Approved: 8 April 2024

Background

This policy establishes guidelines and defines responsibilities for the construction, widening, reconstruction, and maintenance of vehicle crossings and property stormwater drainage connections connecting to Latrobe City Council (Council) managed roads and Council’s drainage system.

Objectives

To establish appropriate criteria to enable Council to assess Vehicle Crossing and Stormwater connection permit applications:

• To protect the safety and amenity of residents, pedestrians, and motorists
• To preserve on-street car parking for all community members and road users
• To enable appropriately situated and constructed vehicular access between the abutting road pavement and the boundary of a private property
• To prevent inappropriate loss of significant street trees, vegetation, and landscaping 
• To control the impact of vehicle crossings on utilities infrastructure, street furniture and other assets in the road reserve  
• To control the impact of crossings on the visual amenity of streetscapes through avoiding excessive dominance of vehicle crossings; and
• To protect Council’s stormwater drainage system

Scope

This Policy must be read in conjunction with Council’s local law No2 and Appendix 1 : Vehicle Crossing and Stormwater Connection Policy – Additional Information – Design Requirements which sets out specific requirement to comply with:

• Local Government Act 1989
• Local Government Act 2020
• Road Management Act 2004
• Latrobe City Council Planning Scheme
• Victorian Road Safety Road Rules 2017 – rule numbers 74,75,170, 197,198 
• Latrobe City Council Local Law No 2:

Responsibility for Construction and Maintenance of Vehicle Crossings

Further to LCC Local Law No.2 2016 - Community Amenity Division 3 – Vehicle Crossings, the property owner is responsible for the construction, reconstruction, modification, and maintenance of the vehicle crossing from the edge of the road pavement to the property boundary and is inclusive of any footpaths, infill sections, laybacks, kerbing as specified in Latrobe City’s Standard Drawing LLC 307.

Council retains the right to undertake footpath maintenance where damage has occurred that is not a result of a vehicle crossing construction, reconstruction, modification, or maintenance. Council retains the right to undertake works on the footpath section on the crossover, as it forms part of the pathway.

In rural areas of the Latrobe City, the extent of responsibility is from the edge of the road pavement (normally edge of gravel shoulder) to road reserve property boundary and is inclusive of any drainage, earthworks or culverts as specified in Latrobe City Standard Drawings LCC 306 & LCC 212.

All Vehicle Crossings shall require Works Permits and must be properly constructed pursuant to Latrobe City Local Law No.2.

Council is responsible for assets from back of kerb to property boundary in built-up areas.

Responsibility for construction and maintenance of storm water property connections

Within the boundaries of the Latrobe City landowners are responsible for the installation and maintenance of any storm water property connections that convey stormwater from their house or land into any drain under the control of Council.

The storm-water property connection must comply with the specifications of Latrobe City Council Standard Drawing LCC209. All storm-water property connections require Works Permits and must be installed pursuant to Latrobe City Council Local Law No.2.

Further Information

Please find the Policy in full below: