2
Walls of a building must be articulated in accordance with Table 2.
*Table 2 Articulation at front and side street*
| Minimum articulation at front Street Alignment| Minimum articulation at side Street Alignment
|--|--|
|No less than 25 per cent of the area of the front façade of a building must be setback at least an additional 300mm| If a wall is more than 10.0 metres in length, 10 per cent of the area of the wall must be setback at least an additional 300mm
For the purposes of this standard, the area of the front façade means the area of the walls of the building facing the front street and measured from a two dimensional elevation and excludes any roof area and the area of garage and carports doors / opening.


### 2.3
The entrance (to a door or opening) of any garage or carport, that is accessed from the front street alignment (not a lane), must be setback:
- a. no less than 5.0 metres from the front street alignment; or
- b. no less than 2.0 metres from the side street alignment.


### 2.4
The following may encroach into the setback distance required by standard 2.1 by no more than 1.5 metres
- a. eaves, fascia and gutters; and
- b. decks, steps or landings less than 800mm in height;
provided these encroachments do not project over a street alignment.

### 2.5

At least one of the following design features must be provided to the front of the building and may encroach into the setbacks required by standard 2.1 –

- a. a porch, verandah or pergola that –
- i. is open on at least 2 sides;
- ii. has a width that does not exceed 80 per cent of the frontage of the allotment or 4m, whichever is the greater; and
- iii. projects at least 800mm and no more than 1.5 metres forward of the front wall (inclusive of the eave);
or
- b. a balcony on the second storey or above, that –
- iv. for any part of the balcony that is forward of the front wall, has a width that does not exceed 80 per cent of the frontage of the allotment or 4.0 metres, whichever is the greater; and
- v. projects at least 300mm and no more than 1.0 metre forward of the front wall, if the balcony is roofed; or
- vi. projects at least 800mm and no more than 1.5 metres forward of the front wall, if the balcony is not roofed;
or
- c. fin/s or sunhood/s having a minimum combined dimension of 3.1 metres which must project at least 300mm and not more than 1.0 metre forward of the front wall to which it is attached.



## 3.0 Building Height

### 3.1

The height and/or storeys of a building must not exceed those specified in the zone, inclusive of any schedule. If no height specified:

- a. the building height must not exceed 11 metres; and
- b. the building must contain no more than 3 storeys at any point.

The reference to zone in this standard includes an applied zone.

## 4.0 Site Coverage

### 4.1

The site area covered by buildings must not exceed the area specified in Table 3.

*Table 3 Site coverage*
| Designation of the allotment in the subdivision permit| Site coverage
|--|--|
|Type A| 90 per cent The percentage may be calculated as the average of allotments that have simultaneously approved/lodged attached dwellings
|Type B| 100 per cent

When calculating site coverage under standard 4.1, eaves, fascia and gutters not exceeding 600mm in total width, unroofed swimming pools, unroofed terraces, unroofed patios, unroofed decks and pergolas may be disregarded.

## 5.0 Permeability

### 5.1

The site area covered by permeable surfaces must be at least the area specified in Table 4.

*Table 4 Permeability*
| Designation of the allotment in the subdivision permit| Permeable surfaces
|--|--|
|Type A| 10 per cent The percentage may be calculated as the average of allotments that have simultaneously approved/lodged attached dwellings
|Type B| No minimum permeable surface specified

## 6.0 Car parking

### 6.1

Provision must be made for the number of car parking space(s) specified in Table 5.

*Table 5 Car parking*
| Designation of the allotment in the subdivision permit| Minimum number of car parking spaces
|--|--|
|Type A| 1 car parking space if the building has two or less bedrooms 2 car parking spaces if the building has 3 or more bedrooms
|Type B| 1 car parking space

### 6.2

The car parking space(s) required under standard 6.1 must be accessible from a public street or lane or right of way, however, if the allotment has a frontage width of less than 6.0m access to the car parking space(s) must only be from the rear of the allotment.

### 6.3

If 1 car parking space is required under standard 6.1 it must be at least 6.0 metres long and 3.5 metres wide.

### 6.4

If 2 car parking spaces are required under standard 6.1 –
- a. one space must be at least 6.0 metres long and 3·5 metres wide; and
- b. the second space must be at least 4·9 metres long and 2·6 metres wide.


### 6.5

The minimum ceiling height to a garage, carport or car parking space is 2.1 metres.

### 6.6

Despite standard 6.4, if the 2 required car parking spaces adjoin each other in a garage or carport or in a space constrained by walls, the double space may be 5·5 metres in width.

### 6.7

If the car parking space(s) required under standard 6.1 is in a garage or carport and the door(s) or opening(s) to the garage or carport faces the front street –
- a. the width of the door(s) or opening(s) must not exceed 50 per cent of the width of the of the frontage of the allotment; or
- b. the area of the door(s) or opening(s) must not exceed 30 per cent of the area of the front façade of the building.

For the purposes of this standard, the area of the front façade of the building means the area of the walls of the building facing the front street, measured from a two-dimensional elevation and excluding any roof area.


## 7.0 Side and rear setbacks

Standard 7 does not apply to a wall of a building or a carport that complies with standard 8.

### 7.1

A building must be set back from a side or rear boundary not less than the distance specified in Table 6.

*Table 6 Side and rear setbacks*
| Building height at any point| Minimum setback from side or rear boundary | Minimum setback from a lane
|--|--|--|
|3.6 metres or less| 1.0 metre | 0 metres
|More than 3.6 metres but not more than 6·9 metres| 1.0 metre plus 0.3 metres for every metre of height over 3.6 metres | 0 metres
|More than 6·9 metres| 2.0 metres plus 1.0 metre for every metre of height over 6.9 metres | 2.0 metres plus 1.0 metre for every metre of height over 6.9 metres


### 7.2

The following may encroach into the setback distance required by Table 7 by not more than 500mm (this standard does not apply to setback from lane) –
- a. porches and verandahs;
- b. masonry chimneys;
- c. sunblinds and sunhoods;
- d. flues and pipes;
- e. domestic fuel tanks and water tanks; and
- f. heating and cooling equipment and other services.

### 7.3

Eaves, fascias and gutters may encroach into the setback distance required by Table 6 by not more than 600mm (this standard does not apply to setback from lane).

### 7.4

The following may encroach into the setback distance required by Table 6 (this standard does not apply to setback from lane) –
- a. landings with an area of not more than 2 square metres and less than 1.0 metre high;
- b. unroofed stairways and ramps;
- c. pergolas;
- d. shade sails; and
- e. decks less than 800mm above natural ground level.

## 8.0 Walls on boundaries

The maximum height of a wall on or within 0.2 metres of a side or rear boundary, or a carport on or within 1.0m of a side or rear boundary (not a lane), must not exceed 3.6 metres unless:
- a. it abuts an existing building on the adjoining allotments or will abut a simultaneously approved building on the boundary; and
- b. the height difference between the existing adjoining building or the simultaneously approved building or carport does not exceed 3.6 metres.
- c. notwithstanding standard 8.1(a) the length difference between the existing or simultaneously approved building must not exceed a total of 2.0 metres, and the additional length must not cast additional shadow on a light court in accordance with Standard 11.

### 8.1

There is no maximum wall on boundary length, provided the other Standards are satisfied.



## 9.0 Daylight to existing habitable room windows

### 9.1

The application is exempt from the requirements of the Building Regulations 2018.

## 10.0 Solar access to existing north-facing windows

### 10.1

The application is exempt from the requirements of the Building Regulations 2018.

## 11.0 Overshadowing of secluded private open space

### 11.1

A building must not reduce the sunlight to any secluded private open space of an existing building on an adjoining allotment to less than 6 square metres, with a minimum dimension of 2.0 metres.

For the purposes of calculating the area of direct sunlight at this standard, the length of shadow cast is calculated by multiplying the height of building and/or fence by 0.9 when the sun is true north.


## 12.0 Overlooking

### 12.1

A window in a habitable room, where the floor level of the room is more than 2.5m above natural ground level and the window faces (at an angle less than 45°) secluded private open space or habitable room windows of an existing dwelling within a horizontal distance of 4.5 metres, the window must either –

- a. have a sill height at least 1.7 metres above floor level; or
- b. have fixed obscure glazing in any part of the window below 1·7 metres above floor level.

In this standard, a window facing a habitable room window means a window within 1·5 m from the edge of the other habitable room window.

### 12.2

A raised open space that faces secluded private open space or habitable room windows of an existing dwelling within a horizontal distance of 4.5 metres, must be screened to a height of at least 1.7m above the floor level and be no more than 25 per cent transparent.


## 13.0 Daylight to habitable room windows

### 13.1

Each required habitable room window of a building on an allotment must face –

- a. an outdoor space or light court with a minimum area of 3 square metres and a minimum dimension of 1.0 metre clear to the sky, not including land on an adjoining allotment; or
- b. a verandah provided it is open for at least one third of its perimeter; or
- c. a carport provided it has two or more open sides and is open for at least one third of its perimeter

For the purposes of this standard, a side of a carport or verandah will be open if the roof covering of the carport or verandah is not less than 500mm from another building on the allotment or the adjoining allotment boundary.


## 14.0 Private open space

### 14.1

If a dwelling on an allotment has three or more bedrooms it must have –

- a. at least 24 square metres of private open space at the side or rear of the building with a minimum dimension of 3.0 metres; or
- b. at least 24 square metres provided in 2 or more parcels, provided that –
- i. each parcel is at least 12 square metres; and
- ii. at least 1 parcel has a minimum dimension of 3.0 metres; or
- c. a balcony or roof-top area of at least 12 square metres of private open space with a minimum dimension of 3.0 metres.

### 14.2

If a dwelling on an allotment has two or less bedrooms it must –

- a. have at least 12 square metres of private open space at the side or rear of the building with a minimum dimension of 3.0 metres; or
- b. a balcony or rooftop area that is at least:
- i. 10 per cent of the total floor area of the building excluding garages and carports; or
- ii. 6 square metres with a minimum dimension of 2 metres, whichever is the greater.

### 14.3

If the private open space is provided at the side or rear of the dwelling or as a roof top area, an area of at least 6 square metres, with a minimum dimension of 2.0 metres, must have access to direct sunlight.

For the purposes of calculating the area of direct sunlight at this standard, the length of shadow cast is calculated by multiplying the height of building and/or fence by 0.9 when the sun is true north.