Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174:front:0:p89
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174
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Character Range: 251599–255276

Where buildings are required to be set back to achieve security stand‑off distances, continuity of the building line should be reflected in the design of passive security measures (for example, building plinth walls on the street boundary).
Where fronting residential streets in Campbell and Reid, building setbacks should generally complement existing building setbacks.
Building forms, materials and finishes should be responsive to microclimate issues including solar access and wind. Use of sunscreen devices as articulation elements should be employed to achieve climate responsive façades.
Buildings should generally be modulated to clearly express the grid of the building. Tactility, silhouette and human scale in relation to built form should be achieved with the design of buildings.
New buildings are encouraged to be delivered through design competitions in order to encourage innovation and design excellence.
Building design, layout and construction should take account of the impacts of noise on surrounding uses.
Building height is to be measured from and between the finish footpath level at each corner of a development block.
Figure 84: Constitution Avenue and Anzac Parade ‑ Measurement of building height
Minimum floor‑to‑ceiling heights within buildings are to be as follows:
Location                                                                                           Min. floor height
Ground Floor facing Constitution Avenue and roads where 'Indicative Active Frontages' are located  6.5 metres floor to ceiling (mezzanine level permitted over 30% of ground floor)
Ground Floor (Residential)                                                                         3.3 metres floor‑to‑ceiling
Ground Floor (other uses, including commercial/office use)                                         3.6 metres floor‑to‑ceiling
Residential (general)                                                                              2.7metres floor‑to‑ceiling minimum for all habitable rooms, 2.4 metres is the preferred minimum for all non‑habitable rooms however 2.25 metres is permitted.
                                                                                                   For two‑storey units, 2.4 metres minimum for second storey if 50 percent or more of the apartment has 2.7 metre minimum ceiling heights.
                                                                                                   For two‑storey units with a two‑storey void space, 2.4 metre minimum ceiling heights.
                                                                                                   Attic spaces are permitted, with a 1.5 metre minimum wall height at edge of room with a 30 degree minimum ceiling slope.

Water sensitive urban design
Implement water sensitive urban design strategies, including bio‑filtration systems integrated with street and landscape design, to protect lake water quality.
To protect the water quality of Lake Burley Griffin, a catchment management approach should be implemented to detain and filter stormwater in the upper catchment or at the source.
Figure 85: Constitution Avenue and Anzac Parade – Indicative stormwater (proposed)

Parking
Provide on‑street car parking and conveniently‑located bicycle parking to support retail uses, pedestrian amenity and after‑hours activity.
Large off‑street permanent surface car parks are to be avoided; car parking is to be accommodated in basements or in above‑ground structures concealed from public areas by habitable building façades.
Development of existing surface car parks will need to demonstrate that an adequate public car parking provision (on‑street or