1.3 ARCHITECTURE of all signs should be no greater than 0.10 square meters for any Direct views into adjacent private open spaces and habitable home occupation or 0.25 square room windows of adjacent dwellings should be avoided. If a Television and antennae. The development will be metres for any other premise. private open space area cannot deliver an appropriate level providing fibre for triple play services (internet, telephone of visual privacy for occupants (e.g. the space is on the street and television) to every building. This should ensure that frontage and is overlooked) a secondary secluded private there is no need for external antennae. Dwellings should be Outlook and Privacy space area may be required for that dwelling. wired to supply at least one data point per level. If antennae are installed they should not be visible from the street. They Designs should encourage an attractive interface between Windows should be located and sized to provide outlook and should be mounted in a way which does not compromise the public and private realms that facilitates outlook and social also offer appropriate visual privacy using a combination weatherproofness of the roof (i.e. with flashed brackets, or interaction whilst balancing the need for privacy. of: with raised pads in low-pitch membrane roofs). Care must be to provide privacy for occupants, screening, including curtains and blinds Heat Pumps pool pumps, and other mechanical plant particularly when the separation distance between windows is planting should be sited out of public view, and positioned to minimise less than 6m. In general, directly facing windows should be separation distance noise nuisance to neighbours. avoided where the separation distance is less than or equal offset windows a min of Water Tanks and associated pipework should be unobtrusive. to 6m. Any sense of being observed while going about one’s 1m Tanks may only be sited in front yards if they are daily life in the house or apartment must be minimised. This have sill heights above 1.6m underground. applies to being overlooked from both the street and adjacent have fixed obscure glazing in any part of the window below dwellings. 1.6m or: Signs should fit their architectural context, and the total area be behind a if on the ground floor. Overlooking 1 DESIGN GUIDELINES CATALINA SUB PRECINCT - HOBSONVILLE POINT July 2013 ARCHITECTURE pg. 17 LANDSCAPE
1.3 ARCHITECTURE Television and antennae. The development will be providing fibre for triple play services (internet, telephone and television) to every building. This should ensure that there is no need for external antennae. Dwellings should be wired to supply at least one data point per level. If antennae are installed they should not be visible from the street. They should be mounted in a way which does not compromise the weatherproofness of the roof (i.e. with flashed brackets, or with raised pads in low-pitch membrane roofs). Heat Pumps pool pumps, and other mechanical plant should be sited out of public view, and positioned to minimise noise nuisance to neighbours. Water Tanks and associated pipework should be unobtrusive. Tanks may only be sited in front yards if they are underground. Signs should fit their architectural context, and the total area of all signs should be no greater than 0.10 square meters for any home occupation or 0.25 square metres for any other premise. Outlook and Privacy Designs should encourage an attractive interface between public and private realms that facilitates outlook and social interaction whilst balancing the need for privacy. Care must be to provide privacy for occupants, particularly when the separation distance between windows is less than 6m. In general, directly facing windows should be avoided where the separation distance is less than or equal to 6m. Any sense of being observed while going about one’s daily life in the house or apartment must be minimised. This applies to being overlooked from both the street and adjacent dwellings. Direct views into adjacent private open spaces and habitable room windows of adjacent dwellings should be avoided. If a private open space area cannot deliver an appropriate level of visual privacy for occupants (e.g. the space is on the street frontage and is overlooked) a secondary secluded private space area may be required for that dwelling. Windows should be located and sized to provide outlook and also offer appropriate visual privacy using a combination of: screening, including curtains and blinds planting separation distance offset windows a min of 1m have sill heights above 1.6m have fixed obscure glazing in any part of the window below 1.6m or: be behind a if on the ground floor. Overlooking CATALINA SUB PRECINCT - HOBSONVILLE POINT July 2013 pg. 17 1 DESIGN GUIDELINES ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE
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