City Subdividing Vacant Parcel Near Airway/Montana Intersection

A long vacant plot of land near the airport will soon be subdivided by the City in a move that could spur future development, this after recently changing the zoning of the property to SmartCode. A Resubdivision Combination application will be reviewed at the March 7, 2013, City Plan Commission (CPC) meeting.

The 9.3 acre parcel will be subdivided into nine plots in what the application calls a "mixed-use development." Located at the southwest corner of Airway Boulevard and Boeing Drive, building plans will have to be approved prior to permits being issued due to the SmartCode designation.

Two "private" streets will allow access to most of the lots within the property. High Street will travel south into the development from Boeing Drive, and West Street will provide access from Airway Boulevard. In the Southern Industrial Park Master Plan approved by the City last year, High Street will be a meandering avenue traveling north and south through an envisioned shopping, restaurant, and entertainment district. Currently, industrial uses dominate the area.

No definite plans have been revealed for the property, and the City may simply be subdividing the large plot to make it more enticing to developers.

Previously:
Smart Code, Master Plan Coming to Airport Land

Schedule 18 of the Sustainable Planning Regulation identifies one into two subdivisions in residential and industrial zones as potentially following a compliance assessment process unless covered by an overlay under City Plan.
These provisions apply to Low Density, Character Residential, Low-medium Density Residential, Medium Density Residential and High Density Residential Areas. They also apply to the Light Industry, General Industry, Heavy Industry, Extractive Industry and Future Industry Areas.
These provisions do not apply to Emerging Community, Rural and Environmental Protection Areas, which are not residential zones for the purpose of the Sustainable Planning Regulations.
City Plan contains 'overlays' covering the existing residential/industrial Areas/zones in Brisbane. This means that compliance assessment of one into two subdivisions referred to in the Sustainable Planning Act does not currently apply in Brisbane. One into two subdivisions must therefore be lodged using Integrated Development Assessment System (IDAS) Form 7 Reconfiguring a lot.
2. When reconfiguring two small lots into two new small lots where there is an existing house within one of the new lots, is a notifiable code subdivision application required?
The level of assessment is the same as for the subdivision to create two new small lots (notifiable code in the Low Density Residential Area).
3. When reconfiguring or subdividing, and retaining an existing house in its current location, is a small lot house application required?
A small lot house application is not required. However building setback requirements will apply.
4. The Subdivision Code states that rearranging boundaries, where no additional lots are created, requires code assessment. Corner sites comprised of two narrow 16 perch lots (10 metres by 40 metres) are often reconfigured into two square lots (20 metres by 20 metres). Is this a rearrangement of boundaries or is it a subdivision? When does a rearrangement of boundaries become a subdivision?
This example is always a subdivision of land and the level of assessment is determined by Chapter 3 (or Chapter 4 for some Local Plans) of City Plan. Reorienting a lot boundary 90 degrees is a significant change to the predominant subdivision pattern with implications for configuration, lot utility and potential development. It is appropriate that neighbours have the opportunity to comment in instances where a code notifiable development application or impact assessment development application is triggered.
The term 'rearranging boundaries' is not defined in the City Plan. The term applies to minor changes to lot boundaries such as a minor realignment of a boundary to remove an encroachment or align the boundary with an existing retaining wall or fence. These minor changes do not have significant implications or impacts, nor do they change lot configuration or utility.
5. Is the area of a corner truncation or widening included when calculating minimum lot size for reconfiguring a lot and the maximum GFA for a development?
Yes. The area of a new road widening and corner truncations where required as a condition of approval (that is, not currently existing) can be included in the site area when calculating the minimum lot size for reconfiguring a lot and the maximum GFA for a development.
If the corner truncation has already been dedicated, then the area of that truncation can only be included when calculating the minimum lot size for reconfiguration.