3.7 Industrial and Productivity Support Uses

Minimise adverse environmental effects on surrounding land uses and the streetscape through careful site planning and layout.

Ensure sites for new industrial developments are large enough to provide functional and efficient space for building(s), parking and vehicle movement, landscaping, and the storage of materials, products, trade waste and recycling bins.

Consolidate all lots into one parcel when development involves multiple existing lots.

Accommodate all activities, including parking, within the site boundaries. Where onsite parking is not possible, include a parking and traffic assessment with the Development Application.

With any development application applicants are to demonstrate that the proposed use will not adversely affect the road network or traffic flow by providing adequate entry/exit points and sufficient space for large vehicles to stand and cars to queue.

Design the site layout to:

• a)Include landscaping at suitable locations to improve visual amenity for workers, enhance the streetscape, and buffer adjoining residential properties
• b)Prevent odour and noise emissions to neighbouring properties
• c)Respond to the width of the road reserve and the scale and location of adjoining buildings

Maintain front setbacks consistent with the predominant front setbacks of adjoining industrial buildings or set buildings back three (3) metres from the front boundary if no predominant setback exists.

Design setbacks on corner blocks to provide sufficient sightlines for traffic.

Where an industrial lot adjoins residential properties, provide a reasonable buffer zone for non-trafficable landscaped areas or passive uses.

Where an industrial or employment-zoned lot adjoins a residential property boundary, a dedicated landscape buffer is to be provided in accordance with the following standards:

• a)A continuous, non-trafficable buffer of at least 3m in width to be provided along the full length of the shared boundary and 5m for larger sites over 5000 sqm in area
• b)A solid masonry or acoustic-rated wall with a minimum height of 2.1m (measured from the higher ground level) is to be constructed on the boundary line
• c)The buffer is to be planted with a tiered landscape screen consisting of:
• i.A minimum of one (1) large-canopy tree (minimum 8m height at maturity) for every 5 linear metres
• ii.A continuous row of shrubs maintained at a minimum height of 2m to provide a visual "green wall"
• iii.No vehicle parking, loading docks, mechanical plant equipment, or outdoor storage is permitted within the buffer zone
• iv.100% of the buffer zone is to be deep soil to support healthy tree growth and groundwater infiltration

Apply the following design principles where an industrial lot adjoins residential properties:

• a)Provide a buffer zone in accordance with C13 between the industrial building and adjoining residential properties. Use the buffer for non-trafficable landscaped areas or other passive uses that do not compromise residential amenity.
• b)Configure internal layouts to locate noisy activities away from residential properties and incorporate internal acoustic attenuation measures
• c)Increase setbacks (in the same ratio) proportionate to the height of the development and site area to reduce bulk and visual dominance on adjoining properties.
• d)Configure internal layouts to locate noisy activities away from residential properties wherever possible.
• e)incorporate internal acoustic attenuation measures to minimise noise disturbance to residential neighbours.

Alterations and additions to existing Victorian, Federation and Inter-War warehouses or factory buildings are to:

• a)Respect the rhythm of openings when altering Victorian, Federation, and Inter-War buildings, and combine openings only where it avoids removing significant original fabric
• b)Allow vertical additions only on flat-roofed buildings, set behind the parapet with a matching horizontal profile
• c)Do not alter sawtooth roof profiles or use decorative elements that undermine the parapet line
• d)Maintain existing floor levels unless heights allow for a mezzanine/loft, additional floors fit the building envelope without impacting windows, and new floors comply with the National Construction Code
• e)Insert mezzanines only where roof trusses remain visible
• f)Retain original painted signs and timber frame windows, and do not paint exterior face brick walls
• g)Attach lightweight balconies or canopies only if they contrast with the original masonry, maintain opening patterns, and do not significantly impact the building's character

Design new buildings to:

• a)Address the street, highlight non-industrial aspects (like offices), and avoid long blank walls facing the street
• b)Provide regular facade modulation, express the building structure architecturally with minimal reflective glass, and reinforce entrances to reduce perceived scale
• c)Avoid long roof expanses and large blank facades in a single material
• d)Screen unavoidable blank walls with landscaping or murals, finish them to a high standard, and use robust anti-graffiti finishes where they adjoin public places
• e)Address both street frontages with articulated elevations, and assess impacts of building height on adjacent sites
• f)Reinforce entrances, office components and stair wells to create rhythm and reduce perceived scale
• g)Use solid surfaces, preferably masonry, and incorporate horizontal and vertical modulation including windows in appropriately proportioned windows
• h)Construct all elevations visible from public places or rail lines with face brickwork or decorative treatments that complement the streetscape, using non-reflective materials to avoid glare
• i)Incorporate Ecological Sustainable Design (ESD) features, including energy efficiency, thermal insulation, appropriate glazing, and solar orientation. Part 2.19 requires that all new buildings use electricity for all energy needs and gas appliances are not permitted.

Do not incorporate new utility services (e.g., fire hydrants, substations) into proposed landscaping works.

Delineate open storage areas, do not locate them in landscaped areas, and screen them to prevent views from public roads or residential properties.

Submit specific details of externally stored materials with the application.

Provide open-style fencing along street frontages to maintain visibility.

Locate high-security fencing behind the landscape setback.

Submit a Chemical Use and Storage Report for applications involving chemical processing or storage, unless chemicals are routine household grade, total less than 100 litres, and are not strong enough to cause harm.

Outline spill management methods for chemical storage and handling, such as bunding, in accordance with the Environmental Planning Authority's Handing and Spill Management Guidelines.

Provide open style fencing along street frontages to maintain views of landscaping and ensure visibility.

Locate high-security fencing behind the landscape setback or within the landscaped area midway between the site front or secondary boundary and the building line. Design the landscape setback to consider site security management.

Design developments so noise-producing activities are located away from the interface boundary.

Limit the operating hours of mechanical plant and equipment on sites adjoining residential areas and detail these hours in the Development Application.

Site noise sources like garbage collection, parking, and air-conditioning plants away from adjoining properties, screening them with acoustic treatments if necessary.

Locate new offices on road frontages to residential areas, positioning warehouse and factory functions away from homes.

Development Applications for noise-generating uses adjacent to residential areas are to include documentation from a qualified acoustic engineer certifying compliance with acoustic standards.

Provide an Air Quality and Odour Assessment for developments that may impact local air quality.

Demonstrate best practicable means of controlling air pollutants and odour, outlining expected pollutants and proposed treatment methods prior to discharge and measures to minimise emissions.

Design machinery to minimise air impurities and develop clean-up procedures to address accidental pollutant escapes.

Store all vehicles waiting to be serviced or collected onsite.

Provide exhaust-ventilated spray-painting booths in accordance with Australian Standards.

Provide fully screened storage bins for scrap parts and ensure they are emptied regularly.

Confine all work within the building; do not work on cars in the street or parking spaces.

Provide onsite dangerous goods storage for paints and adequate facilities for storing damaged vehicles brought by tow trucks outside business hours.

Ensure vehicles enter and leave in a forward direction and always maintain appropriate oil spill equipment on the premises.

Freight Transport facilities are also to comply with Section 2.5 Transport, Access and Parking.

Screen all container storage from public and residential views using landscaping, and do not store containers between the street and the building line.

Provide a landscaped area at least three (3) metres wide with significant endemic vegetation (including large canopy trees) to visually screen boundaries adjoining residential developments.

Set back all street frontages (except driveways) three (3) metres from boundaries adjoining residential development.

Ensure all vehicles enter and leave the site in a forward direction to avoid disrupting traffic flow on the surrounding road network.