Where Australian Standards or part thereof have been adopted by legislation, they are a legal requirement.
This list may not be exhaustive. Please refer to the relevant authority websites for updated information and current document distribution dates. These documents are subject to amendments from time to time.
Include Safety in Design (SiD) principles to eliminate, or if not reasonably practical, minimise risks to health and safety throughout the design, construction and life of the embellishment.
See Legislation – Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for additional safety guidance.
AS 2342:1992 – Development, testing and implementation of information and safety symbols and symbolic signs – test methods for safety signs.
AS 1319:1994 – Safety signs for the occupational environment. Design and use of safety signs to regulate and control safety related behaviour. This standard is referenced in legislation.
AS 2156.1:2001 – Walking Tracks Part 1 – Classification and signage. Provides managing authorities with guidance for walking track classification (class one to five to a track, dependant upon track attributes) and signage in order to provide consistency of information to users of paths, trails and tracks.
AS 1742:2014 – Manual of uniform traffic control devices (Set) (MUTCD) – Design and application arrangements for traffic signs, signals and markings installed on a road. MUTCD signs are enforceable by Queensland Police Services (QPS). Includes regulatory, warning, hazard, guide and information and road works signs. This Standard is referenced in legislation.
AS 1743:2018 – Road signs – specifications. Graphics, layout, size requirements, materials and manufacturing specification for standard road signs.
Installed at a size to enable both pedestrian and motor vehicles to identify and interpret the message clearly.
Installed in a location which is clearly visible from the road and pathway.
AS 1744:2015 – Standard alphabets for road signs. Letter spacing, forms and numerals for road signs.
Design Guide for Roadside Signs 2001 Transport and Main Roads. Design and erection of roadside signs, including clear zone requirements.
Traffic and Road Use Management Manual 2014 (TRUM) Transport and Main Roads. Signage at road works.
Traffic control (TC) signs 2015 Transport and Main Roads. Non-standard traffic signs for specialised use.
Standard Drawings Roads Manual 2015 Transport and Main Roads. Design layouts related to traffic signs and supports.
Main Roads Specifications and Technical Standards Manual 2015. Specifications for supply and construction of roadside signage.
AS/NZ 1906.1:2017 – Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes - Retroreflective sheeting. Specifies the performance requirements for retroreflective sheeting used in road signs and traffic control devices.
Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Design: Sight lines to roadside signs and clear zone requirements.
Austroads Guide to Road Design part 4: Intersections and Crossings – General. For design of intersections, sight lines and clear zones.
Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 10: 2015: Traffic Control and Communication Devices. Signals, signs, markings and delineation.
Manual – Design Criteria for Boat Ramps 2015, Transport and Main Roads – construction requirements, including sign.
AS/NZS 1906.1:2007 Retroreflective materials and devices for road control purposes - Retroreflective sheeting.
TRUM Volume 3: Part 8: Wildlife Signage Guidelines. November 2018. Installation requirements and warrants for wildlife-related signage and line marking.
AS/NZS 2416:2010 (Set) – Water Safety Signs and Beach Safety Flags. Safety signs where water sports may be undertaken such as at the seaside, rivers, creeks, dams and open drains.
National Aquatic and Recreational Signage Style Manual. Royal Life Saving Society Australia. Best practice signage system for aquatic and recreational signage to give users a clear message about the risk associated with particular parks and reserves.
AS 1428.4.1:2009 – Design for access and mobility – Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment – Tactile ground surface indicators
AS 1428.4.2:2018 (DAISY) – Design for access and mobility – Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment – Wayfinding signs (DAISY: Digital Accessible Information System).
Creating Shade at Public Facilities: Policy and Guidelines for Local Government Edition 2 - prepared by Australian Institute of Environmental Health. Technical resource containing guidelines about ‘essential’ and ‘preferred’ quantities of shade at public facilities.
AS 1428 (Set) – Design for access and mobility. Design requirements for new building work to provide access for people with disabilities. This Standard is referenced in legislation.
AS 2700:2011 – Colour Standards for general purposes.
Effective Colour Contrast: Designing for People with Partial Sight and Colour Deficiencies – Lighthouse International. Effective colour choices that work for nearly everyone.
Making Text Legible: Designing for People with Partial Sight – Lighthouse International. Effective legibility choices that work for nearly everyone.
Queensland Government – Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) – Guidelines for Queensland, 2021. Provides guidelines about designing a safe environment to assist in the prevention of the opportunity for crime.
AS 4970:2025 – Protection of trees on development sites. Provides guidance on the principles for protecting trees on land subject to development.
AS 2303:2018 – Tree stock for landscape use. Specifies the criteria for the assessment of above-ground and below-ground characteristics of tree stock that are to be supplied for landscape use.
AS 4373:2007 – Pruning of amenity trees. Specifies methods for pruning trees and gives guidance on correct and uniform practices.
Particular signs or entire sign suites, may be ‘assessable development’ (requires building approval from a private building certifier) or it may be ‘self assessable’ / ‘exempt development’. In both cases it must meet all of the requirements of the Building Regulation 2021, the Building Code of Australia (current edition) and the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014.
External contractors must also gain approval from Council Development Services.
In Queensland, individuals and companies must hold a Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) license to carry out the installation of supporting structures for signs where:
A supporting structure for a sign is defined as a structure, the main purpose of which is to display the sign and includes any structure that is attached to, or suspended from a building to allow a sign to be displayed.
The supporting structure is:
valued at or in excess of the amount nominated in the legislation (as at 2019, the value is $5,000).
the top of the sign or supporting structure is 3.0 m or more above the surface immediately below the sign.
Council approval is required to use the Council logo and brand. Every sign for council use must contain the council logo. See Sunshine Coast Council Brand Guidelines (internal document) for further guidelines.
Approvals that must be acquired prior to printing:
All signs that contain editable content (including photographs and map illustrations) require approval by the appropriate Council Branch.
Font, text heights, legibility and design must be approved by Council (Business Performance).
Colours are to be in line with council’s approved palette.
Pictograms/icons must comply with Australian Standards and regulations as well as with the Sunshine Coast Council Brand Guidelines (internal document), and must be approved by Council (Communication).
The use of all regulatory pictograms and related content must be approved by Council (Community Response) to confirm appropriate and correct use.
Park/reserve names are to be approved by Council in accordance with Council Strategic Naming Policy 2010 and Local Law 4.
Photographs must have written consent for use by the photograph's owner.
Photographs of people must have a signed Council talent release form from the person portrayed.
Ensure appropriate environmental approvals are obtained and the conditions observed where any building work is proposed in the Coastal Management District.
Consult with Queensland Government Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDIP) – State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) for application forms, guidelines and information sheets.
Ensure all relevant approvals are obtained from the appropriate governing bodies and all conditions are observed.
Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) approval is required for works near state controlled roads. This applies to any part of the road reserve including pathways, kerb and channelling, nature strip and traffic island.
Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) approval is required for navigational aspects of works within canals and waterways.
Council (Development Services) – all works associated with any development application.
Council delivered assets
Council (Parks and Gardens) – recreation parks, amenity reserves, linear parks, landscape corridors, sports grounds and recreation trails enquiries relating to asset management, business planning and direction.
Council (Environmental Operations) – recreation trails, foreshore infrastructure, environment reserves, constructed waterbodies and wetlands.
Council (Design and Placemaking Services) – recreation parks, amenity reserves, linear parks, landscape corridors, sports grounds, specific purpose (sports), recreation trails and streetscape/centres enquiries relating to design.
Council (Communication) – graphic design services, communications and publishing support.
Council (Customer Response) – regulatory pictogram and related content approval, e.g. dogs.
Council (Transport Network Operations) – sign templates and sign manufacture services.
Council (Community Development) – park / reserve naming approval.
Council (Economic Development) – for events guidance.
Council (Transport Network Management) – technical and design solutions to facilitate ongoing management and safe operations of road and assets. Water management and drainage solutions. Plus street lighting and electrical infrastructure.
Council (Sport and Community Venues) – sports ground planning and asset management.
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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.
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