New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 2.83

2.83 General requirements

(1) To be exempt development under this code, development specified in this Division must--

(a) have the consent in writing of the owner of the land on which the sign is to be located and, if the sign or part of the sign projects over adjoining land, the consent of the owner of the adjoining land, and

(b) be approved under section 138 of the Roads Act 1993 , if the sign or part of the sign projects over a public road, including a footway, and

(c) not be carried out on or in relation to a building being used as restricted premises, and

(d) not cover any mechanical ventilation inlets or outlets located on any building on which it is carried out, and

(e) not obstruct or interfere with any traffic sign, and

(f) not result in more than 3 business identification signs being constructed or installed in relation to a building if the building houses only one commercial tenant, and

(g) not result in more than 6 business identification signs being constructed or installed in relation to any building, and

(h) not result in more than one business identification sign being constructed or installed in relation to a home business, home industry or home occupation in a residential zone, and

(i) not be under or attached to an awning, unless the awning complies with the requirements set out in BP1.1 and BP1.2 of Volume 1 of the Building Code of Australia .

(2) This clause does not affect any other requirement of this Policy in relation to exempt development.

Note : The Summary Offences Act 1988 regulates or prohibits certain business signs.