Single vehicle
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Note the single vehicle crossing over the nature strip from a shared driveway to the separate underground garage for each of the two dwellings on the standard-sized Beaumaris allotment in the photograph below.
CONSERVING NATURE STRIPS & STREET PARKING: That arrangement consumes much less much of the nature strip area in front of such an allotment – and very much less of the open space in the front setback of the allotment available for trees, shrubs or lawn – thanwhen two separate vehicle crossings are used. It also avoids reducing the amount of street parking available. Bayside City Council should have a provision whereby it should be the only arrangement approved.
The two dwellings at 65 |
| LIMIT WIDTH TO 3 METRES; Every street and road in Beaumaris – except Beach Road, which is zoned RDZ1 as a major arterial road – provides no more than a single carriageway in each direction. These roads handle very much more traffic daily, at much greater speeds, than does the driveway and vehicle crossing arrangement from a standard-sized Beaumaris allotment, where there are few daily movements on the driveway, so there is no justification for having more than a standard 3-metre-wide single driveway and vehicle crossing for such allotments. All traffic on those public roads shares the same pavement. Separate entrance and exit vehicle crossings are URBAN HEAT SINKS: The and deprivation of ground water |
