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Dog exercise areas (DEAs)

Overview

This category of the LIM has been developed to provide guidance for the design and construction of dog exercise areas (DEAs):

This category addresses the following:

  • Dog Exercise Areas (DEAs)
  • Fenced Dog Off-Leash Areas (DOLAs)
  • Unfenced Dog Off-Leash Areas (DOLAs)
  • Beach DOLAs and their adjoining foreshore access park
  • Dog activity areas (e.g. agility/training zone, dog run)
  • Dog bowls
  • Other DEA embellishments such as bins, seating, signage.

Dog Exercise Areas (DEAs) refer to:

    • Public open space areas in which dogs are not specifically prohibited under Sunshine Coast Regional Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011 (i.e dog on-leash recreation trails, beaches, environment reserves and recreation parks), and
    • Areas designated as Dog Off-Leash Areas (DOLAs) under the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011.

This section of the LIM primarily relates to the design and embellishment of DOLAs, however may still be applied to elements of standard DEAs. The Sunshine Coast Regional Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011 designates some areas as DOLAs, DEAs and Dog Prohibited Areas at different times of the day or during different seasons. These variations should be considered when designing and embellishing DEAs.

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this document may change without notice and you should use the current material available from Council’s website and not rely on material previously printed or stored by you.

All figures and diagrams are intended to be used as an aid to design and include Council’s preferred elements but they are not intended to be prescriptive and may need to be varied as dictated by site specific factors. While Council has exercised reasonable care in preparing this document, it does not warrant or represent that it is accurate or complete. The Council will not accept responsibility for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may incur as a result of the use of or reliance upon any material contained in this document.

This document is produced to convey general information and is not intended to constitute advice whether professional or legal. Any reference to legislation in this document is not an interpretation of the law. It is to be used as a guide only. Consult relevant authority websites for current documents, revisions and amendments.

Where a particular product or supplier is profiled in this document, Council is NOT nominating this product or supplier as the selected choice. Product/supplier information has been provided to allow users to source products which contain the correct elements required for Council embellishments. Each product profiled states ‘or equivalent’ which means that different products may be supplied provided they satisfy the identified performance criteria, recommended standards, equal access guidance and product specifications.

Product design, manufacture and installation requires appropriately qualified people to provide site specific solutions to ensure the embellishment is appropriately adapted to local conditions and data.

This document does not override requirements stipulated in a development approval. Project specific variations may be appropriate as a result of site, environmental or other constraints. Any variations to these standards must be approved in writing by council prior to commencement of variation works. Components of this document may be used within a contract document but users should undertake their own investigations to confirm the information is suitable for this purpose.

Drawings contained in this document are NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

Details in this document are deemed to be the minimum standard and the user may wish to apply a higher standard subject to approval by council.

Acknowledgements

Council wishes to thank all contributors and stakeholders involved in the development of this document.

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